
ALT a magazine story cover featuring mountains and a lake, titled: Closing in on Canada's climate commitments

ALT Concrete is the most widely used building material in the world. It is necessary for roads, bridges, buildings, manufacturing, renewable energy generation, resource industries, food production, and many other sectors and activities that sustain quality of life. Concrete is durable and helps the built environment withstand the worst impacts of climate change. The cement industry is also the world’s third-largest industrial energy consumer and the second-largest industrial CO2 emitter. In Canada, cement manufacturing accounts for 9.7 million t of CO2, or about 1.4% of Canada’s emissions, in 2020. Across Canada there are 15 cement plants shipping cement to more than 1100 associated facilities. Collectively, the industry supports about 158 000 direct and indirect jobs across the country and contributes CA$76 billion in direct, indirect, and induced economic benefit to the Canadian economy.























