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Circular Economy and


               Resource Efficiency                                                                                   Publication






               The Centre supports governments, businesses, and civil society to integrate
               circular economy principles into their practices.

               Cement sector Resource Efficiency and Climate Change


               The Centre completed work on a               The study was jointly carried out by
               study that aims to identify                  the Centre and the CII-Sohrabji
               greenhouse gas mitigation                    Godrej Green Business Centre with
               strategies through Resource                  funding from New Venture Fund. The
               Efficiency and Circular Economy              report establishes the baseline for
               across the cement value chain.               GHG emissions across the cement
                                                            value chain and identifies emission
                                                            reduction interventions which are
                                                            relatively easy to implement and
               The study was jointly carried                can bring about large benefits.
               out by the Centre and the                    While several studies exist which                           Greenhouse gas mitigation across
                                                                                                                            the cement value chain
               CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green                    focus on reducing emissions at the
               Business Centre with funding                 manufacturing stage, this report
                                                            aims to look beyond this stage and
               from New Venture Fund. The
                                                            also identifies interventions at                        Impact
               report establishes the
                                                            during the distribution of cement
               baseline for GHG emissions
                                                            and the design of buildings.
               across the cement value                                                                                Increasing awareness of the
               chain and identifies emission                Financial instruments and policy                          principles and practice of
                                                            directives incentivizing efficient                        circular economy among
               reduction interventions which
                                                            operations, processes and uses of                         businesses using a wide
               are relatively easy to
                                                            material have also been identified in                     range of examples and cases.
               implement and can bring
                                                            the report.
               about large benefits.


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