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CSI reports highlight carbon reduction data

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CSI reports highlight carbon reduction data

by The Daily Eye Team November 11 2013, 3:01 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 45 secs

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)’s Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) published its latest report showing remarkable CO2 emission reductions with improved efficiency.

The latest ‘Getting the Numbers Right’ (GNR) data for 2011 shows that specific net CO2emissions per tonne of cementitious product has reduced by 17% since 1990.

Talking about the encouraging data, MD of WBCSD Philippe Fonta, said: “GNR demonstrates how an effective measuring, reporting and verification system can be developed and managed for and by an entire industry sector. GNR has become established as a valuable source of independently verified emissions data, which is now used globally by the cement industry to improve energy efficiency and further reduce emissions. It is also accessed widely by policy-makers, analysts and other interested stakeholders.”

Four country reports have been released for the first time: Thailand, Morocco, Philippines and Egypt, giving more relevant data.

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Humra Quraishi is a writer, columnist and journalist. She has authored Kashmir: The Unending tragedy, Reports From the Frontlines, Kashmir: The Untold Story, Views: Yours and Mine, Bad Time Tales, More Bad Time Tales, Divine Legacy: Dagars & Dhrupad and Meer. She has co- authored The Good The Bad and The Ridiculous: Profiles, Absolute Khushwant and a series of writings with the late Khushwant Singh. Her take on what's it like to be a singleton in today's turbulent times, is part of the Penguin published anthology, Chasing the Good Life: On Being Single. And, one of her essays, The State Can't Snatch Away our Children is part of the Zubaan published anthology, Of Mothers And Others. Her essay in the volume on the 1984 Sikh riots, 1984: In Memory and Imagination is titled, Why not a Collective Cry for Justice!  

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