Ambuja Cements is the world’s ninth largest provider of building materials with 24 integrated cement manufacturing plants and 22 grinding units.
Part of the diversified Adani Group, an Indian multinational conglomerate, Ambuja Cements produces cement and clinker for the domestic Indian market. The company was the first leading Indian cement company to receive validation of its near-term (2030) and net-zero (2050) emission targets from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
Ambuja Cements is working to accelerate the decarbonization of its production with investments in renewable energy, both solar and wind, heat recovery systems and zero-carbon RotoDynamic Heater technology. It has been awarded funding through LeadIT for a pre-pilot technology feasibility study for carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and EcoTech, Sweden.
Ambuja Cements is the world’s first cement manufacturer to join the Alliance for Industrial Decarbonization (AFID), a global alliance facilitated by The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
Membership of LeadIT is fully aligned with Ambuja Cements’ ambition to be among the world’s most sustainable and technology-forward building materials companies, committed to net-zero by 2050.
