… targets 29% emissions reduce, invests ₦12.4B in Community Development in 2024
As a part of its daring strikes aimed toward lowering greenhouse gasoline emissions and enhancing power safety, Africa’s main cement producer, Dangote Cement Plc has disclosed it has up to now co-processed over 1.5 million tonnes of different fuels within the 4 years thus considerably reducing its carbon footprint.
The transfer underscores the corporate’s dedication to reducing carbon emissions, enhancing power safety, and setting a benchmark for sustainable industrialization throughout Africa.
Speaking to world viewers on the Africa CemTrade Summit which simply resulted in Accra, Ghana, the Group Managing Director of Dangote Cement, Mr. Arvind Pathak stated since 2021 when the Company launched into power diversification, it has efficiently deployed 15 various gas techniques throughout its vegetation, reaching as much as 40 per cent thermal substitution in operations throughout its vegetation in sub-sahara Africa particularly in Senegal, Zambia, and South Africa.
Pathak who spoke on the theme, theme “Sustainable Innovation in the Sub-Saharan Africa Cement Distribution Value Chain,” stated with the shift to Alternative Fuel, his cement Company has been changing industrial, agricultural, and municipal wastes into power, noting that the initiative kinds a part of the corporate’s broader decarbonisation goal aimed toward reducing carbon emissions by twenty per cent by 2030.
He emphasised that Dangote Cement which has expanded its footprint throughout eleven international locations, with a manufacturing capability of 55 million tonnes yearly, is main a transformative shift in direction of sustainability in Africa’s cement distribution sector, combining environmental stewardship with profitability stating that sustainability sits on the core of the corporate’s enterprise mannequin, influencing each side from manufacturing to logistics.
Pathak defined that central to its inexperienced transition programme was the Investment in compressed pure gasoline (CNG) logistics which have seen Company acquired over 3,000 CNG vans and 1,000 dual-fuel automobiles deployed, considerably lowering emissions and transport prices. The firm goals for a totally CNG-powered fleet in Nigeria by 2026, focusing on a 29 per cent discount in carbon emissions per power unit consumed.
Dangote Cement’s sustainability technique is additional supported by its digital transformation drive, which has launched techniques such because the Distributor Management System (DMS), Transport Management System (TMS), and Electronic Proof of Delivery (e-POD), enhancing transparency, route optimisation, and provide chain effectivity.
According to him, the corporate has mapped greater than 65,000 stores in Nigeria and continues to develop throughout key regional commerce corridors. Through its Customer Truck Empowerment Scheme (CTES), Dangote Cement has distributed over 4,000 vans to move companions, creating jobs and enhancing reliability in cement supply.
In 2024 alone, the corporate invested over N12.4 billion in group improvement initiatives throughout its host international locations, a fourfold enhance from the earlier yr, overlaying training, healthcare, infrastructure, and youth empowerment.
As Dangote Cement continues to put money into low-carbon operations and revolutionary applied sciences, it units a benchmark for sustainable industrialization throughout Africa.
“Dangote Cement Plc has taken the lead in driving sustainable transformation across the Sub-Saharan Africa’s cement value chain. We are reaffirming our commitment to innovation and responsible growth. Sustainability has never been an afterthought for us; it is central to how we grow, innovate, and operate,” he acknowledged. For Africa’s industrial future to stay viable, sustainability should make {economic} sense. Our technique ensures profitability whereas defending the planet.”
The Dangote Cement CEO stated the Company has over the previous twenty years, Dangote Cement expanded from a neighborhood producer right into a continental chief, working in eleven international locations with an put in capability of 55 million tonnes each year. Beyond scale, Pathak stated, the corporate’s distinction lies in its deliberate shift in direction of lower-carbon operations, contributing to Africa’s sustainable industrialisation.
Said he: “We recognised early on that sustainability would shape the future of manufacturing. Our investments in process optimisation, cleaner fuels, and advanced energy systems are helping us reduce waste, improve efficiency, and build stronger competitiveness. We are proving that economic performance and climate responsibility can move together.”
Dangote Cement continues to play an lively function in world and regional partnerships for sustainable development as a founding member of the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) and a accomplice of the United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa) to advertise low-carbon cement requirements, together with the Limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC3) initiative.
In her comment on the occasion, Dangote Cement’s Deputy Head of Sustainability, Oyekemi Oyelola stated the corporate’s mannequin demonstrates that industrial progress and environmental accountability can coexist.
“We see a future where Africa’s cement industry becomes a benchmark for sustainable industrialization globally. Our mission is to ensure that Dangote Cement leads that transformation, driving innovation, creating value, and helping Africa build not only stronger structures but a stronger, greener future.”
