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Accelerating Decarbonisation of Cement and Concrete

Sam Bell, Group Leader for Sustainable Cement and Concrete, will be a speaker at the Sustainability Series 2025 - “Accelerating Decarbonisation of Cement and Concrete” on 22nd September - live in London and online. The event is hosted by The Concrete Centre.

Sam will be talking about our £1m Sustainable Cement and Concrete Centre, a new facility for testing the performance of low carbon cement and concrete. He joins a line-up of speakers that will share insights into the challenges and opportunities involved with advancing the transition to net-zero concrete.

Here is the programme with speaker line-up:

Welcome and Introduction to the Sustainability Series 2025 – Elaine Toogood, Senior Director, MPA Concrete and The Concrete Centre

UK Concrete and Cement Industry Roadmap to Beyond Net Zero: an update on progress - Diana Casey, Executive Director, Energy and Climate Change, Mineral Products Association

Carbon capture – an emerging reality in the UK: update on the development of Peak Cluster - John Egan, CEO, Peak Cluster Ltd

Implementing lower carbon concrete: a client’s perspective - Jonathan Ly, Director - Structures, Canary Wharf Group

A new facility for testing the performance of low carbon cement and concrete – Sam Bell, Group Leader, Sustainable Cement and Concrete, MPI - Materials Processing Institute

Panel discussion

Register here - https://www.concretecentre.com/CPD-Events/Events/Sustainability-Series-2025-In-person.aspx

If you are not attending and want to find out more about our Sustainable Cement and Concrete Centre contact us at enquiries@mpiuk.com

Link to Sustainable Cement and Concrete Centre - https://www.mpiuk.com/research-development-sustainable-cement-and-concrete-centre.htm

18 September 2025