Baker Hughes Joins World Cement Association as an Associate Corporate Member

The energy technology company Baker Hughes brings expertise in energy management to the World Cement Association as a partner in accomplishing the WCA's goal of reducing the carbon emissions of the concrete and cement industry by 2050.

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The World Cement Association (WCA) announced that global energy technology company, Baker Hughes, has become the latest addition to its international community, joining as an Associate Corporate Member.

Baker Hughes operates in over 120 countries, designing, manufacturing, and deploying innovative technologies and services that help make energy safer, cleaner and more efficient. Specialist capabilities include areas such as emissions management, hydrogen, carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS), and energy storage, as well as expertise in helping industrial companies with their energy transition journeys as they move towards net-zero. Baker Hughes works across the entire energy value chain and in key industrial markets, including cement. The World Cement Association is the original international cement association and represents the cement industry and its stakeholders. Corporate Members are cement producers and have equal rights regardless of size or nationality. WCA connects members across the world and provides practical help to improve competitiveness and sustainability.

“Reducing the impact of energy usage is one of the most important levers we have when it comes to cutting the emissions from cement manufacture and making net-zero a reality,” explains Ian Riley, CEO at WCA. “We are therefore especially pleased to be welcoming Baker Hughes, a global leader in this field, to our membership, and look forward to working alongside them to share the latest thinking and best practice with the international cement community.”

“Industrial sectors must prioritise achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, and as one of the hardest to abate sectors, the cement industry is no exception,” says Uwem Ukpong, Executive Vice President, Regions, Alliances & Enterprise Sales at Baker Hughes. “We look forward to collaborating with WCA and its members as the industry looks to cut emissions and reduce their environmental impact, through new energy frontiers and increased efficiencies."

An Associate Corporate Member of the WCA entails a partnership towards common goals. For Baker Hughes, this includes the drive towards a decarbonized, sustainable cement sector, technological innovation, and knowledge-sharing across the global cement industry. Through this partnership, WCA gives exclusive access to its services such as participation in the association's board and four professional committees. 

The WCA provides two levels of membership, Corporate and Associate Corporate, World Cement Association.

Additional Associate Corporate Members:

  • Blue Planet - a company that developed a carbon capture and utilization system that permanently removes carbon dioxide from the air (joined March 2021);
  • CarbonCure - innovators of carbon dioxide technologies for the cement and concrete sector. Their solution involves the injection of waste carbon dioxide into the concrete during mixing to enable the production of stronger, more sustainable concrete;
  • Solidida Technologies - the cement and technology company offers a patented green solution using carbon dioxide for the creation of sustainable building materials. 

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