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Ecocem

Ecocem is an Irish company providing low-carbon cement technologies to the construction industry.

Lobbying Activity

Ecocem urges EU to mandate low-carbon cement for housing

18 Sept 2025
Topic — The initiative proposes measures to increase productivity and competitiveness in housing construction.
Message — Ecocem recommends mandating clinker substitution in public procurement and adopting performance-based standards. They also advocate for setting maximum carbon intensity limits for building materials.12
Why — These rules would create a policy-driven market demand for their specific technological innovations.3
Impact — Traditional manufacturers lose market share as mandates force a reduction in clinker usage.4
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Ecocem urges EU to end funding bias for carbon capture

8 Jul 2025
Topic — This consultation evaluates the 2025 operations of the EU’s climate-focused Innovation Fund.
Message — Ecocem calls for the Innovation Fund to end its funding imbalance and support low-clinker cement solutions. They recommend expanding eligibility criteria and providing technical support for cleantech scale-ups during applications. They also urge authorities to expedite the project evaluation and grant agreement process.123
Why — Targeted funding would help Ecocem rapidly scale its breakthrough low-carbon cement technology.4
Impact — Traditional cement producers lose their near-monopoly on decarbonisation funding for carbon capture.5
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Meeting with Radan Kanev (Member of the European Parliament)

19 May 2025 · Low-carbon cement

Meeting with Sara Matthieu (Member of the European Parliament)

15 May 2025 · Cement standards

Meeting with Seán Kelly (Member of the European Parliament)

14 May 2025 · Challenges and opportunities for cleantech & the Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act

Response to EU Start-up and Scale-up Strategy

14 Mar 2025

Ecocem welcomes the EUs focus on cleantech scale-up but highlights key barriers preventing the rapid deployment of low-carbon cement solutions. Current funding overwhelmingly supports CCUS, while immediate, cost-effective alternatives like low-clinker cement remain underfunded. The Industrial Decarbonisation Bank and Innovation Fund must prioritise technology-neutral financing. Regulatory delays, including slow cement standardisation under the CPR, hinder market access, while public procurement lacks CO performance criteria to drive demand. A mandatory carbon labelling system, harmonised standards, and streamlined approval pathways are essential to ensure low-carbon cement can scale up and deliver Europes industrial decarbonisation goals.
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Ecocem calls for mandatory green rules in public cement contracts

6 Mar 2025
Topic — Evaluation of EU directives governing public procurement in construction and utilities sectors.
Message — Ecocem advocates for mandatory and harmonized green procurement requirements to replace current voluntary approaches. They recommend prioritizing low-carbon materials and introducing strict carbon intensity limits for all public projects.12
Why — Mandatory criteria would provide market certainty and drive demand for their cleantech innovations.34
Impact — Manufacturers of traditional high-carbon cement would lose market share under mandatory substitution requirements.56
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Meeting with Johannes Ten Broeke (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra), Matthieu Moulonguet (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

5 Mar 2025 · Discussion on the clean Industrial Deal and EU decarbonisation agenda.

Ecocem urges reform of European standards for low-carbon cement

31 Jan 2025
Topic — The European Commission is consulting on the future Single Market Strategy 2025.
Message — Ecocem calls for a technology-neutral, performance-based framework to replace standards that favor conventional cement. They also request harmonized national approval steps and increased funding for clinker reduction technologies.123
Why — Unified standards would lower the high costs and time required to enter diverse national markets.4
Impact — Traditional cement producers and carbon capture projects would lose their dominant position in funding and regulation.56
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Meeting with Jeannette Baljeu (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

22 Jan 2025 · Cement sector challenges in light of energy transition

Meeting with Anna Cavazzini (Member of the European Parliament)

20 Jan 2025 · Public procurement directives

Meeting with Bas Eickhout (Member of the European Parliament)

16 Oct 2024 · Transition of the cement sector

Meeting with András Tivadar Kulja (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Oct 2024 · Cement decarbonisation

Meeting with Mohammed Chahim (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Oct 2024 · Commissioner hearings

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament) and ArcelorMittal

12 Sept 2024 · Clean Industrial Deal

Meeting with Astrid Dentler (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

4 Jul 2024 · CO2 reduction in the cement industry

Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

19 Mar 2024 · Presentation of innovative solutions for decarbonising the cement industry

Meeting with Bas Eickhout (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Feb 2024 · CCS developments

Meeting with Juraj Nociar (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

21 Feb 2024 · Green Deal

Meeting with Tatiana Marquez Uriarte (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)

21 Feb 2024 · Presentation of the company's activities and new low-cost cement technology to cut emissions.

Ecocem recommends prioritizing alternative technologies over carbon capture

8 Aug 2023
Topic — This initiative evaluates the role of carbon capture in decarbonising the EU economy.
Message — Ecocem argues that carbon capture should be considered a last resort. It should not take priority over technologies that provide significant gains in a shorter timeframe.12
Why — This would favor Ecocem's business model by prioritizing their existing low-carbon cement technologies.3
Impact — Consumers would face higher prices because the costs of carbon capture are passed through.4
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Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) and ENGIE

24 May 2023 · NZIA

Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion) and Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) and

22 May 2023 · Net-Zero Industry Act Stakeholder Hearing

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)

16 Feb 2023 · Decarbonisation priorities for the cement sector

Meeting with Katherine Power (Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness)

26 Jan 2023 · Cement

Meeting with Malte Gallée (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Oct 2022 · Low-carbon cement (Construction Products Regulation)

Meeting with Sirpa Pietikäinen (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Oct 2022 · 3D printing & low carbon cement

Response to Review of the Construction Products Regulation

12 Jul 2022

Ecocem, Europe’s leader in low carbon cement technologies, welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a revision of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR). We consider the overall messaging of the proposal to be positive. The revised CPR correctly aims to address deficiencies in the current regulation by seeking to improve the speed of the standardisation system and introducing more product requirements related to sustainability and circular economy aspects. Nonetheless, we believe that more ambition is needed within the CPR framework to enhance sustainability in the construction sector. This will have a significant impact in reducing the embodied carbon of buildings, which is currently not sufficiently addressed in the EU’s sustainable buildings policies. While we strongly advocate for significant recycling of materials, we believe that it is particularly important that CPR does not favour recycled content requirements of product over their carbon impact. This could hamper the deployment of breakthrough technologies that have major impact in reducing carbon emissions but may not be made with recycled materials. The cement sector has to date failed to deliver CO2 emissions reductions in line with the EU’s 2030 and 2050 GHG emissions reduction targets. This is partly due to the fact that EU policy has not addressed barriers to the deployment of low-carbon cement and concrete onto the market, such as the lengthy standardisation processes and the lack of performance-based cement standards. In addition, there have not been strong enough requirements within the CPR to reduce the carbon footprint and broader environmental impact of products. In this context, several improvements should be made to the CPR text: • The scope of the CPR and the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products should be clarified. We believe that CPR should cover construction products while having the same level of environmental ambition and minimum requirements as the Ecodesign Regulation. • CPR should introduce ambitious environmental product requirements. New product requirements (Art.5 + Annex I A, B, C; and Art.22) should include a robust embedded carbon assessment of products to incentivise innovation and deployment of low-carbon construction products. • On circularity, the CPR should respect a sustainability hierarchy. CPR should establish a clear framework and provide common definitions (e.g. for mandatory recycled content requirements; Reused products). Circularity should not be considered to the same extent as carbon impact, as this could prevent the scale-up and deployment of breakthrough technologies that have massive role in reducing carbon emissions but are not made of recycled content. This is particularly true for the decarbonisation of the highly CO2 intensive cement industry, where low carbon solutions exist but need to proliferated further through appropriate mandates. • The method for assessing and communicating the environmental performance of construction products should be harmonised in the CPR. We believe that the Environmental Product Declaration (EN 15804) should be the preferred route for construction products, especially for the cement sector. • Green Public Procurement should be more targeted. We welcome the introduction of green public procurement in Article 84. However, we believe that it is necessary to establish a more defined framework and timeline of implementation to ensure a rapid roll-out of low-carbon solutions supported by the public sector. • The standardization system must be improved. We believe that the governance of standardisation system should be substantially improved with defined timeline, framework, and independent experts' involvement. In addition to that, we believe it is essential for to develop harmonised EU standards for both cement and concrete.
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Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner) and

24 Jan 2022 · Low carbon cement production

Meeting with Jakop G. Dalunde (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion)

19 Jan 2022 · EU ETS