World Cement Association Appoints Bernard Mathieu as Climate Program Director

   London, 27 February 2018-The World Cement Association today announced the appointment of Bernard Mathieu as Director of the Association's Climate Programme. In this role, he will lead the WCA CEO Forum's "Global Climate Change Forum", which aims to draft the WCA Climate Change Roadmap. The forum will be held in Paris from 27 to 28 June 2018.

   With 22 years experience in the cement, concrete and aggregates business, Bernard has extensive experience in sustainability-related roles, most recently as Head of Sustainability at LafargeHolcim. Prior to this, Bernard was the Head of Global Environmental Sustainability in Heidelberg and also represented the cement industry in meetings under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

   "We are very pleased to have Bernard join the WCA," said Norman Greig, WCA Secretary-General. "He is a highly respected figure in the industry and his experience and insight will be invaluable, especially for the Climate Change Roadmap we are developing for the WCA Climate Change Forum."

   "I am very pleased to be here to support WCA's global efforts to promote the values of climate change and find new ways for sustainable development to solve some of the planet's biggest problems," said Bernard Mathieu. The "collaboration" advocated by the World Cement Association is very important if we want to succeed in these goals. I am very much looking forward to sharing some of my thoughts and ideas with representatives of other organizations and associations involved in the WCA Climate Change Forum.

   The WCA Climate Change Forum will bring together the CEOs of the world's largest cement companies, leaders of WCA member companies, and external stakeholders to address the environmental challenges facing the cement industry. The climate change programme is part of the World Cement Association's sustainability efforts (World Cement Association Sustainability Effort, WCASE), in which it collaborates with its members and other departments, organizations and associations to share best practices. And raise the bar for global industrial sustainability.