India: Dalmia Cement (Bharat) has won the Climate Orientated award at the Confederation of India Industry (CII)'s Third Climate Action Programme Awards. The awards aim to help companies to prepare scenario analyses, implement climate-related financial disclosures recommendations and calculate internal carbon pricing. This marks the second time that the producer has prevailed in the category. Dalmia Cement (Bharat)'s efforts along these lines include promoting and incorporating its own ‘Waste to Prosperity’ philosophy, through which it engages with waste generators, policy makers and stakeholders. Industrial waste streams constituted 40% of raw materials used in the company's cement production during the second quarter of the 2023 financial year. Municipal solid waste (MSW) provided 18% of heat in its kilns. Its CO2 emissions per tonne of cement during the quarter were 467kg/t.
