Dalmia Cement Bharat Sweeps “17th NCB International Conference With Six Awards”

~Best Award for Environmental Excellence for Karnataka plant~ 

Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd, one of India’s top cement manufacturers has won six awards at the 17th NCB International Conference on Cement, Concrete and Building Materials. The awards were given by Sh. Som Prakash Singh, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry and received by senior officials from the Group including Sh. Mahendra Singhi, Managing Director;  Sh. Ganesh W Jirkuntwar, National Manufacturing Head and  Sh. Prabhat Singh, DY Executive Director of Dalmia Cement Bharat Ltd.  

The six awards for DCBL include Best Award for Environmental Excellence to Belgaum Plant- Karnataka, Second Best Award for Environment Excellence in Integrated Cement Plants at Dalmiapuram – Tamil Nadu alongwith First Consolation Prize for Achieving Circular Economy and Second Consolation prize for Environment Excellence in Integrated Cement Plants to Ariyalur Unit - Tamil Nadu; Second Consolation Prize for Energy Excellence in Grinding Units to Calcom Cement - Assam; Third best award for environment excellence in Grinding Units to Bokaro Grinding Unit- Jharkhand.  

Mr. Mahendra Singhi, Managing Director & CEO, DCBL commented, “We thank the organizing committee of NBC and Ministry of Commerce & Industry for encouraging the industry through dialogue and recognition to work towards an environmentally sustainable future. Dalmia Bharat is paving the way to tackle climate crisis by scaling innovative clean technologies across its pan India spread of 14 plants at 10 locations. It is committed to becoming carbon negative by 2040 and standing true to its business philosophy of Clean & Green is Profitable and Sustainable.” 

The theme of the conference was “Moving towards Net Zero Carbon Emissions", a movement which Dalmia Bharat led the first heavy-industry sector company globally to announce 2040 carbon negative commitment back in 2018. It continues to remain with one of the lowest carbon footprints (in cement manufacturing) GLOBALLY and one of the first companies in the heavy industrial sector to join Race to Zero- and 1.5-degree business ambition of the United Nations 

About Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd. – 

Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited (DCBL), a subsidiary of Dalmia Bharat Limited (BSE Code: 542216|NSE Symbol: DALBHARAT and listed in MSE), is a leading player in the cement manufacturing segment and has been in existence since 1939. Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited prides itself at having one of the lowest carbon footprint in the cement world globally. It is the first cement company to commit to RE100, EP100 & EV100 – showing real business leadership in the clean energy transition by taking a joined-up approach. With a growing capacity, currently pegged at 37 million tonnes, Dalmia Cement also has the fourth-largest cement manufacturing capacity in India. Spread across 10 states and 14 manufacturing units, the company is a category leader in super-specialty cement used for oil well, railway sleepers and airstrips and is the country’s largest producer of slag cement. Visit us at?http://www.dalmiacement.com