Insight - Companies should go green abroad, not just at home

Sustainability target: Labourers resting after unloading cement bags from a freight train at a railway station in New Delhi. Decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors such as cement will require money and technology. — Reuters

INDIA’S growth over the next few years is likely to be driven by the government’s big infrastructure push. The construction sector represents almost one-tenth of the country’s economy. India is the second-largest producer of cement in the world.

It would seem an odd time, therefore, for a major cement company to abandon the giant country.