SDG 09: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

How construction innovations are enabling the transition to a circular economy

Nov 11, 2021

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Carolina Schmidt

Minister of the Environment, Government of Chile

Steven van Weyenburg

Minister for the Environment, Government of The Netherlands

Jan Jenisch

Chief Executive Officer, Holcim

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