Bamburi Cement’s parent company Holcim unveils new Group Identity

• Milestone in Holcim’s transformation to become the global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions
• Focus on enabling greener cities, smarter infrastructure and improving living standards
• Holcim unites some of the world’s most trusted brands in the building sector
• Locally Bamburi Cement is making progress in supporting sustainable construction

Bamburi Cement parent company Holcim, which changed its name from LafargeHolcim earlier in May, has launched its new Group identity uniting all its market brands behind its purpose to build progress for people and the planet. At the forefront of green building solutions, Holcim is committed to playing an essential role to accelerate our world’s transition to a net zero and inclusive future.

Jan Jenisch, Chief Executive Officer at Holcim said: “Today marks a milestone for our company in our transformation to become the global leader in innovative and sustainable solutions. Our world is changing in many ways, with population growth, urbanization and the climate challenge. We are determined to play our part to accelerate low-carbon and circular construction so that we build a net zero future and raise living standards for everyone. Our new Group identity sends a signal to the world that we are fully committed to building progress for people and the planet.”

Holcim is home to some of the world’s most trusted brands in its sector including Lafarge, Holcim, ACC, Aggregate Industries, Ambuja Cements, Firestone Building Products and Geocycle. All market brands are retaining their respective market identities and names.

In Kenya Bamburi Cement, a Lafarge company, is already accelerating its progress in sustainable construction especially in the areas of circular economy, environmental sustainability, and green cements.

Bamburi Cement Managing Director Seddiq Hassani said “While our brand Bamburi Cement remains unchanged in our market, it takes everyone and every brand in the Holcim family to reach this ambition, by making cities greener; empowering society with smarter infrastructure, improving living standards for all, building more with less, and becoming a net zero company. In Kenya we continue to make our push MEDIA RELEASE Nairobi | July 10, 2021 2 in sustainable construction, and so far we are the only company in our industry that has made good progress in this area with our initiatives ranging from sustainable waste recycling in our kilns, environmental sustainability with examples like the work we do at rehabilitating quarries, the low carbon green cements that we continue to roll out to the market, to our ‘Houses of Tomorrow’ program that supports our customers in Co2 reduction in their construction.”

With its new identity launch Holcim is reinforcing its focus on making cities greener and infrastructure smarter to improve living standards around the world, with the world’s broadest range of low carbon building materials. Becoming a net zero company, Holcim puts sustainability at the core of its strategy and drives the circular economy, as a world leader in recycling. It is making its business smarter in a data-driven and agile way while fostering open innovation.

The new Group name is now live and the ticker symbol has been changed to HOLN (formerly LHN