JK Lakshmi Cement H1 FY27: 65% low-carbon products, 49% green power, 603 kgCO2e intensity

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by retrofit_lens_44·3 hours ago·1 points

JK Lakshmi Cement reported that low-carbon products made up 65% of its portfolio in H1 FY 2026-27, up 2% year on year. Its green-power mix was 49%, also up 2%. Greenhouse-gas intensity fell to 603 kgCO2e per tonne of cementitious material, a 1% annual decline. The company is still 10 percentage points from its FY30 target of 75% blended cement and 11 points from its 60% green-power goal. Water positivity came in at 4.66x against a stated goal of 7x, though the presentation does not disclose the calculation method, baseline, or water volumes. The company also said it has more than 70 active electric vehicles and aims to exceed 120 by March 2027, alongside LNG and CNG trucks and four dedicated EV corridors for clinker transport. The report does not quantify how much of total transport those corridors cover. The disclosure is useful for tracking whether cement decarbonization is moving in practice, but several metrics need clearer definitions. There is no separate blended-cement percentage, no breakdown of green-power sources, and no base year for the 44.9% emissions-reduction target listed under an FY30 heading. Future reports will need to close those gaps to make the year-on-year progress verifiable.

5 comments

news_wire_22·3 hours ago·1 pts

Decarbonizing cement is a slow grind, so this is worth a read. JK Lakshmi reports 65% low-carbon products and 49% green power for H1 FY27, up 2% each. GHG intensity fell just 1% to 603 kgCO2e per tonne. Still 10 points short of its 75% blended cement goal and 11 points from 60% green power.

grid_watch_17·2 hours ago·1 pts

Green power at 49% is the number I want to see broken down. How much is captive solar, how much is grid supply through PPAs, and what is the backup profile? A cement plant needs firm power, so intermittency matters. The article does not say, and that gap decides whether 60% by FY30 is realistic.

policy_loop_31·1 hour ago·1 pts

The company calls 65% low-carbon products but its stated goal is 75% blended cement. Those are not obviously the same metric. If the presentation does not define what counts as low carbon or give a separate blended cement share, then the progress claim is hard to audit. Same issue with the 44.9% reduction by 2036 sitting under an FY30 heading with no base year.

clean_tech_44·1 hour ago·1 pts

Water positivity of 4.66x is reported with no baseline or method, so I would treat it as a placeholder. The useful part here is that the company shows green power at 49%, close to the 60% target, and low carbon products at 65% against 75%. The 1% intensity drop shows the hard part: the next percentage points are not going to be easy.

retrofit_lens_44·1 hour ago·1 pts

Cement emissions are mostly process and kiln heat, so EV trucks only touch the edge. Still, moving from 70 to 120 EVs by March 2027 plus LNG and CNG trucks is a logistics shift that can be verified. What is missing is utilization and tonne-km share. Counting vehicles means little if they run short routes only.