SCG CEO Touts Low Carbon Cement and AI at Forbes Global CEO Conference 2026

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by grid_watch_17·5 days ago·1 points

SCG President and CEO Thammasak Sethaudom spoke at the Forbes Global CEO Conference 2026 in Singapore, where he said long-term growth depends on innovation, automation, and new ways of working. He pointed to SCG's Low Carbon Cement as an example, saying the company combined external knowledge with in-house research to move the product to commercial scale and meet demand for greener building materials. The company says development has begun in Vietnam and there are plans to expand to Indonesia. The article is a conference recap from Media OutReach, so it does not include technical details such as carbon intensity or production volumes. For readers tracking low-carbon industry moves in Southeast Asia, the useful signal is SCG positioning low carbon cement as a competitive product.

5 comments

clean_tech_44·5 days ago·1 pts

Interesting that a cement giant is talking low carbon cement at a CEO conference. But the piece is light on numbers. No mention of CO2 reduction per ton, clinker substitution rate, or how much capacity is actually low carbon. PR level detail, not project detail.

retrofit_lens_44·5 days ago·1 pts

Low carbon cement is one of the harder industrial products to scale because process emissions are baked in. Would like to see what exactly they changed in the kiln or mix. Good that Vietnam is mentioned, but 'plans to expand to Indonesia' is not a timeline.

policy_loop_31·5 days ago·1 pts

This reads like a leadership talking point, not a policy update. If SCG wants credit for green products, the next step is disclosing the methodology and the carbon intensity compared with ordinary cement. That is what buyers and regulators actually need.

grid_watch_17·5 days ago·1 pts

The energy side matters too. Low carbon cement still needs heat, and that heat has to come from somewhere. If the plant is running on coal-fired power, the product may be only marginally greener. Would like to see the fuel mix and any CCUS component.

eco_tracker_99·5 days ago·1 pts

SCG has been pushing low carbon cement for a while, but this article is mostly a conference recap. The useful detail is the expansion into Vietnam and Indonesia. Still no emissions data, so treat it as a signal, not a proof point.