Our sustainability approach through Open Innovation: Novel Cementitious Materials & CCUS, Energy, Smart Ops/Digital to decarbonize the built environment and promote circularity. Discover the 20 most promising Cleantech solutions of 2026.
Cemex’s mission is to build a better future. To do that, however, we must address humanity’s most pressing issue: climate change. That’s why Cemex’s sustainability program, Future in Action, sets out aggressive decarbonization goals with a very specific roadmap to achieve them. Cemex Ventures, the corporate venture capital (CVC) and open innovation unit of Cemex, attempts to connect disruptive clean technologies to Cemex’s core business through its investment portfolio and exclusive startup accelerator, Cemex Ventures Leaplab, which focuses on high-potential innovative startups. To learn more about the clean technologies and green construction startups Cemex Ventures is investing in and promoting within the industry, keep reading.
Our 2026 perspective on clean technology applications for construction.
As one of the world’s largest building solutions providers, our purpose is to build a better future, but in order to do so, we recognize the urgency of addressing climate change.
Fully aware that our production processes have a carbon footprint and that our end-product, ready-mix concrete, is the most used man-made material in the world and plays an essential role in society’s development and growth, Cemex is committed to reducing CO2 emissions in its production processes, as well as the entire life cycle of its products.
Cemex is committed to net-zero CO2 emissions through its climate action program, Future in Action that sets out an aggressive decarbonization roadmap. To realize it’s decarbonization goals, Cemex estimates to annually invest ~US$150 M through Future in Action’s Innovation & Partnerships pillar.
We are living in a decisive decade, in which the race to achieve critical climate action goals by 2030 is unfamiliar and arduous, and we are faced with never-before-seen challenges that will require new solutions to be overcome. We are only 6 years away from our 2030 goals, which is why we have our sights set on empowering startups and entrepreneurs in the Contech and Cleantech space and increasing our investment portfolio with trailblazing solutions to be applied to Cemex’s operations around the world.
As the corporate venture capital (CVC) and open innovation unit of Cemex, Cemex Ventures is committed to investing in, accelerating, through its exclusive accelerator program, Leaplab, and strategically partnering with the most innovative, sustainable, and promising startups to drive the construction industry revolution.
Since its inauguration in 2017, Cemex Ventures has experienced astounding success in innovation. Its current portfolio comprises 22 startups, including various unicorns.
After the 2030 benchmark, Cemex will launch a full-scale deployment of breakthrough technologies, which means the time to find new solutions that achieve Cemex’s sustainability, growth, and financial goals is now. There’s no time like the present.
