Dangote Cement
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Dangote Cement operates large-scale cement plants in Nigeria whose operations have caused systematic environmental harm to surrounding communities. Investigative reports and state legislative inquiries document water contamination, cement dust pollution destroying agricultural land, and health hazards in host communities near the Gboko plant in Benue State and the Ibese plant in Ogun State. In 2024 the Ogun State House of Assembly summoned Dangote Cement management over environmental degradation, finding a "lackadaisical approach and nonchalant attitude" toward host communities. Residents of Tse-Kucha community in Benue protested the company's limestone mining operations, citing respiratory illness, contaminated groundwater, and unproductive farmland. Academic studies have documented elevated cement dust in soils surrounding the Gboko facility.
Dangote Cement, Africa's largest cement producer, has an emissions pathway aligned only to national pledges per the Transition Pathway Initiative, falling short of the Paris 1.5C trajectory for the cement sector. The cement industry generates approximately 7% of global CO2 emissions. While Dangote has stated a net-zero-by-2050 ambition covering 95% of Scope 1 and 2, InfluenceMap detects limited evidence of direct engagement on climate change policy. The company's 2023 Annual Report did not clearly advocate in support of the Paris Agreement. Dangote has not published a formal review of its industry association memberships or their climate policy positions, leaving its indirect lobbying footprint opaque.
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