One Young World 2022

Technical Sales Engineer, UAE/Oman

"It is our collective responsibility to protect our planet's resources for our future generations. My boldest idea is to challenge all the business units in the Middle East and Africa to build a demo of a sustainable residential unit, using Holcim sustainable products."

HR Officer, Jordan

"My idea aims to have continual environmental contribution where each employee has his own imprint and positive impact. I called it "Shoulder the Responsibility.""

Environment & Land Manager, US

"To accelerate growth and build for the future, we can develop a platform where we can capture all of the projects related to sustainability that we are already working on across the globe."

Araxos & Arta Quarry Supervisor, Greece

"I have a personal vision to promote diversity in the industrial sector and contribute to minimizing its industrial footprint."

Airium R&D Project Leader, France

"I would like to focus your attention on the social impact of Holcim. Diversity and inclusion matters for business... and I think everybody can play a role."

RMX Value Added Products & Services Specialist, Switzerland

"My bold vision is that ECOPact, our green concrete, is not just the global market leader for sustainable RMX solutions but it is a concept that transforms our way of thinking and acting across the value chain and in our whole group."

Regional Commercial Manager, Mexico

"We need to bet on the new. We need to stop thinking the old way... Inclusion in our field, diversity and gender equality in key positions are fundamental to produce global growth."

Senior Communications Specialist, Greece

"Having acknowledged that education is one of the most powerful and proven vehicles for sustainable development, as highlighted by the SDGs as well, we designed and implemented a contribution program, focusing on empowering and uplifting the future generations."

Cloud Project Specialist, Colombia

"Recently, ADC - Americas Digital - Center has implemented a policy where you can work from anywhere. We can use this flexibility to choose a community, or a place that normally doesn't have a professional with our background, and we can share with this community our knowledge."

S&OP Supervisor, Iraq

"New ideas are born when we come together because each of us can make a difference but together we can make a big change."

Marketing Manager - Value Added Products, Australia

"As young emerging leaders of the new world, we have a duty to inspire, educate and implement real-world solutions, which shape our future for the better."

Head of Recycling/CDW Cement, Germany

"Together with my team and technical marketing, I push for innovation on sustainable products. I like to be part of an industry which is going to design the way we live tomorrow."

Digital Lead, Ecuador

"Since I was 14 years old, I have been fascinated with the power of technology and the exponential impact in the world. My boldest idea around digitalization is providing an agile service using an online quotation service, through conversational commerce."

Trading Manager EMEA, Switzerland

"How can we trigger that when an individual is building a new house, they say to the construction company: "We heard about this Holcim low-carbon solution, can we include it in our project?" My ambition is that very soon it becomes an obvious behavior to go for low-carbon cement for any new project."

Head of Market Insights, El Salvador

"My boldest idea is related to the growing digital communication channel and the growing need to make communities more sustainable and resilient.Tracking the progress of a construction project digitally can cement more trust with international stakeholders."

Maintenance Manager, Romania

"Our world is facing too many challenges. CO₂, energy, water and climate change are factors forcing us to change drastically how we manage our operations. The good news is that we have in our hands all that we need to drive our future operations to the new one."

Senior Manager, M&A Corporate Development, Canada

"The drive to build more with less has already started with innovative solutions such as our ECOPlanet range of green cement products... It is up to all of us in the greater Holcim network of employees to share, educate and disseminate the validity of these innovative solutions."

Head - Production, India

"I believe in innovative and sustainable projects for the reduction of CO₂ emissions in the cement industry."

Logistics Manager - Sales & Operations Planning, India

"My bold idea is carbon capture, coupled with carbon cured building material... Government-funded R&D and substantial subsidies can help promote more and more companies to install this technology at their plants and thus bring about a reduction on CO₂ emissions."

Digital Lead, Romania

"Never in our history have we needed to urbanize over 1 billion people in a matter of only 10-20 years, but now we do and we have to do that in a fast and sustainable way."

General Manager, UK

"I'm massively passionate about growing and developing businesses and passionate about innovation, digital and sustainability."