Last week, school children at Boughton Leigh Junior School in Rugby enjoyed a first look at CEMEX’s new educational program ‘A Circular World’.

Community engagement is an important part of CEMEX’s dedicated sustainability strategy; Future in Action.

Around 30 children from Year 5 took part in the session, where they split into small groups to complete the program, with prizes awarded to the winners.

Chiedza Mupfumira, Social Impact Specialist for CEMEX UK, commented: “It’s vital that we encourage our children and young people to understand the challenges we face as a result of climate change and empower them to protect the world of the future.

We were very impressed by the enthusiasm and attentiveness of the children – they easily grasped the concept of a circular economy and how it can benefit us all. We would like to extend a big thank you to Boughton Leigh Junior School, in particular Mr Gaskell who supported us on the day and all the children who participated.”

Mark Pawsey, MP for Rugby also attended the event and spoke to the children about the importance of protecting the environment and understanding our individual responsibility to reduce climate change.

“The interest our young people have in protecting the environment is always very clear and the pupils at Boughton Leigh Junior School were no exception. I was delighted to be able to talk to them about the role which both the government, local businesses and individuals have to play in reusing, reducing and recycling, and CEMEX’s new online learning tools and their game is a great way to engage with kids about building a circular economy. We all need to do more to help the environment and it was really positive to see both the next generation and one of Rugby’s leading businesses working together to do so.”

A video from Ian Courts, Leader of Solihull Borough Council, and Portfolio Holder for Environment at the West Midlands Combined Authority was also shown during the session. Ian encouraged the children to consider the waste that is created every day and the opportunities the circular economy can present to reduce this.

You can find out more about the program ‘A Circular World’ here https://www.cemex.co.uk/cemex-and-the-circular-economy