Investors urge CRH and rivals to cut greenhouse gas emissions

International cement companies - including Dublin-based CRH - have been urged by European-based investment funds to significantly cut their greenhouse gas emissions or risk losing access to capital.

A representative group for the funds - which manage a combined $2 trillion worth of assets - warned that failure to slash emissions could put cement companies' business models at risk, as funds could divest their investments and access to capital could dry up.