Chief Executive Officer, The Weir Group PLC (stepping down 1 Aug 2026), The Weir Weir Minerals Division
Search every verified Jon Stanton interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In a November 2021 speech at a CBI event during the COP26 conference in Glasgow, Jon Stanton, then CEO of The Weir Group, discussed the company's approach to reaching net-zero emissions. Stanton stated that "this is now a question of how not why" regarding climate action, and argued that "there needn't be tension between people profit and the planet." He described Weir as an engineering business focused on solving customer problems through innovation, and said the company had put sustainability at the heart of its strategy. Stanton called for greater collaboration between business, government, capital markets, academia, and citizens to address climate change. He noted that Weir was doubling R&D spending, working with universities, and using artificial intelligence to identify innovations. Stanton also urged governments to support and reward businesses investing in sustainability, and called for consistent global standards to reduce administrative burdens. He expressed a personal concern about passing the climate problem to future generations, and said he wanted to see more women and girls as part of the solution.
“that's why today i'm excited to be launching a new business transformation program to realize that value and give us a scalable and efficient platform that will underpin our future growth. the program will deliver 30 million pounds of annualized savings by 2025 underpinning our 2023 operating margin target of 17 and as...”
“the mining industry is on the cusp of unprecedented change managing the dual challenges of insufficient supply of the metals needed in the drive to net zero and declining all grades while the same time reducing their environmental footprint all of which plays to our strengths as a mining technology business.”
“Climate change and the need for net zero solutions is accelerating demand for critical metals such as copper nickel and lithium, just at the time that longer term supply constraints are merging.”
“Specifically the rapid escalation of events in ukraine and russia has created uncertainty about our operations and trading in those countries. Our overall exposure is small with combined ukraine and russia net assets of around two percent of the group total and combined revenue and profit being less than five percent.”
“this is now a question of how not why”
“it shows that there needn't be tension between people profit and the planet”
“Indeed, including the impact of reduced grinding media, we estimate each installation of an Enduron HPGR saves on average 12,000 tons of CO2 equivalent annually, or the same as removing more than three and a half thousand cars from the road.”
“But one of the biggest opportunities we have is to increase water efficiency in wet processing, where through our Warman pumps we're working with customers to significantly reduce water loss using our mechanical seals technology. And of course water management is key to addressing the issue of safe tailings management.”
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As one of the partner sponsors of CBI's Gala Dinner during the COP 26 Conference in Glasgow, our CEO Jon Stanton gave the opening remarks of the evening. Watch Jon's speech in full, which encourages broader industry, government and society, to think and act differently in order to reach net-zero.
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