The Worldwide Cement Industry Sustainability Initiative

摘要

The subject paper will describe a worldwide cement industry collaborative initiative conducted under the auspices of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. The first section of the paper will describe the cement industry, Lafarge, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The paper will then set forth the WBCSD membership requirement the member companies publish sustainability reports with a focus on Lafarge's 2003 Sustainability Report. The third section of the paper will discuss a three-year program that 10 cement companies sponsored to define what sustainable development means for the future of the worldwide cement industry. The fourth section of the paper will then describe the "Agenda for Action" of the participating cement companies in response to the initial consultant's report. The paper will next describe the six key areas that the cement companies believe will make a significant contribution to achieving a more sustainable society and where there are significant environmental and social benefits that can be gained. The fifth section of the paper will describe the status of the various task force work projects that are being implemented for each of the six key areas. The final section will provide conclusions and what results, if any, have been observed to date for the key areas in the "Agenda for Action."