Cemex port achieves ISO standard

Cement group Cemex is continuing to obtain ISO 14001 environmental certification for its various French sites, with an additional 110 sites certified in 2012. Some 183 Cemex sites comply with the ISO 14001 standard in total, or 53% of its sites, which include aggregate quarries, production units for ready-to-use concrete, ports, administrative headquarters and equipment depots. Cemex's aggregate activity is fully certified, and the group is aiming to have 100% of its sites certified by the end of 2014.

Delivering a 36% reduction in carbon emissions over three years has helped Cemex UK to gain the Carbon Trust Standard across all its sites in Greta Britain. The company secured the award that recognises organisations for carbon reduction thanks to its efforts between January 2007 and December 2009. Cemex used the Environmental Footprint Tracker software to record energy, CO2, waste and water for every site to benchmark best practice and set reduction targets. This process is applied not only to the manufact

Three sites run by Cemex Granulats Sud-Ouest have received ISO 14001 certification.

Cemex says it has developed a carbon footprint tool, the first of its kind in the building materials industry that allows the company to measure the greenhouse gases emissions of its cement, ready-mix and aggregates products. Unveiling to CO2 tool at COP16, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, the company says the footprint tool considers a cradle-to-gate approach, from raw material sourcing to product manufacturing, providing significant assistance to customers in the building se