Nature conservation

HeidelbergCement has outlined plans for expansion of the company’s Biodiversity Action Plan as a key element of the group’s business model and sustainability strategy. At an event in connection with the recent BirdLife World Congress, the company, together with BirdLife International, has developed a Biodiversity Conservation Programme for Europe, which complements the existing internal policies and guidelines.

BirdLife International, a world leader in nature conservation, and HeidelbergCement have launched a biodiversity partnership.

Cemex UK has launched a new book, A Gift of Nature, at a reception in London. The book is the 20th in Cemex’s conservation book series, an initiative dating back to 1993, and one that was launched on the back of the United Nations Rio Earth Summit in 1992 as part of a strategy to help conserve the world’s natural resources. Cemex says it recognises that as a leading construction solutions provider the need to balance the production of building materials with the protection and maintenance of a sustainable e

Cemex has released A Gift of Nature. Twenty Years of Conservation & Photography, the 20th anniversary edition of its celebrated conservation book series. Published in partnership with Earth in Focus Editions, the anniversary issue commemorates and encapsulates an expanded and updated retrospective look back at 20 years of powerful science, images and strategies that have changed the field of conservation publishing. Cemex says this volume recaptures the powerful impact of its earlier editions and sets the p

The first Quarry Life Award launched by HeidelbergCement raised strong interest from students and researchers with over 300 project proposals competing in 18 countries on four continents.