Cement Sector Plan
The industry has established with the Environment Agency a range
of environmental performance indicators to measure its progress
towards objectives and targets for environmental
improvements. The framework of the nationally agreed actions
and measurements is published by the Environment Agency in
'Improving environmental
performance - sector plan for the cement industry' and
'Measuring environmental performance - sector plan for
the cement industry'. The cement industry's corporate
responsibility report Performance charts industry progress
towards the 2006 and 2010 targets, agreed with the Environment
Agency against a 1990 baseline. For example, towards the
objective of reducing air emissions, between 1998 and 2005, the UK
cement industry achieved reductions in
CO2 to air of 11%; a 46% reduction in sulfur
dioxide; 17% in oxides of nitrogen; and a 60% reduction in
particulate matter.