Our Sustainability Agenda

In UK the cement industry took a lead in addressing the sustainability agenda by setting up in 2004 a Sustainable Development Task Force to demonstrate its continually improving performance and further its reputation as a sound, sustainable and transparent industry.

Cement industry’s strategic vision

‘Through performance to reputation. The UK cement industry’s performance on sustainable development is continually improved until it is recognised as leading the way by 2010.’

Objectives

to create a framework that will allow the industry to maximise its contribution to the well-being of its employees, to its neighbours and to wider society, making the UK cement industry an employer of choice
to maximise the contribution of cement to the delivery of a more sustainable built environment
to improve continually the sustainability performance of the cement industry by setting and reviewing targets on environmental, economic and social performance
to extend our constructive, proactive and sustainable relations with stakeholders
to optimise the role that the cement industry can play in assisting the UK with delivery of best practicable environmental options for waste recovery
to integrate sustainable development into all UK cement industry strategies, activities and communications.

The cement industry has set sustainability road maps to follow and improve its progress towards sustainability.

Road maps