Integrating sustainability into ongoing business activity585cf64c-2ab4-4f8f-b5a1-c43e4ea… · 7Swiss Sustainability Leaders conference 2013. The driver is clear - sustainable development
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Our commercial success means that Holcim has a significant footprint on the planet…
WATER • Water consumption: 140 Mm3/y • Sufficient to supply the city of Paris or Berlin for one year
RAW MATERIALS • Raw materials extraction: 360 Mt/y
• One 55t truck every 5 seconds
CLIMATE CHANGE • Climate change: 100 Mt of CO2 /y • Equivalent to 0.3% of worldwide carbon emissions • Equivalent to the total carbon emissions of Belgium in a year
POWER • Annual electricity consumption of 17.5 TWh • Sufficient to cover yearly demand of more than 4 Millions households
• Managing these issues makes good business sense.. Mitigating risk and leveraging opportunity Maintain our license to operate Reduce operating costs and increase
revenues Ability to attract and retain employees Improve access to capital A seat at the regulators table
Key SD issues - determined with SD materiality review.
Holcim successfully develops new products that can be manufactured more efficiently…
Actions on energy and climate change go beyond efficiency in operations
6% 29% 31% 18% 4% 12%
Industry Buildings Transportation Waste Other Cement Industry Direct and indirect sources; excluding emissions from forestry and agriculture Source: IPCC
…and valorizes waste as alternative fuel and material
Efficient for economic, social and environmental reasons
6% 29% 31% 18% 4% 12%
Industry Buildings Transportation Waste Other Cement Industry Direct and indirect sources; excluding emissions from forestry and agriculture Source: IPCC
The next step change is bringing solutions to reduce energy and emissions during the life of a building…
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Ecoterm Concrete Blocks
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Energy needs
6% 29% 31% 18% 4% 12%
Industry Buildings Transportation Waste Other Cement Industry Direct and indirect sources; excluding emissions from forestry and agriculture Source: IPCC
The approach to implement the SPI across the Holcim supplier base consists of 5 steps 1. Supplier Code of Conduct Supplier Code of Conduct approved by Holcim EXCO and communicated to all suppliers and Group Companies
2. Supplier prioritization High risk suppliers to be prioritized by Group Companies and Corporate Procurement based on their judgment of local conditions
3. Risk assessment Continuous evaluation of risk exposure through self-assessment / fact finding / verification, as determined by Group Companies
4. Risk mitigation Supplier development or replacement, as determined by Group Companies
5. Scorecard Continuous performance tracking for the Holcim Corporate Sustainable Development Report as in the past
Environment: Reduction of Environmental impact and Conservation of Biodiversity
Key environmental programs: ISO 14001 certification Plant Environmental Profile questionnaire Biodiversity Management System (being
implemented in partnership with the IUCN) Emission Monitoring and Reporting (EMR) Emission Reduction Targets (ERT) Water management scheme
Key Environmental Targets: Biodiversity target: 80% of sensitive sites with Biodiversity Action Plans (2013) Water target: Reduce water consumption per tonne of product by 20% by 2020. (Base year 2012)
Social Responsibility: Holcim CSR approach is strategic, not philanthropic
• Education, infrastructure and community development are our focus areas • Community spending of CHF 45 million in 2012 • Holistic low income housing projects in implementation in various countries • Employee awareness and outreach program to mobilize Holcim's 80,000 employees • Stakeholder and community engagement vital to business success
Key target:
Community Engagement Plan (CEP) in place for each site by 2012
This presentation may contain certain forward-looking statements relating to the Group’s future business, development and economic performance.
Such statements may be subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other important factors, such as but not limited to (1) competitive pressures; (2) legislative and regulatory developments; (3) global, macroeconomic and political trends; (4) fluctuations in currency exchange rates and general financial market conditions; (5) delay or inability in obtaining approvals from authorities; (6) technical developments; (7) litigation; (8) adverse publicity and news coverage, which could cause actual development and results to differ materially from the statements made in this presentation. Holcim assumes no obligation to update or alter forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.