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Building on sustainability
HeidelbergCement is committed to sustainability and
builds on the three pillars: economy, ecology, and social
responsibility.
Our sustainable corporate governance places the primary focus
on customers, employees, shareholders, and local partners at
every location. With our Sustainability Ambitions 2020, we
demonstrate our long-term commitment.
As a company that makes intensive use of raw materials, we
regard climate protection and the securing of resources as the
basis of our future development. With efficient production
processes and the use of alternative fuels and raw materials,
we are making an important contribution to protecting our
climate. Occupational health and safety are our utmost priority
and an integral part of all our business activities. We supply
sustainable building materials that have a positive impact on
the environment and society throughout their life cycles. The
quarries and sand and aggregates pits from which we extract
our raw materials are returned to a natural state or put to
agricultural use. We are increasingly opting for renaturation,
thus helping to preserve species diversity.
In order to improve knowledge about the biological value of
the quarrying sites, in 2011 we launched the international
“Quarry Life Award” for junior researchers, students, and pupils.
From a total of 300 applications, 80 projects were chosen
for practical research at our quarries and sand and gravel pits
in 18 countries. The projects ranged from new ideas for the
protection of rare plant and animal species to concepts for
after-use of restored quarrying sites. At the end of 2012, we
presented the award to the winners of the competition, which,
in future, is to be held every two years.
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