2012 Annual Report - Italcementi Group

Air emissions: yearly emissions
Mature markets
Emerging markets
Group
(*) metals I: Cd, Tl
(**) metals II: Sb, As, Pb, Cr, Co, Cu, Mn, Ni, V
2012 2011 2010
dust 0.3 0.4 0.3
NO x
kt
25.3 27.3 31.2
SO 2 10.0 9.7 10.4
dust 3.8 5.6 7.4
NO x
kt
30.2 35.5 40.2
SO 2 5.0 4.0 4.9
dust 4.1 6.0 8.3
SO 2 55.5 62.9 71.5
NOx kt
14.9 13.7 15.4
CO 48.7 - -
VOC 2.0 - -
benzene 59.0 - -
PAH 0.2 - -
mercury t
1.3 - -
metals I (*) 0.3 - -
metals II (*) 6.7 - -
dioxins g 1.6 - -
4.4 Water
As part of the efforts to reduce its water footprint, the Group decided to embrace the WBCSD Global Water
Tool, also being directly involved in the CSI development of water management guidelines. Thanks to these
tools, the Group will soon be able to set different targets on water resources management, with special focus
on most emerging cases in the countries of operation. The annual celebration of the World Water Day,
promoted by the United Nations, aimed at raising public awareness on the critical role of water for life. Water
has been increasingly recognized as a key factor in sustainable development by all the major industrial sectors,
including building materials. The Group does not stand on the sidelines and shares the vision of a more
responsible use of water in both working and family environments. The Group, being part of the WBCSD,
concurs with the UN Water for Life Decade, a ten years project which aims to promote efforts to fulfill
international commitments on water and water-related issues by 2015. In parallel, the Group set the target to
implement sustainable water management in all the sites located in water stress regions.
Water withdrawal, cement
2012 (*) 2011 2010
Mature markets 0.79 0.95 0.99
Emerging markets m 3 /t cement
0.41 0.52 0.48
Group 0.59 0.73 0.71
Mature markets 15.6 21.8 22.9
Emerging markets million m 3
9.4 12.9 13.5
Group 25.0 34.7 36.4
(*) improved data collection
Water withdrawal, by source
2012
million m3 %
Surface waters 8.3 33
Ground waters 8.1 32
Supplied waters 3.2 13
Collected waters 5.4 22
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