Planet under Pressure

Building upon our commitment to the
SDGs, in collaboration with a multidisciplinary
group within CEMEX, we connected
stakeholders’ objectives, risks, and
financial and non-financial indicators to
set our five priority SDGs, upon which
we can contribute even further toward
achieving the UN’s established goals of
Agenda 2030. Our five goals are focused
on the promotion of decent employment
and economic growth (Goal 8); innovation
and infrastructure development
(Goal 9); climate change mitigation (Goal
13); environmental and ecosystem conservation
(Goal 15); and the advancement
of sustainable cities and communities
(Goal 11). We devised internal output
indicators in order to keep track of our
contributions toward selected targets. In
2019, we selected our main actions and
programs, and we are currently working
to unify them in order to further increase
our SDG contributions.
Collaborating and sharing best
practices with UN initiatives
CEMEX is a member of the United
Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.
In 2019, we led the ARISE Mexico
Forum: Resilience for All. During the
forum, we promoted resiliency through
disaster risk management within companies
to generate value for society.
We further protect integrity and wellbeing
by integrating disaster prevention
through appropriate training, policies,
and infrastructure involving our
employees, communities, national
and local governments, academia, civil
society organizations, and multilateral
organizations.
We continue to lead the UN Global
Compact (UNGC) in Mexico, inspiring
and motivating business leaders to join
this initiative and promote inclusive
prosperity and sustainable development.
In 2019, through our role in the Global
Compact Network in Mexico, we led
the signing of a collaboration agreement
between the government of Mexico,
the private sector – represented by the
Business Coordinating Council – and
the local Global Compact Network in
Mexico and led Making Global Goals
Local Business – Mexico, where more
than 800 participants shared best practices
to collaborate and play a more active
role in the achievement of the SDGs.
We will continue pursuing our purpose
of building a better future, ensuring a
sustainable growth to further advance
the SDGs and mitigate impacts and risks,
by operating in a more agile way, seeking
disruptive innovation and collaboration
with organizations that also are guided
by their purpose and are committed with
the UN SDGs.
Agreement signed by government, private
sector, and the UNGC on Agenda 2030
Global Goals Yearbook 2020 93