Brochure: Lafarge, Leader in a Sustainable World

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REHABILITATION
Planting shrubs in the
Simpang Pulai quarry
in Ipoh, Malaysia.
A SOLID COMMITMENT
Combining performance
and responsibility
Keen to fix its industrial growth strategy over the long term and to operate in line with the humanist
values underlining its identity, the Group has set itself ambitious goals in terms of respect for the environment, people and
communities, as well as supporting local economic development.
Limiting the environmental impact
Lafarge can only be guaranteed enduring performance by taking into
account economic, social and environmental issues. Long term performance
goes hand in hand with protecting the planet. For years now,
the Group has committed to minimizing its ecological impact: saving
water and raw materials, limiting waste and greenhouse gas
emissions and protecting biodiversity are just a few of the goals
to which Lafarge is committed.
Respect for people
Lafarge strives not only to develop effective policies for protecting the
environment and employee health and safety, but also to be the leader
in terms of social responsibility towards the local communities
affected by its installations. Using volunteer initiatives to help
improve the living conditions of neighboring communities, Lafarge
bases its global economic performance on respect for humanist
values and the principles of sustainable development.
2012 Objectives
Listed as one of the 100 multinational corporations
most committed to sustainable development,
Lafarge has developed a strategic
plan, called “2012 Objectives”, to promote
responsible development with respect for
the environment. This plan sets out costed
objectives for significant progress by 2012.
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20%
compared to 1990 levels by 2010, encouraging
biodiversity through systematic quarry
rehabilitation, ensuring employee health
and safety and increasing initiatives to benefit
local communities are just a few of these
objectives. It is an ambitious but necessary
plan, because the commitments to sustainable
construction made by key players in
the sector today will make all the difference
tomorrow.
Lafarge is moving forward alongside NGOs such as WWF,
Care International and Habitat for Humanity,
establishing partnerships that reinforce its commitments
and motivate its approach to excellence.
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