Building materials supplier CEMEX is undertaking an initiative to identify ways of using its concrete tools without harming biodiversity in its operating environment.
Through collaboration with environmental organisation BirdLife International, more than 500 of CEMEX's cement and aggregates sites have been assessed to determine those which are located close to sites of particular significance in terms of biodiversity.
"Our ability to operate and access raw materials in a given location requires that we effectively protect, manage and enhance the biodiversity of the area," explains senior vice-president of energy and sustainability Luis Farias.
A dozen sites surveyed were identified as prime locations at which focused conservation efforts should be embarked upon.
The use of concrete tools in the excavation of those sites is now to be carried out with respect both to their lifecycle development plans and also to the surrounding environment.
CEMEX says it can trace its heritage back as far as the dawn of the UK's ready-mix concrete industry in 1930.
Posted by Jonathan Gordon
Through collaboration with environmental organisation BirdLife International, more than 500 of CEMEX's cement and aggregates sites have been assessed to determine those which are located close to sites of particular significance in terms of biodiversity.
"Our ability to operate and access raw materials in a given location requires that we effectively protect, manage and enhance the biodiversity of the area," explains senior vice-president of energy and sustainability Luis Farias.
A dozen sites surveyed were identified as prime locations at which focused conservation efforts should be embarked upon.
The use of concrete tools in the excavation of those sites is now to be carried out with respect both to their lifecycle development plans and also to the surrounding environment.
CEMEX says it can trace its heritage back as far as the dawn of the UK's ready-mix concrete industry in 1930.
Posted by Jonathan Gordon