building a better future - Cemex
building a better future - Cemex
building a better future - Cemex
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priority 3<br />
enhance our<br />
carbon strategy<br />
Our carbon strategy helps us target opportunities for longterm<br />
savings and environmental leadership through alternative<br />
fuels and energy substitution, emissions reductions, and<br />
efficiency improvements.<br />
CEMEX’S CARBON<br />
STRATEGY HAS HELPED<br />
CEMEX TO REDUCE<br />
ENVIRONMENTAL<br />
IMPACTS AND CREATE<br />
ECONOMIC VALUE<br />
performance highlights<br />
• CEMEX achieved a 22.7% reduction in specific net CO2<br />
emissions from its 1990 baseline.<br />
• CEMEX expanded its use of alternative fuels to 24.7% of<br />
the total fuel mix—an increase from 16.4% in 2009 and<br />
20.3% in 2010.<br />
• Clinker content in our cement has been reduced to 75.1%,<br />
down from 84.3% in 1990.<br />
• Four new projects have qualified for Certified Emission<br />
Reduction (CER) credits under the Clean Development<br />
Mechanism (CDM). Our full CDM portfolio implies a reduction<br />
of 1.4 million CO2 tons annually.<br />
EURUS Wind Farm in Oaxaca.<br />
Production capacity for 25% of<br />
CEMEX Mexico´s energy needs<br />
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