building a better future - Cemex

WE HAVE BEEN
SUCCESSFUL IN
DEVELOPING PROJECTS
THAT GENERATE
CERTIFIED EMISSION
REDUCTIONS
collaborating to determine industry key performance
indicators and best practices
In the year 2000, the World Business Council for Sustainable
Development (WBCSD) convened a group of leading cement
companies and related stakeholders to identify key challenges
facing the industry. One of the most critical challenges identified
was the industry’s CO2 emissions, and the development of
long-term actions to address them. The result of this collaboration
was the formation of the WBCSD Cement Sustainability
Initiative (CSI) and its Agenda for Action, published in 2002.
Since then, the CSI has focused on the proactive management
and communication of issues ranging from CO2 emissions and
responsible fuel usage to sustainability reporting and socialimpact
monitoring.
As a founding member of the CSI, CEMEX has committed to
monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions from all
its cement plants, in accordance with the CSI Cement CO2 and
Energy Protocol. In 2011, the CSI released the third edition of
the Protocol, introducing.
• New KPIs
• Updated definitions around biomass fuel content
• More thorough accounting standards for on-site power
generation
• Greater compatibility with international carbon accounting
and reporting guidelines
compensation for reducing emissions
CEMEX stays closely abreast of international discussions and
policy developments addressing climate change and is supportive
of environmental regulations that are fair and well
designed. Within our key markets, a number of market-based
mechanisms for emissions reduction have been established,
and we are well positioned to take advantage of these opportunities.
The European Union Emissions Trading System (EU
ETS) and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) are both
important platforms for emissions trading that allow us to pursue
a variety of carbon-reduction projects more economically.
Thus far, we have been particularly successful in developing
projects that generate Certified Emission Reductions (CERs).
Issued under the CDM, a provision of the Kyoto Protocol for
emissions-reduction projects in developing countries, CERs
can be sold on the open market or used to offset emissions.
Structured in this fashion, the CDM plays an important role in
supporting the sustainable development of nations with less
stringent environmental regulations, by rewarding projects
that go above and beyond basic efforts to manage direct emissions.
CEMEX has registered eight projects under the CDM—
including four additions in 2011—for a total carbon offset
potential of 1.4 million tons per year. And with more than ten
CDM projects in the pipeline, as well as two additional initiatives
currently in validation process under the Verified Carbon
Standard (VCS), CEMEX expects to make significant additional
reductions to its carbon footprint in the coming years while
producing valuable CO2 credits.
The CSI regularly publishes aggregate data on energy
consumption and CO2 emissions in our sector; for more
information visit the online database or download the
report “Getting the Numbers Right” at www.wbcsdcement.
org/pdf/CSI%20GNR%20Report%20final_updated%20
Nov11_LR.pdf
Additional resources
> CEMEX Position Paper on Market
Mechanisms for Mitigating Climate
Change
> Clean Development Mechanism
> IEA Cement Technology Roadmap 2009
> Verified Carbon Standard
> WBCSD Cement Sustainability Initiative
> CSI Getting the Numbers Right:
· Database
· Report
PROJECT YEAR CERs/YEAR
EURUS Wind Farm 2007 599,571
Costa Rica Alternative Fuels 2008 42,040
Colombia Alternative Fuels 2008 169,565
Zapotiltic Alternative Fuels 2010 47,043
Egypt Alternative Fuels 2011 416,528
Panama Alternative Fuels Kiln 1 2011 29,212
Tepeaca Alternative Fuels 2011 103,359
Merida Alternative Fuels 2011 41,513
Reduction Potential (tCO2/year) 2011 1,448,831
Assiut Cement Plant in Egypt
increasing the use of alternative fuels
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