building a better future - Cemex

our approach
Ensuring the safety, health, and well-being of our employees,
contractors, and the third parties affected by or dealing
with our operations is a core commitment for CEMEX and an
ongoing challenge that we work to address in the decisions
we make each day. By emphasizing the importance of health
and safety and the value and quality of the lives of all of our
stakeholders, we are fostering a culture that ensures everyone
gives health and safety the high attention that is needed.
72%
28%
96%
employees participating in annual medical
exams, a 31% increase from 2010
reduction in sickness absenteeism rate, to 1.8 in
2011 from 2.5 in 2010
operations with a qualified health professional
onsite or with access to an external health provider
Our structure ensures that safety teams in every country
coordinate with one another to regularly share knowledge
and develop programs aimed at advancing employee health
and reducing incidents. Our reporting systems provide for
the analysis of the root causes of each incident and for the
findings to be communicated across the entire organization
and to the highest levels of the company’s leadership. We also
explicitly align our safety goals with managers’ performance
requirements in a way that ensures personal accountability for
the well-being of those under their supervision.
challenges ahead:
Despite our best efforts, we regret to report that
44 employees, contractors, and third parties
died in connection with CEMEX’s activities. We
need to redouble our efforts, especially regarding
transport activities and contract drivers,
which represent a majority of fatal incidents
within our operations, with a focus on countries
where road safety cultures are still developing
in general society.
We must work harder to ensure all contractors
working at our production sites across our
worldwide operations perform to the same high
health and safety standards we expect from our
own employees.
health and safety management
system
In our 2010 SDR report, we announced that we were in the
process of developing a new Health and Safety Management
System (HSMS), a risk-based system that clearly establishes
the company’s expectations of managers in terms of health
and safety performance. Aligned with OHSAS 18001:2007, a
leading international standard for occupational health and
safety management systems, our new HSMS is designed to
enable us to accomplish the following:
• Identify and reduce safety risks
• Develop supporting standards and guidelines
• Share best practices throughout the company
• Continually improve the health, safety, reliability, and efficiency
of operations
• Be fully implemented in all operations
In 2011, the CEMEX Sustainability Committee endorsed the
HSMS and CEMEX began its roll-out by first presenting the
program to all national Health and Safety directors and national
senior management teams. In addition, the company
initiated pilot audits. We also expanded our Global Health
and Safety Council to reflect organizational restructuring
and to ensure representation of all six global regions.
With full implementation of the program beginning in
2012, specialists in each country of operation are currently
training all managers in its application. This work includes
conducting a gap analysis in each country to identify issues
where compliance currently lags and defining action plans
to correct any gaps.
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