building a better future - Cemex

to our stakeholders:
Sustainability is central to CEMEX. It is core to our business
strategy, as well as key to our growth. In a world characterized by
expanding population, increasing urbanization, growing demand
for natural resources, and changing climate, the only future
CEMEX can possibly aim for is a sustainable one.
A sustainable business model is clearly in the best interests of all our
stakeholders. It is the surest way to produce economic value for our shareholders,
to contribute to a cleaner environment for our employees and their communities,
and to reduce the carbon footprint of our production and logistics activities. It is
both good business and good for the planet.
Moreover, as the largest concrete producer in the world, we have a special
obligation to play a creative role in defining and supporting a truly sustainable
construction industry.
Meeting this obligation takes many different forms. For example, through our
partnership with the Urban Infrastructure Initiative in the World Business Council
for Sustainable Development we focus on developing urban transit infrastructure
that minimizes greenhouse gas emissions on new streets and highways. Through
our participation in the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub we are increasing
the understanding of the performance characteristics of concrete and its main
applications from a life cycle perspective. And, working with partners in a number
of countries, we continue to develop financing schemes that allow for more
families who are in the bottom of the socio-economic pyramid to gain access to
resilient and dignified housing. Last year alone, this effort financed homes for
approximately 3,200 families.
Lorenzo H. Zambrano
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
AS THE LARGEST CONCRETE
PRODUCER OF THE
WORLD WE HAVE AN
OBLIGATION TO DEFINE AND
SUPPORT A SUSTAINABLE
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
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