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Environmentally responsible cement production in West-Africa
Rob Huydts
The 3rd Environmental Cement Africa Conference
Nairobi, 28 – 29 August 2013
HeidelbergCement Worldwide
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Core businessAggregates
Cement
RMC
Downstream activities
Group turnover +/- EUR 14 billion
52.000 employees
40 countries world wide (2.500 locations)
Sales cement & clinker 89 million tonnes
Sales aggregates 243,0 million tonnes
Sales RMC 39,1 mio m3
(2012)
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TEAM area HeidelbergCement
TEAM area
Sustainability
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West-African cement industry and environmental performance
Old installations with high
environmental impact still operational
Environmental performance improved
significantly as a result of technical
update due to rehabilitation and expansion
Companies with a policy based on sustainability apply international standards.
Is this autonomic development sufficient to realize environmentally responsible cement production all over West-Africa?
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Factors influencing environmental performance
Internal: – Ambition level company and management environment at company level
Policy Objectives, targets and standards Monitoring of performance at site level
– Locally important: Involvement environmental performance in design/engineering phase Local management of environment
External:– Environmental legislation and enforcement
– Image company and actions stakeholders
Combined internal – external– Cooperation with external institutes or partnerships
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Specific problems West-African cement industry
Ambition level companies– Different ambition level for environmental performance exists
– Since voluntary, external factor necessary
Environmental legislation and enforcement– Should create minimum performance level
– Legislation under development: legal allowance determined by ambition level company
– Enforcement at low level
Level playing field– Not existing
– Needed for environmentally responsible cement production all over West-Africa
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HeidelbergCement approach in West-Africa
Group environmental policy and ambitions are applied
Measures and actions resulting from the Cement Sustainable Initiative (CSI) are implemented
IFC guidelines are applied at the West-African sites
Environmental performance is implemented in technical design/engineering process
ISO 14001 certified environmental management system are established, maintained and implemented
Group environmental audit scheme is executed
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Status EMS HeidelbergCement activities in West-Africa
Production locations in Ghana,
Benin and Togo are ISO 14001
certified.
Production locations in Gabon will be
ISO 14001 certified before end 2013
and in Liberia and Sierra Leone in 2014
ISO 14001 management system will be implemented in Burkina Faso after commissioning of the site.
7 out of the 9 operational production sites have been audited in accordance to group environmental audit scheme
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Conclusion and recommendations
Significant increase environmental performance from autonomic development; additional actions needed for environmentally responsible cement production
Level playing field necessary initiated by environmental legislation in combination with enforcement
Environmental legislation should be developed and enforced (realistic targets and reasonable time schedules) in cooperation between authorities and cement companies/associations based on sustainability