Cement News tagged under: award
Cemex Miami plant receives 2021 Energy Star Certification03 November 2021, Published under Cement NewsCemex has announced that its cement plant in Miami, Florida, has been recognised by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the 11 th consecutive year for its ongoing energy efficiency and sustainability efforts, earning 2021 Energy Star ® Certification. To earn the achievement each year, including for the 2021 certification, operations at the Miami Cement plant had to reach Energy Star Plant Energy Performance Indicators and rank in the top 25 per cent of s... |
HeidelbergCement opens Quarry Life Award12 May 2021, Published under Cement NewsHeidelbergCement has launched the fifth edition of the Quarry Life Award, its nature-based competition involving more than 20 countries worldwide. Researchers, students, local communities, NGOs and nature lovers from around the world can pitch their ideas for sustainable quarry management, with prizes up to EUR30,000 for the most innovative projects. The Quarry Life Award supports HeidelbergCement and its partners, such as BirdLife International, in raising awareness of biodiversity in gene... |
Cementos Argos wins the silver medal in the sustainability marathon09 February 2021, Published under Cement NewsThanks to its good social, environmental, and corporate governance practices, Argos, Grupo Argos’ cement company, received the Silver Class distinction in the RobecoSAM Sustainability Yearbook 2021, for having been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. "Being included for the eighth year in the RobecoSAM Sustainability Yearbook encourages us to maintain our high sustainability standards and allows us to continue improving every day so that we can continue contributing to the... |
Titan America's Pennsuco plant earns TRUE Platinum certification29 October 2020, Published under Cement NewsTitan America's Pennsuco plant in Medley, Florida, USA, is the first cement plant in the world to earn the highest level of certification possible under the Total Resource Use and Efficiency (TRUE) rating system for zero waste. Administered by Green Business Certification Inc (GBCI), TRUE helps facilities around the world define, pursue and achieve zero waste goals while becoming more resource efficient. To achieve the most rigorous level of certification, TRUE Platinum certification, ... |
Union Bridge plant wins PCA's Overall Environmental Excellence Award28 September 2020, Published under Cement NewsLehigh Hanson is proud to announce its cement plant in Union Bridge, Maryland, has won the Overall Environmental Excellence Award as part of the 2020 Energy and Environment Awards from the Portland Cement Association (PCA). The awards recognise outstanding environmental and community relations efforts that go above and beyond what is required. Submissions from plants across the U S were evaluated and recognised for environmental efforts completed in 2019. Three years ago, Lehigh Cement ... |
The PCA awards Holly Hill plant with Land Stewardship Award18 September 2020, Published under Cement NewsThe Portland Cement Association (PCA) has awarded LafargeHolcim's Holly Hill cement plant in South Carolina, USA, with its 2020 Land Stewardship award. The annual honour recognises an industry participant that "goes above and beyond" what is required to provide environmental solutions at a facility. The award is the result of Holly Hill's multi-year, multi-million-dollar effort to redivert a local stream, Home Branch creek, back to its original path. The initiative will protect the future ... |
INSEE Cement Sri Lanka wins awards16 March 2020, Published under Cement NewsINSEE Cement Sri Lanka, through public announcement disclosed that being the country's leading cement manufacturer successfully, it won the award for 'Best Construction Brand' for the Ninth consecutive year at the 14th annual SLIM-Nielsen People's Awards ceremony recently. It further adds, the first and only cement in the country to receive the SLS 1253 certification. The company was earlier presented with the green award from the Green Building Council for sustainable materials and product... |
Lucky wins MAP corporate excellence award11 March 2020, Published under Cement NewsLucky Cement Lt has won the Management Association of Pakistan's Corporate Excellence Award in the cement sector category. Syed Noman Hasan, Executive Director of Lucky Cement Ltd received the award at the 35th MAP Annual Corporate Excellence Award Ceremony in Karachi on 9 March. Syed Noman Hasan, Executive Director, Lucky Cement Ltd, remarked, "We accept this award with great pride and are extremely grateful to all our employees and stakeholders for helping us achieve repeated success over... |
CMA receives award for reducing single-use plastic campaign21 November 2019, Published under Cement NewsThe Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA) atteneded at an event organised by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India, on 19 November 2019, in New Delhi where an award was presented to Mahendra Singhi, President, CMA and Aparna Dutt Sharma, Secretary General, CMA, by the Ministry of Jal Shakti. In his Independence Day speech on 15 August 2019, the Prime Minister spoke of the need to reduce single use plastic in the country. Subsequently, the Ministry of Jal Sh... |
Mombasa Cement’s Vipingo plant wins energy-saving award18 November 2019, Published under Cement NewsMombasa Cement’s Vipingo facility has won Kenya’s national award as the best energy-saving company in the country, according to The Star. The plant has been able to save around KES121m (US$1.19m) in energy costs due to power-saving initiatives. Plant manager Koppal Chandrashekarial said they came up with ideas to save energy due to continued power shortages from Kenya Power and Lighting Co. At one time the plant lost power for 16 days, he added. 'There has been a lot of challenges, too muc... |