Cement News tagged under: awards
Roanoke Cement honoured in PCA's Energy and Environment awards21 September 2020, Published under Cement NewsThe cement industry recognised Roanoke Cement Company (RCC) (Titan America) with top honours for Outreach in the 2020 Portland Cement Association (PCA) Cement Industry Energy and Environment Awards this week. The Outreach category honours activities that enhance community, employee, and government relations. The award was formally announced during a virtual presentation by the PCA held on 16 September 2020. “I am so pleased that our efforts have been recognised and commended by our... |
Argos' Roberta and Harleyville plants recognised by Energy Star® certificates25 August 2020, Published under Cement NewsThe US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPAs) has recognised Argos' Roberta cement plant, located in Alabama, USA, and Harleyville, South Carolina, USA, with the ENERGY STAR ® certification for the fifth and third consecutive year, respectively. This recognition signifies that these plants perform in the top 25 per cent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency and meets strict efficiency performance levels set by the EPA. "We are delighted to be granted again with these ce... |
Lucky Cement wins International Corporate Social Responsibility Award04 February 2020, Published under Cement NewsLucky Cement Ltd received the International Corporate Social Responsibility Award in the category of "Green Environmental Stewardship", organised by The Professionals Network (TPN), at the 9th CSR Summit and Awards held on 30 Jan 2020 at a local hotel in Karachi, Pakistan. Lucky Cement Ltd received this prestigious award in recognition of its efforts to control carbon emissions into the atmosphere, via innovative techniques and contribution towards protecting the overall environment. Spe... |
Cemex plants receive US EPA Energy Awards11 October 2019, Published under Cement NewsCemex announced that its cement plants in Miami and Brooksville South have been awarded the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Energy Star Certification for 2019, recognising Cemex's efforts to reduce energy efficiency and sustainability. The Miami cement plant has been recognised for nine consecutive years by the EPA and the Brooksville South plant has achieved such recognition in seven out of the last eight years. To earn the recognition, operations at each plant followed energy-e... |
Argos named as second most-sustainable cement company in the world16 September 2019, Published under Cement NewsArgos, part of Grupo Argos, was included for the seventh-consecutive year in the Dow Jones Global Index (DJSI) and was highlighted as the second most-sustainable cement company in the world. Companies were rated on their sustainable construction, materiality, risk and crisis management, tax strategy, environmental reporting, biodiversity, climate strategy, water related risk, social reporting, citizenship and philanthropy. Around 3500 companies of the largest in the world were studied acc... |
Bengal Cement's parent company receives export trophies05 September 2019, Published under Cement NewsBangladesh's leading exporters have received National Export Trophies for the year 2016-17 in a event held in Dhaka on 1 September 2019. The country's Prime Minister, Shaikh Hasina Wajid, distributed the awards. Exporters were awarded three kinds of trophies, Gold, Silver or Bronze. Bengal Group of Industries, the parent company of Bengal Cement, received two types of trophies for the export of different commodities including cement. Jashim Uddin, vice chairman of Bengal Group of Indust... |
Maple Leaf Cement wins corporate report award23 August 2019, Published under Cement NewsMaple Leaf Cement (MCL) and its sister concern Kohinoor Textile Mills of Pakistan have won the 'Best Corporate Report Award' for the year 2018 in their respective sectors. The ceremony was held in Karachi jointly hosted by ICAP and ICMAP, earlier this week. Maple Leaf Cement and Kohinoor Textile Mills both won the award for 2018 in their respective sectors at number one position. Transparent and meaningfully financial reporting for all stakeholders of the company is one of the key objectiv... |
Lucky Cement awarded for Best Corporate Report23 August 2019, Published under Cement NewsLucky Cement Ltd has won the Best Corporate Report Award with second position in the cement category at the much anticipated "Best Corporate & Sustainability Report Awards 2018". The award ceremony was jointly organised by the Institute of Charted Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) and Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMAP), at a local Hotel in Karachi this week. ICAP and ICMAP have been organising the Best Corporate Report (BCR) Awards ceremony since 2000. This award... |
Bestway Cement wins Annual Environmental Excellence Award 201916 July 2019, Published under Cement NewsBestway Cement Ltd (BCL) has won the16th Annual Environment Excellence Awards 2019 for its vision and effective implementation of environmentally-friendly policies at all of its four plants in Hattar, Farooqia, Chakwal and Kallar Kahar, Pakistan. The event was organised last week in Karachi by the National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH). Bestway is a pioneer in establishing Pakistan’s first waste heat recovery power plant (WHRPP) at a cost of US$47m. It is one of the few companies... |
Paper sack deliveries rise in 201802 July 2019, Published under Cement NewsWith a slight growth of 1.2 per cent paper sack deliveries, the European paper sack industry recorded stable development in 2018. Speaking at EUROSAC's 2019 congress, held in Ljubljana between 23-24 May, EUROSAC president, Olivier Tassel, addressed current concerns under the congress theme of 'Shaping the future of packaging'. "Our industry is going through many trends and changes. We need to make sure that we can provide solutions that meet the needs of future market demands, especiall... |