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