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Since 1995, we have been a member of the Mexican chapter of ABAC. This organization meets three to four times a year to determine the positions of and elicit suggestions from the private sector for the leaders of the 21 economies that form APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Council). The ultimate goal of APEC is a free trade and investment zone; it also works to strengthen cooperation among its members on different subjects. |
Both organizations address issues such as the creation of a future Asia Pacific free trade agreement (FTAAP), SME development, climate change and energy security, corporate social responsibility, the facilitation of financial services and investment flows, and the APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC), among others.
Visit the ABAC website
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We signed a ten-year agreement with BirdLife International, the largest network of independent conservation organizations in the world.
BirdLife works with local communities to promote the sustainable use of natural resources as a means of |
conserving birds - as an important indicator of the health of an ecosystem - and other wildlife. BirdLife is a leading expert on bird numbers and biodiversity trends across the world.
We will work with them to implement conservation measures at our quarries around the world. We will also support wider initiatives to conserve and raise awareness of wild birds and biodiversity.
Visit the BirdLife International website
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We are members of Boston College's Center for Corporate Citizenship since 2002. In this forum, we share best practices and learn from other global companies such as IBM, Verizon, PepsiCo, Cargill, and GE. We were invited to chair the Center's International Advisory Board for 2007-2008. |
Visit the Boston College's Center for Corporate Citizenship website
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We collaborate with Conservation International to support global biodiversity conservation efforts and raise awareness. We have worked with them to publish several of our conservation books. In 2008, we published, A Climate for Life: Meeting the Global Challenge. In addition, CI participates on the advisory board of our El Carmen conservation initiative. |
For more information visit Conservation International website.
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We are members of the GLN since 2005, which supported by Boston College and Accountability, provides a network with other global companies committed to achieving world-class performance in corporate citizenship. |
GLN has created an internal planning and assessment framework that helps a company align its social, environmental, and economic performance with its core business strategy to ensure performance excellence in corporate citizenship.
Read more information about the Global Leadership Network >>
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We have been an active member of the International Emission Trading Association (IETA) since 2003. The association is involved in the establishment of effective market-based trading systems for businesses' greenhouse gas emissions that are demonstrably fair, open, efficient, accountable, and consistent across national boundaries. |
The objectives of the organization are to:
- Promote an integrated view of the emissions trading system as a solution to climate change
- Participate in the design and implementation of national and international rules and guidelines
- Provide the most up-to-date and credible source of information on emissions trading and greenhouse gas market activity.
Visit the IETA website
Through this editorial partnership, CEMEX and the ILCP focus on highlighting important conservation issues by using the most cutting edge conservation science and the best conservation photography.
Visit the ILCP website and learn about the new book of the series: "A Climate for Life".
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We participate in the global plenary meetings of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
In this group's sessions, work was done on social responsibility as part of the consultations leading up to the development of the guidance standard ISO 26000 to be launched in 2010. |
Since May 2006, we have led the Mexican private sector group as an industry expert.
Link to ISO 26000 website
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We are a vigorous supporter of this renowned university, as CEMEX's Chairman and CEO is also Chairman of the Board of the Tecnológico de Monterrey since 1998. |
Founded in 1943 by a group of visionary Mexican entrepreneurs, Tec de Monterrey's multi-dimensional system has grown to include 33 campuses across Mexico, a Virtual University that reaches 23 countries, and several specialized research and knowledge-transfer centers, including its recently launched Institute for Sustainable Social Development.
Tec de Monterrey is also associated with Tec Milenio - a university that provides top-quality higher education programs to part-time students - and runs 15 corporate universities for leading Mexican companies and state governments.
Since 2003, CEMEX has strongly supported Tec de Monterrey's Graduate School of Public Administration and Public Policy, known as EGAP-CEMEX. This School has established collaborative agreements with prestigious institutions like Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Its new state-of-the-art building in Monterrey was recently inaugurated by the President of Mexico, Felipe Calderon.
Visit the Tecnológico de Monterrey website
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We became a signatory of the Global Compact in 2004. This is a voluntary initiative that promotes good corporate practices in human and labor rights, the environment and anti-corruption. We are committed to its ten principles which are fully integrated into our Code of Ethics, our policies, and our sustainability approach. |
View the index that relates our sustainability performance to the Global Compact's ten
principles.
Visit the UNGC website
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As a member of the WBCSD, in 1999 we were one of 10 leading cement companies to embark on the Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI), a project that explores ways for our industry to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs. |
The goal is for the industry to reduce its ecological footprint, understand its social contribution potential, and increase stakeholder engagement. Today the CSI is a global effort of 18 cement producers, which have integrated sustainable development into their business strategies.
We are also members of the WBCSD's Energy Efficiency in Buildings (EEB) project, which tries to find new ways of making buildings' lifecycles more sustainable.
Visit the WBCSD website