CEE April-June 2012

• provide a framework for other cement companies to become involved; and • create the content and context for further stakeholder engagement. The CSI Charter By joining the initiative, companies sign up to the CSI Charter. It summarizes the individual member actions included in the CSI's Agenda for Action, as well as those added later. Each member commits to implement these actions within three years as a minimum requirement of membership, and as part of their contribution to sustainable development. For example, the Charter requires companies to use the jointly developed CSI tools, such as the Cement C0 2 and Energy Protocol and the Emissions Monitoring and Reporting Guidelines, to set reduction targets for C0 2 and other major air emissions, and to report annually on progress towards reaching these targets. CSI's sustainability activities Since the publication of the Agenda for Action in 2002, member companies have a) individually committed to following the CSI Charter and set their own targets, for example related to emissions reductions, and b) worked together on varied sustainability issues. Moving into the second decade of the 21 51 century, businesses are not only expected to manage their own response to sustainability challenges but also to help society deal with wider issues. The key areas on which the CSI focuses are: Health and safety (www. wbcsdcement.org/ safety): Sharing of good practices and learning from incidents and fatalities, roll-out of driving and transporter safety initiative, which are both identified as key areas of concern. These efforts have started to show a collective reduction in lost time injuries (LTis) and members are working together towards the ultimate goal of completely eliminating fatalities from the sector, in all operations under their control. Climate protection (www.wbcsdcement.org/ climate) : The CSI believes that a sector-based approach to climate mitigation can effectively support a large-scale response to climate change. A recent CSI brochure outlines the potential for large greenhouse gas em1ss1ons reductions in the cement industry worldwide through the adoption of sectoral market mechanisms (www.wbcsdcement.org/sectoral ). In addition, the CSI has developed cement-specific COi l Protocol for the industry to measure, report and control its COl I emissions and it maintains the world's first global database of C0 2 emissions - the "Getting the Numbers Right" (GNR) database (www.wbcsdcement.org/gnr) . This is a voluntary, independently-managed database of C0 2 and energy performance information on the global cement industry. Furthermore, a global Cement Technology Roadmap was developed in 2009 (www. wbcsdcement.org/technology ) to drive reduction of emissions levels and energy consumption. Members have demonstrated a decoupling of cement production and related CO emissions: between 1990 and 2010, CSI member production grew by 61%, but associated C0 2 emissions grew by just 39%. Gross C0 2 emissions per tonne of product have been reduced by 14% since 1990. Responsible fuels and raw materials use (www.wbcsdcement.org/fuels) : Documents developed to give guidance on co-processing and to encourage alternative fuel use in an environmentally responsible way. Emissions monitoring and reduction (www.wbcsdcement.orq/emissions ): Encourage uniform monitoring and reporting on NOx, SOx, dust and other pollutants. Biodiversitv and land stewardship (www.wbcsdcement.org/biodiversity) : Stakeholder communication handbook and Environmental and Social Impact Assessment used by all members, quarry rehabilitation case studies and guidance to help members in mitigating or even restoring local impacts on land and communities by quarrying activities. In 2011, out of the 15 CSI members reporting on this issue, 10 have more than 85% of sites with quarry rehabilitation plans in place and 10 have more than 55% of sites with community engagement plans. Water: Identify good practice in the sector to develop a protocol for water reporting and guidance on water measurement. In addition, 61