Cement, Energy and Environment

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INDIA INC HIGH ON SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING FOR GROWTH To move towards a sustainable economy, India Inc stressed the need for sustainability reporting and issuing guidance documents at the Third Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency in Amsterdam. More than 200 speakers from business, finance, politics, and civil society debated on the need to develop reporting both for financial and non-financial aspects of business. In the opening plenary, Chief Executive of GAl, Ernst Ligteringen, proposed that environmental, social, and governance, reporting should become a general practice to help markets and society take informed and responsible decisions. He advocated that by 2015 all large and medium-sized companies in OECD countries and fast growing emerging economies will be required to report publicly on their environmental, social, and governance performance, or explain the reason if they are not able to. The conference also marked the global release of the Carrots and Sticks-Promoting Transparency and Sustainability - the second global study by UNEP, GAl , KMPG, and University of Stellenbosch Business School. With the financial crisis aggravanting the need for regulation, including corporate governance and disclosure requirements, governments have been increasingly engaged in mandating sustainability reporting and issuing guidance documents. Courtesy: TERI (The Energy Resources Institute) Newswire, 16-31 May 2010, P20. LATEST EDITIONS TO THE CMA LIBRARY I Publications Published/Upgraded by CMA • Cement Statistics- 2009, An Annual Book (CMA) • Construction, Maintenance and Upkeep of Cement Concrete Buildings - October 2009 (CMA) • Handbook on Cement Concrete Roads -An Updated Version upto March 2010 (CMA) • Basic Data on Cement Industry 2010 • City Concrete Roads..... ... Modified and Enlarged - June 2010 • Annual Report of CMA 2009-1 0 • Cement Concrete Roads -A Long Lasting Gift to Nation (CMA- June 201 0) Seminar/Presentation's Booklet Published by CMA & Others • National Seminar on Maximising Waste Utilisation in Cement and Concrete for Sustainable Development 17-18, November 2008, New Delhi (CMA & NC8M) • Sustainable Cost- Effective Options for Road Pavements and White Topping on Flexible Pavements (CMA & Ultratech.. Aditya 8irla) Publications procured from Outside • lAC: SP: 76 - 2008 Tentative Guidelines for Conventional, Thin and Ultra Thin White Topping (IRC) • Directory of Delhi State Officials - 2009 (20th Edition- 018) • Hotel & Restaurant Guide India 2010 (Universal Publishing) • The Societies Registration Act, 1860 - Bare Act with Short Notes (updated upto 2010 - Universal) • 11th FL Smidth Seminar and Award on Energy Conservation in Cement Industry - 2009 (CCMA) • The Competition Act, 2002- as amended by The Competition (Amendment) Act, 2007 (CCI) • National Mineral Policy, 2008- (For Non Fuel and Non Coal Minerals) (Ministry of Mines) • 11 1 h NCB International Seminar on Cement and Building Materials- 17-20, November 2009, New Delhi: Proceedings- Special Lectures and Expended Abstracts (NC8M) • Manorama Year Book - 201 0 (Malaya Manorama) • Directory of Central Government Officials- 2010 (018) • India 2010- An Annual Reference Book (Mol&8) 73