Cement, Energy and Environment July-Sep 2002

- of Enterpri se Reliability Strategy (ERS) programmes can be a worthwhi le method for enhancing corporate financial performance on a large-scale with relatively little investment of capital funds. Courtesy : International Cement Revues July, 2002, Pp 53-58 Fax · 44(0) 1306 740660 C-mail: il!( o@CemNet.co . uk Website: 11'11111'. CemNet.com ,\ ATER \ .._, C0\11\IODITY The Asian Age, 22 July 2002 As part of its privatization binge, the government has decided that water, as a matter of policy, be declared a commod ity. The government has invited private sector parti c ipation in the distribut ion and maintenance of water in cities, metros, villages, and smal l towns. Looked at another the existing water resources are goi ng to be handed over to the private sector. As it is, privatisation has a lready been introduced in some states of the country and this was accompanied in a big way by the recommendations of the World Bank and other multilateral bodies. As a matter of fact, the national water policy which was declared a few years ago was a direct consequence of external pressure. Kept out of the policy formulation were the non- governmental organ isations , th e var iou s departments of the government directly linked to the issue, and ot hers. On thei r part, th ese organisations apparently showed no par1icular anxiety in playing a role in formu lating something as basic as a water policy for the· counfry. Myths that have not been sustained by previous s uch binges that privatisation wil l mean better resource management, greater quality control, and so on have been tagged along to the global ization mantra which seems to penrade everywhere. The politics of water management, of course, is too sens itive for such grandi ose sch emes to wo rry. abou t. The Cauvery dispute is a ready example of how cussed attitudes can make nonse nse of co urt directi ves regarding so many cusec litres of water be released by th is government to help the other tide over difficult situations. Courtesy: TERI Ne lVSivire, 16- 31 July 2002, P-25, Fax: ./68 21./4 , E-mail: outreach@teri. res. in· Web: www. teriin. org ECO-FRIE\TDLY IT Sl 'PPORT A Gwen Eklund, Tom Evans, Steve /11/cGarel, & Wesley Box Pavilion Technologies. Inc Chri s Boyd, se n ior vice– president, Environment and Public Affairs for La farge has been quoted as saying: "Sustainability is good business.'' Sustainability, the triple bottom line of economic profitability, respect for th e env ironment and soc ial responsibility is becoming the focus of many corporations. Corporate sustai nability is an integral part of the business objectives that cement companies strive to attain in order to ach ieve long-term success. This a rti cle demonstrates the Iink between cement manufacturing and the use of in formation technology to maximise eco-efficiency in sustainabil ity master plans. In cemen t man ufactu ring, s ustainability invo lves the interconnection of peop le, processes and resources. Some of the wo rl d's lead ing ceme nt manufacturers are reducing product quality variability, reducing energy consumption, decreasing operating costs, and increasing throughput by applying advanced op timi sation technologies to the raw mill, kiln and fin ish mill man ufactu ri ng processes. Information techno logy is serving as a 'glue' to enab le the collaborative interaction of these processes with people. ln its best case, in formation tech no logy creates a dynamic e nt erp ri se framework , a performance dashboard and a susta inab ility decision support system. Pavilion Technologies' software in process optimisation has added to the ceo– effic ienc ies of ceme nt manufacturing sustainability. Courtesy: International Cement Review, Aug. 2002 Pp57-58, E-mail: info@CemNet co.uk Website: CemNet. co. uk m