Our sustainable development (SD) journey started several decades ago and has become more explicit over the course of the last 10 years; today, it is an integral part of our business strategy. Our focus now is to promote and strengthen the SD culture so that it continues to add value to everything we do.
Vision and strategy
We have earned our reputation by delivering commercially superior solutions for our customers, making profits and providing a return to our shareholders. We create value for our employees, communities and for society at large, and we know our success depends on operating sustainably and with integrity.
Our Code of Conduct guides the way we do business. Launched in 2004, it underpins our mission statement and sets out the behavior we expect from every Holcim employee.
Our Operational Roadmap sets targets for our ambitions and includes several sustainable development performance indicators. The remuneration of Holcim’s executive committee (Exco) depends on how we perform against these indicators.
Holcim has placed sustainable development at the heart of its business strategy for many years. We follow the three pillar approach of the triple bottom line – economy, society and environment – within our business strategy, because we believe it creates added value for stakeholders. As the graphic shows, we think the most important foundation on which everything rests is a workforce that gives its best.
Embedding our commitments
The commitment of Holcim’s executive committee drives our sustainable development performance, but our success depends on every employee playing their part. We are taking sustainable development to the next level at Holcim, making it more tangible and relevant to everyone and mobilizing the entire workforce to help tackle the challenges through volunteering and other opportunities.
Our Sustainable Development Steering Committee operates as a subcommittee of Exco. Chaired by Exco member, Roland Kohler, who has responsibility for the sustainable development function, the steering group includes CEO Bernard Fontana, and Exco member Benoit H Koch. A second committee made up of Holcim Group company CEOs and functional experts advises on the design and implementation of sustainable development programs.
CSR & Sustainability Reports / Holcim Lebanon
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