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February
Guidelines for the promotion of biodiversity
HeidelbergCement is the first company in its sector to introduce Group guidelines for improving biodiversity in its quarries, sand pits and gravel pits and protecting the environment. |
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January
Heidelberg Technology Center
The Heidelberg Technology Center Global (HTC Global) is opened in Heidelberg. It is an internationally oriented centre of expertise with four focus areas: Research & Development, Engineering, Geology and Training & Benchmarking. |
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June
Tanzania: Green modernisation of a cement plant
The HeidelbergCement subsidiary Tanzania Portland Cement Company (TPCC) reopens its cement plant, which has been modernised with environmentally friendly technology. The production capacity of the plant, which is located near Dar Es Salaam, has been more than doubled, to 1.4 million tonnes.
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February
Outstanding environmental management
HeidelbergCement plants in Ukraine receive an award from the country’s Ministry of Environmental Protection for their outstanding environmental management. The award honours environmentally friendly technologies, ultramodern renaturation methods and the reduction of CO2 emissions at companies.
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Sustainability Ambitions 2020
The Managing Board passes the Sustainability Ambitions 2020 for the HeidelbergCement Group, which defines the company’s long-term goals in six key areas of sustainability activities as well as the means of monitoring and controlling these activities over the long term.
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May
IFC agreement
HeidelbergCement signs an agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on the expansion of infrastructure in countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The local cement production capacity is also to be increased. Another goal is to improve environmental standards at the company’s locations.
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September
United Kingdom: Highly efficient brickyard
A state-of-the-art brickyard officially begins production operations in Measham, Leicestershire. Sustainability was one of the considerations governing the design and construction of the plant. The fully automated facility is significantly more energy-efficient than its predecessors and generates less waste.
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UEPG sustainability award
The European Aggregates Association (UEPG) presents two HeidelbergCement subsidiaries, Hanson UK and NorStone AS, with an award for exemplary biodiversity management. In addition, Hanson UK receives the first prize for social commitment as a result of its occupational safety management.
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Hungary: Municipal waste as fuel
The cement plant in Beremend has been modernised, and after a two-year construction period it resumes production. One focus of the investments was the improvement of environmental protection and energy efficiency through the greatly increased use of alternative fuels such as municipal waste.
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June
Sustainable waste management
A new, ultramodern Recyfuel plant is commissioned in Belgium. At this facility, waste is processed under supervision to produce alternative fuels that exhibit a high calorific value and can be used by the cement industry.
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October
Award for environmental protection
The Citeurop plant of the HeidelbergCement subsidiary Indocement in Indonesia achieves first place in the “PROPER Programme” for its outstanding environmental protection activities. The programme, which was instituted and implemented by the Indonesian Ministry of the Environment, encourages firms to improve their environmental management. |
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October
Tree nursery promotes sustainable development
In a public-private partnership with GIZ, a German organisation that promotes development abroad, a tree nursery is planted in the disused quarry of our subsidiary TPCC near Dar es Salaam. The tree nursery will create jobs and help to reforest areas at risk over the long term. |
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Development partnership for biodiversity
HeidelbergCement and the German development aid organisation GIZ sign a contract to form a public-private partnership in Georgia. The aim of the partnership is to promote biodiversity in the company’s quarries in the country.
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November
„Manifesto for Energy Efficiency in Buildings“
HeidelbergCement signs the “Manifesto for Energy Efficiency in Buildings” of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. In doing so, it commits itself to improve the energy efficiency in its office buildings. |
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November
Ultramodern dust filter system at the Slite plant
The installation of a high-powered fabric filter at the cement plant in Slite, Sweden, drastically reduces dust emissions. This is the largest filter ever installed at a facility of the Group. |
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December
The Wetzlar plant is closed down
Low use of capacity and a growing need for investment and repairs lead to the decision to close down the plant in Wetzlar, Germany. In the future, other HeidelbergCement plants will supply the market with cement.
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