Holcim Philippines’ commitment to improve its environmental footprint is also designed to increase efficiency of its operations and raise business performance.

Under the Sustainability Plan 2030, Holcim Philippines Inc, continues its commitment to improve its environmental footprint by further reducing carbon emissions and water consumption in cement production, as well as using more qualified wastes as alternative fuel and raw materials.

The company has identified various sustainability programs to steadily improve its positive impact to development by 2030 beyond providing building materials. Among the company’s commitments are reductions in carbon emissions and fresh water use by 40 percent and 30 percent versus 1990 and 2015 levels, respectively, and increased use of qualified wastes as alternative fuel and raw materials to replace 30 percent of traditional fuels.

Launched in 2015, the Sustainability Plan 2030 is the commitment of the LafargeHolcim Group to contribute to the worldwide efforts to address global challenges identified in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

President and CEO John Stull said the company’s sustainability focus enables it to be a bigger contributor to the nation’s progress while also improving the company’s performance.

“These initiatives help improve the efficiency of our operations thus generating savings for our business. More importantly, our sustainability programs allow our company to further support our commitment be a partner in helping the country build a better future,” said Stull.

To reach its emission reduction commitments, Holcim Philippines has been upgrading its equipment and processes and developing new offerings that require less energy to produce but deliver the same or superior performance. To reduce water consumption, the company has installed recycling facilities to reuse water from cement production while installing more efficient equipment.

It is also increasing its use of qualified wastes as alternative fuel to reduce use of coal in cement production. Last year, Holcim Philippines used 160,000 tons of such materials to replace traditional fuels.

This service is critical, especially with waste generation seen to rise along with economic growth. An October 2017 Senate report showed that solid waste management remains a challenge in the country as only 85 percent of these are collected with the rest ending up polluting bodies of water.

Holcim is one of the leading building solution companies in the country. The company has a deep portfolio of innovative solutions fostered by a full range of products from structuring to finishing applications that can help local builders execute with high performance and efficiency a wide range of projects from massive infrastructure to simple home repairs.

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