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Holcim: a distinguished 100-year history with the vision of «building foundations for the society’s future» One of the world's leading suppliers of cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete and asphalt

Pioneer in sustainable development, Holcim established Holcim Foundation in 2003 (commercially independent)

2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2004 2007 2008 1999 2009 2010

Corporate environ- mental policy

1st Corporate Sustainable Development Report (CSDR)

Policy on CSR

Holcim Code of Conduct

2nd CSDR 3rd CSDR 4th CSDR 5th CSDR

Member of the WBCSD & co-founder of the Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI)

1st cycle

Launch Agenda for Action

Partnership GIZ CSI progress report

GTZ Holcim guidelines

Partnership IUCN

3rd party involvement

2nd cycle 3rd cycle

Corporate level

Partnership ICRC

CSI progress report

3rd party recognition

2011

6th CSDR

Promoting, rewarding and communicating

Growing number of Awards submissions

Entries

2251 submissions qualified for jury appraisal 2011

Jury appraisal 2011 by independent specialists

• 2251 formally pre-assessed projects evaluated at two-/three-day jury meetings hosted by partner universities in Casablanca, Zurich, Mexico City, Cambridge MA and Mumbai.

• 53 prizes allocated to projects in 29 countries, submitted by authors in 21 countries (total prize money USD 1.5 million).

Casablanca

Cambridge MA

Zurich

Mexico City

Mumbai

“Target issues” for sustainable construction

International Holcim Awards competitions

No. of prizes

2011 five Regions 2012 Global

Awards Gold, Silver, Bronze 15 Awards

Gold, Silver, Bronze

Acknowledgement prizes 23

“Next Generation” prizes 15

53 Holcim Innovation prizes 1st, 2nd, 3rd

nominated for

nominated for

Global Holcim Awards jury 2012

From left: Rolf Soiron, Switzerland; Mario Botta, Switzerland; Maria Atkinson, Australia; Yolanda Kakabadse, Ecuador; Werner Sobek, Germany; Julia Marton-Lefèvre, France/Switzerland; Aaron Betsky, USA; Enrique Norten, Mexico/USA (Head); Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, Switzerland; Rahul Mehrotra, India.

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