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• A leading global supliré of cement, ready-mix concrete, and aggregates.
• Present in more than 50 countries across the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia.
• Close to 67.000 employees worldwide.
• Sales of US$21.7 billion in 2007.

CEMEX AND SUSTAINABILITY

To this end, during 2007 Cemex corporate sustainability strategy evolved to further integrate its global approach. Its sustainability strategy is in line with its corporate values of collaboration, integrity, and leadership, as well as with Cemex Code of Ethics. It is founded on three drivers:

Competitiveness, impact reduction and stakeholder outreach.

Cemex sustainability strategy is driven by its relationships with a full range of its stakeholders. Cemex strives to foster competitiveness, reduce its impacts and create value by working with all key groups. Cemex approach is to begin its engagement close to home, starting with Cemex employees and working outwards to its immediate communities, business partners, and society in general.

• Cemex people: employees, contractors, and their respective families.
• Communities: neighbors near Cemex operations, including local governments, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
• Business partners: customers, distributors, suppliers, and investors.
• Society: includes national and international NGOs, national governments and regulators, universities, and the media.

Cemex is one of the world’s leading providers of cement, ready-mix concrete, and aggregates. Cemex products are used in everything from roads and sidewalks to offices, hospitals, and homes. Cemex rely on its suppliers to keep operating, and on distributors to make its products available to customers. Cemex works hard to ensure its relationships with its business partners are mutually beneficial.

• 96% of our global purchases come from locally-based suppliers in the countries where Cemex operates.

• US$1.5 billion were distributed in wages and benefits for Cemex employees and families.

Cemex employs close to 67.000 people around the world. Cemex depend on them to ensure its remain competitive in the long term. Cemex has a responsibility to treat them fairly and with respect, to reward their efforts, provide development opportunities, and ensure their health and safety. Engaging employees with their daily work and company strategy is essential to meet its sustainability goals.

ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENT

Good environmental stewardship and good business go hand in hand. Cemex aim to reduce the environmental impacts at every stage of its processes. Cemex impacts range from the local footprint of its quarries to wider global challenges like climate change. The company constantly strive to reduce energy use, explore alternative fuels and substitute materials, and rehabilitate quarries.

SOCIAL COMMITMENT

As a global company, Cemex impacts and influence extend well beyond its operations. The building materials the company produce and the jobs it provide contribute the build a better society for all, while Cemex work with its neighbors and other partners to improve local communities. Social development is essential for creating an environment in which business can prosper.

• 190.000 low-income families have accessed affordable building materials and advice through Patrimonio Hoy. In Colombia are 3.600 low-income families.

• US$42 million or 1.6% of our pre-tax income, invested in local communities and society in all countries where CEMEX has operations.

• More than 95% of our cement sites worldwide have community engagement plans in place.

For more information visit Cemex web site www.cemex.com7/sustentabilidad, and click in English version.