Holcim promotes sustainable environmental practices

Holcim (Lanka) Ltd recently organized a high level interactive session on global environment management trends.

The objective of the Environmental Forum was twofold. It addressed Holcim Lanka's views and initiatives as a multinational looking at the wider perspective of environment performance while sharing knowledge with the highest State stakeholders and like-minded business corporates.

The forum also helped to understand how outstanding local corporates use good environmental practices and share best practices towards future initiatives.

Representatives of top local corporates including Hayleys, John Keells Holding, MAS Holdings, MTD Walkers and Hirdaramani Group were active participants during the interactive sessions creating a strong collaborative platform among all stakeholders.

Head of Environment, Holcim Group, Dominique Büchi who drives the organisation's sustainability agenda, introduced the 'Holcim Sustainable Development Ambition 2030' report which reflects Holcim's aspiration to go beyond 'business as usual' and be part of the solution for today's challenges.

"It's not just a business plan for the next 3-5 years, we want to draw out a vision and the way forward and make a contribution through various ways," Büchi said.

"Holcim's objective is to build the business in a more sustainable direction and produce one-third of our services in 2030 through sustainable solutions or services. We looked at the lifecycle of our product and the value it provides towards sustainable development and based it on three pillars; climate, resources and communities," he added.