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SIBELCO MINERALES S.A.
SIBELCO MINERALES S.A.
April 8, 2023
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2016
Center of Arcos de la Frontera extraction
Corporate Social Responsibility is a very important value within the Sibelco management. The activities of the company contributing to sustainable development are numerous. This concludes the promotio...
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Financiera y MineraHeidelbergCement
Financiera y MineraHeidelbergCement
April 8, 2023
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2016
Quarry Fall Protection System
The company ‘General de Canteras’ (FYM) has created a safety device, with all its elements certified, thanks to the workers’ participation in all the phases, from the original concept to the dev...
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Saint-Gobain Rigips Austria GesmbH Social
Saint-Gobain Rigips Austria GesmbH Social
April 8, 2023
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2016
Safety First
Health and safety of the workerforce is the top priority for Saint-Gobain Rigips Austria. The Occupational Safety and Health protection in the company on site is divided into three actions: including...
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SIBELCO EUROPE
SIBELCO EUROPE
April 8, 2023
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2016
No dust teams’ Using real time technology to identify required improvements in dust control and influence operatives to adopt healthy behaviours
Sibelco Europe were looking for a new way of showing to the workforce how dust levels varied throughout the process plants and within the activities they were carrying out, especially when particles a...
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FM Conway Ltd
FM Conway Ltd
April 8, 2023
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2016
Improved near hit reporting system following employee consultation
During a health and safety climate survey, the FM Conway Company received significant feedback from employees about the quality of the “Say What You See” Near Miss/Hazard reporting system. The emp...
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Marshalls
Marshalls
April 8, 2023
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2016
Auto-Locking saw guards for effective guarding by simple operation
When designing guards for machinery there is a consistent conflict between protecting the employee against dangerous moving parts and production. The following idea for safely guarding a machine, usin...
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Rudus Oy
Rudus Oy
April 8, 2023
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2013
Health & Safety Best Practice Award
Outstanding and inspirational initiative in improving workplace safety through its exemplary Safety Park...
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CEMEX Granulats Sud-Ouest
CEMEX Granulats Sud-Ouest
April 8, 2023
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2013
Has been recognised for excellence in the category of Economic Contribution / Added Value to Society
Has been recognised for excellence in the category of Economic Contribution / Added Value to Society...
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Schärdinger Granit Industrie AG
Schärdinger Granit Industrie AG
April 8, 2023
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2013
Has been recognised for excellence in the category of Local Community & Partnership
Has been recognised for excellence in the category of Local Community & Partnership...
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Eurovia
Eurovia
April 8, 2023
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2013
Special Award on Communication
Pioneering work in promoting responsible production of Aggregates for building and public works through its recycling programme Granulats+...
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Les Sablières de la Meurthe
Les Sablières de la Meurthe
April 8, 2023
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2013
Local Community Partnership Award
Pioneering stakeholder consultation activity in bringing a strong social dimension to its economic and environmental objectives...
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Granulats Vicat
Granulats Vicat
April 8, 2023
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2013
Health & Safety Best Practice Award
Inspirational initiative in training materials towards raising Safety awareness among Quality, Safety and Environment Personnel...
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Gelinter Kiesbaggerei
Gelinter Kiesbaggerei
April 8, 2023
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2013
Has been recognised for excellence in the category of Local Community Partnership
Has been recognised for excellence in the category of Local Community Partnership...
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Lenz-Ziegler-Reifenscheid GmbH
Lenz-Ziegler-Reifenscheid GmbH
April 8, 2023
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2013
Special Award on Education
Pioneering work in enhancing biodiversity and in facilitating knowledge on the sector through the Classroom by the Quarry Pond...
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Àridos Valdearcos s.l.
Àridos Valdearcos s.l.
April 8, 2023
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2013
Has been recognised for excellence in the category of Local Community Partnership
Has been recognised for excellence in the category of Local Community Partnership...
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PROMSA - Queixans
PROMSA - Queixans
April 8, 2023
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2013
Special Award on Employee Involvement
Pioneering brainstorming approach in developing an Health & Safety and Risk Prevention integrated Action Plan...
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Jehander
Jehander
April 8, 2023
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2013
Has been recognised for excellence in the category of Local Community Partnership
Has been recognised for excellence in the category of Local Community Partnership...
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Rångedala Grus AB and Chalmers
Rångedala Grus AB and Chalmers
April 8, 2023
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2013
Has been recognised for excellence in the category of Health & Safety Best Practice
Has been recognised for excellence in the category of Health & Safety Best Practice...
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John Wainwright & Co. Ltd
John Wainwright & Co. Ltd
April 8, 2023
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2013
Has been recognised for excellence in the category of Health & Safety Best Practice
Has been recognised for excellence in the category of Health & Safety Best Practice...
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Aggregate Industries
Aggregate Industries
April 8, 2023
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2013
Has been recognised for excellence in the category of Health & Safety Best Practice
Has been recognised for excellence in the category of Health & Safety Best Practice...
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CEMEX
CEMEX
April 8, 2023
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2010
CEMEX Austria AG, Langenzersdorf, Austria Health & Safety Best Practice Special Award 2010
Sustainable staff motivation by stress management CEMEX Austria AG with its 500 employees at 70 locations produces ready-mix concrete, gravel, crushed rock, sand, additives for concrete production and...
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CRH - Roadstone Wood Ltd
CRH - Roadstone Wood Ltd
April 8, 2023
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2010
Bunratty Quarry, Bunratty, Co. Clare, Ireland Nominated in the category Health & Safety Best Practice
Bunratty Quarry is owned by Roadstone Wood Ltd. which is part of the CRH Group and currently employs 55 people which include employees, contractors & hauliers. Stone extraction began at the locati...
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Hanson – Heidelberg Cement
Hanson – Heidelberg Cement
April 8, 2023
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2010
Criggion Quarry, Shropshire, UK Health & Safety Best Practice Award 2010
Repeated injury incidents involving falls from mobile plant required action to prevent recurrences. Hanson’s CEO commissioned an in-company survey of all UK mobile plant toidentify and install remed...
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Lafarge
Lafarge
April 8, 2023
UEPG Sustainable Development Awards 2010
Granulats Nord, Rivecourt, Oise, France Local Community Partnership Award 2010 for outstanding paleontological research
Learning about the past as a foundation for the future; the partnership between the Lafarge and CPIE of the Oise region Lafarge is the world leader in building materials. Lafarge Granulats Nord extrac...
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