Buzzi Unicem USA

The Portland Cement Association recognized our Festus Plant with the Environmental Performance Award for their outstanding achievements in implementing new environmental initiatives. The award was given at a ceremony held during the annual Cement Fly-In meeting in Washington, D.C last week. Our Festus Plant dramatically increased the amount of natural gas usage in their kiln and fully converted to Type IL cement production in 2023. Both of these initiatives were undertaken as part of our 2030 Roadmap to achieving net zero carbon emissions. Congratulations to our Festus Plant on their award! 

Thanks to @Portland Cement Association for recognizing the importance of safety in our industry, and for highlighting our leaders expressing their gratitude for our employees AND commitment to keeping them safe! https://lnkd.in/ehPAHhCj

Employees at our Cape Girardeau, MO Plant volunteered their time at the Southeast Missouri Food Bank this week, as part of their mobile food distribution to community members recently impacted by severe weather. Our Cape employees have been volunteering about four times per year at the Food Bank since 2019, demonstrating their ongoing commitment to the local community. Thank you to our Cape Plant for your dedication to helping those in need! #stakeholderengagement

Managers and supervisors from our Festus Plant came together earlier this month to further develop their leadership skills. Our team members focused on ways to connect with their direct reports, and improve their communication and listening skills, which are keys to building strong relationships and moving toward a more connected culture. Additionally, Jefferson R-VII School District generously allowed our training sessions to be held at their beautiful Performance Arts Center. We thank them for their continued partnership with our Festus Plant! Here’s to another fantastic week of training, as Buzzi Unicem USA continues to support our leaders in growing their skills!

Buzzi Unicem USA’s Stockertown Plant and Corporate Office participated in National “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day,” observing the theme “Inspire 2 Aspire.” Our young visitors learned about the operations of the plant and the various professions at Stockertown, as managers and supervisors led talks on the role each department plays in making cement. The kids toured the heavy equipment trucks used in the quarry and the plant, observed a welding demonstration, and watched a drone surveying demonstration, with the opportunity to fly drones themselves. Additionally, our visitors painted molded cement magnets and birdhouses, and were treated to a reptile show, where they held snakes, tortoises, and a baby alligator! Thank you to our generous Stockertown employees who made the day special for all of our young guests! #stakeholderengagement

Employees at our Festus, MO Plant teamed up with Jefferson R-7 High School’s principal and students to plant three trees on their campus in honor of Earth Day. Several employee volunteers donated their time and landscaping skills to help beautify the campus. Buzzi Unicem’s Festus Plant is proud to provide their continued support of their local school district and looks forward to more partnership opportunities in the future! #stakeholderengagement #sustainability 🌍 🌳

Today we celebrate World Day for Health and Safety at Work. In line with the company policy, we are aware that when our daily actions prioritize #safety, we convey a fundamental message to all our collaborators: safety is a non-negotiable priority that must be ensured in every area, always. Over the past 6 months, we have updated the Group policy, presenting it to the organization through new multimedia materials and workshops, facilitating interaction and sharing experiences to achieve the "Zero Injuries" goal. #Buzzi #WorldDayforSafetyandHealththatWork

“The most powerful leadership tool you have is your own personal example.” — John Wooden   Our Stockertown Plant Managers and Supervisors spent time last week learning about effective communication, emotional intelligence, conflict resolution, and other leadership topics. Investing in leadership development shows our commitment to provide our employees with the knowledge to become more empathetic managers and improve our organizational culture.

Engineers from our plants visited our Bethlehem Corporate Office earlier this week to gain a deeper understanding of our organization’s departments, meet members of our Executive team, engage in communication training, and spend time connecting with each other. Our participants also toured our local Stockertown Plant and enjoyed an evening at the National Museum of Industrial History in historic Bethlehem. We value our talented and dedicated process, automation, reliability, maintenance, quality, and environmental engineers, and appreciate their enthusiasm and participation this week! #alamocementcompany #buzziunicemusa

By cutting energy waste and doing their part to protect the environment, Buzzi Unicem USA’s Chattanooga, TN and Festus, MO manufacturing facilities have once again earned the EPA’s ENERGY STAR® certification, recognizing their superior energy performance among similar facilities in the industry. In fact, ENERGY STAR certified plants perform in the top 25 percent of similar facilities nationwide. Chattanooga has received this honor for the 15th consecutive year, while Festus has received the certification 13 out of the past 15 years. In meeting these strict qualifications, these facilities are saving energy, saving money, and helping protect the environment by using less energy than peer facilities. For more than 20 years, EPA’s ENERGY STAR program has been America’s resource for saving energy and protecting the environment. Today, thousands of facility owners and managers use ENERGY STAR to improve the energy performance of their buildings and plants. See below for the press release: https://lnkd.in/dbG5vbqY #cementindustry #sustainability