In the second half of 2008, CIMPOR CHENGTONG (SHANDONG) created a “Fund for Employees’ Housing” in order to improve the housing situation of its low income employees. The support provided by this fund will be equivalent to an additional income of around 1,000 yuan per year for low income employees, allowing them to improve their living conditions and the comfort of their home.
The Workers’ Club of Shree Digvijay Cement, in Jamnagar, India, organised a meeting for employees, spouses and respective children on 10 August, to commemorate the start of the monsoon. The event was held at the Club's facilities, around 20 km from the plant. 215 people attended the event.
The event, which included all meals, started in the morning and continued through to the end of the afternoon. Everybody, including the smallest children, participated in the variety of games and activities. Prizes were awarded to the winners of the games at the end.
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CIMPOR Chengtong gave 20,000 yuans and 10,000 yuans to Tang Shoufeng and Zhang Tongwu, respectively, two employees of the plant, to help with the medical expenses they are incurring with the medical treatment of their critically ill children. The experience acquired from these two cases, which have made an impression on all, led the company to propose the immediate investment of around 2 million yuan in an insurance plan to cover serious illnesses that may affect its employees in the future
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CIMPOR Yibitas created an “Employees Line”, a telephone line available to employees 24 hours per day 7 days a week, with the aim of fostering better communication and developing “open communication” between managers and employees. Employees can use this telephone line to share ideas, suggestions, lodge complaints and make observations on any work-related matter, without having to identify themselves. All calls are registered by the telephone exchange and forwarded to the human resources department, which manages the process.
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Wenchuan, in Sichuan province, was hit by a strong earthquake on 12 May 2008, which claimed many victims. All managers and employees joined forces to help, in line with the old tradition, “If the people in one place are in difficulty, the people of eight other places will come to their aid".
In just three days, CIMPOR Chengtong (Shandong) donated 100,000 yuan and the employees of the Zaozhuang plant spontaneously donated 48,000 yuan, topped up by an extra contribution of 2,490 yuan from party members employed by the company. The same initiative raised 15,600 yuan at out Suzhou grinding facility, close to Shanghai.
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We were able to achieve a 100% control rate in relation to environmental factors and sources of risk, thanks to the training provided on safety and the evaluation of the most relevant environmental risk factors. New general and specific goals for the environment and safety fields were defined in 2008, in conformity with the ISO 14001, GB/T 18000 and OHSAS 18001 standards. The environmental and safety indicators in 2008 - zero significant industrial accidents and zero fatal accidents - fully complied with applicable national standards. National certification according to ISO 14001 and GB/T 18000 was once again awarded the company. In December, CIMPOR Chengtong (Shandong) and the DaMing Mountain quarry passed the province-wide inspection to uniformise two safety levels.
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CIMPOR organised an in-house, Group-wide competition for a new logo and slogan representing Health and Safety as one of the Group’s strategic values. Employees from eight Business Areas - Brazil, Egypt, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Morocco and Portugal, entered the competition. The “winning” country in terms of entries was South Africa (31), followed by Spain and Portugal, tied on 14 entries each, and Egypt just behind, with 13 entries.
The competition winner was Aníbal Luís, an employee in the Loulé plant, Portugal. “SOS – Healthy People” was the winning slogan, accompanied by an image that simply and clearly illustrates the aim of the Group’s OHS strategy while representing the well-being of employees.
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The 1st Meeting of Occupational Health and Safety Co-ordinators of the CIMPOR Group was held on 3 - 7 March 2008 in Portugal. The meeting was organised by the Board of Directors’ Advisory Office for that area. Nine of the countries where the Group operates were represented at the meeting. At the meeting, the Group’s management highlighted the aims for the area, information on the OHS activities in each country was shared, and doubts concerning the application of recently published regulations and legislation were cleared up. The working parties that were set up discussed and established the standard safety guidelines in a range of activities for the entire Group that account for more that 80% of occupational accidents in the sector.
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The first “Safety Day” was held at Amreyah on 19 April. This initiative formed part of the occupational health and safety improvement action plan for 2008. The Safety Day was divided into two phases. In the first phase, during the morning, the participants were divided into groups to visit various sections of the plant. Each group completed a form stating what they considered to be the strong and weak points regarding safety for that specific plant area. The results were then combined to create Improvement Measures. The second phase, held during the afternoon, comprised a presentation of the priority issues in the health and safety field. Although Safety Day was promoted as an optional activity, a large number of staff took part.
On 8th September 2008, Ciments de Jbel Oust (CJO) in Tunisia organised a ceremony to distribute school supplies to the 370 children of the company’s employees.
The company also donated school supplies to disadvantaged families in the plant’s area by making a contribution to the Delegation of Bir M’cherga (the administrative region).
Mozambique is a country considered to have one of the highest HIV/AIDS seroprevalences in the world, with a prevalence rate in the national population of around 16%, according to a survey performed in 2007.
Cimentos de Mozambique, aware of this issue, launched, in 2008, an initiative to implement an in-house project to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS aimed at direct staff and their families.
There is a very strong commitment of CIMPOR’s SDCC affiliate company toward Safety. The aim is to maintain a safe and healthy working place for everyone. Compliance with all applicable legislations and regulations is paramount and well understood by all employees in the company. To inculcate a strong safety culture, programmes for rising safety’s awareness are becoming part of the normal operations.