Corporate Social Responsibility
Emerging from its fundamental belief of the importance of acting as a genuine corporate citizen, CEMEX initiates and takes part in many community related projects. Being close to the local community near its plant in Assiut, CEMEX was able to identify the key pillars that now shape its Corporate Social Responsibility strategy in Egypt. In this section, CEMEX shares some of the key initiatives that materialized in the past few years.
- Sponsoring 776 children and their families in a school feeding program in cooperation with the World Food Program.
- Building 19 schools in the remote villages of Assiut serving hundreds of young girls.
- Sponsoring the holy Quran memorizing competition in Assiut.
- Sponsoring the graduation ceremony of Faculty of Science in Assiut University.
- Establishing education centers/classes to provide trainings.
- Enriching students experience for science and engineering students in Assiut and Sohag Universities through providing specialized courses.
- Collaborating with INJAZ Egypt to work together on improving financial literacy and work readiness Of Egyptian youth.
- Establishing cement bricks plant in cooperation with local contractors.
- Building employment centers including several workshops to employ Assiut citizens.
- Buying handmade gifts from NGOs employing women who are the sole provider for their families. Those gifts were distributed during the holy month of Ramadan.
- Organizing a Sustainability event in cooperation with the American University in Cairo promoting concrete sustainable construction.
- Starting the waste management project, which was implemented in Mankabad- Assiut by providing the annual rent for the equipment used to collect the household and agricultural waste wastes to be delivered to the waste collection center.
- Sponsoring the 9th International Conference on Development and sustainability in the Arab Countries held in Assiut University.
- Signing cooperation protocols with Assiut, Sohag and Menya Universities to collaborate on various scientific and practical fields.
- Participating in aiding rain flood victims in Aswan.
- Building several roofs for residents in villages.
- Sponsoring the archaeological project of Thutmosis III temple in Luxor.
- Supporting the excavation works carried out under sponsorship of the Dominican embassy in Egypt and in search of Cleopatra and Mark Anthony temples in Alexandria.
- Participating in the building of Ahl Masr Burns and Injuries Hospital.
- Donating renal dialysis equipment for Dairout hospital in Assuit.
- Donating a fully equipped ambulance.
- Donating four laboratory equipment, including two UV spectrophotometers.
- Establishing a Safety Driving School in Assiut’s Traffic Authority.
- Delivering Summer Heat Stress Awareness and donating caps and water refillable plastic bottles for street cleaners in coordination with the governor’s office.
- Sponsoring the safeguarding of 3KM between the plant & Assiut city with barriers to avoid the recurrent fall of vehicles in the lake on the side of the road.
- Celebrating the Orphans’ Day for 18 consecutive years.
- Distributing 5000 Ramadan bags including essential food commodities.
- Providing around 150 daily hot Iftar meals to surrounding communities in Assiut.
- Donating around 1200 kilograms of meat to poor families on the occasion of Al Adha Feast.
- Establishing a sports protocol with the government to allow students from different schools from Assiut to visit our sports complex on daily basis and practice several types of sports.
- Organizing the annual Ramadan Football Tournament.