Ambuja Cements Ltd.

Our Values

1. Delighted Customers
   

   My actions speak more about my company than a mere advertisement.
   My function, however remote to the customer, ultimately leads to satisfying him. My connection to him is like God.
   I may not see it. But, it exists.

2. Inspired Employees
   

   I don't need orders to trust my colleagues.
   I don't need orders to seek challenges.
   Or to meet them either.
   That, I know, is I CAN.

3. Enlightened partners
   

   I will build enduring relationships with my dealers and suppliers.
   The full benefit of our engagement with dealers and suppliers will only come when they act as partners in satisfying the customer. I will, therefore, create win-win associations between my dealers, suppliers, my company and my customers.

4. Energised Society
   

   I will energise, involve and enable people around me to realize their potential.
   The communities around me are a part of my support system.
   A small improvement in their life will have a multiplier effect for everyone.

5. Cleaner Environment - Pollution control

   I will leave a cleaner planet for my children. For this, I don’t need the rule book.

6. Cleaner Environment – natural resources

   I will use Nature responsibly and conserve its resources.
   If I allow Nature to replenish itself, it will provide me with a permanent livelihood. And, the benefit will extend even to my children’s children.

7. Safety

   I will adopt zero harm practices – at work and everywhere.
   I never forget that my family’s future depends on my safety.

Ambuja Cements Ltd has made sustainability a way of life. This means adopting environmentally safe technologies and optimum utilisation and conversation of natural resources. Sustainable development focuses on economic, environmental and social performance.

• Corporate Sustainable Development Report 2010Download
• Corporate Sustainable Development Report 2009Download
• Corporate Sustainable Development Report 2008Download
• Corporate Sustainable Development Report 2007Download

Occupational Health & Safety is one of our core values of business. We recognise that the health and safety of our employees, subcontractors, third parties and visitors is vital to our business success. OH&S is integrated with our business processes spanning people, processes, systems, technologies and facilities. OH&S is driven through top management commitment and Visible Leadership across all levels.

Providing a safe workplace

To achieve our vision of "zero harm" to people, we have provided appropriate technology with stringent operational control practices across all operations. All operations are required systematically to implement a series of fatality prevention directives. The directives were developed by Holcim after an in-depth analysis of the major causes of fatalities and encompass hazard identification, risk assessment and controls, training, and maintenance and emergency procedures.

The ACL OH&S management system further guides this approach. Our health and safety policy has been rolled out across all operations and has been included as a key responsibility in line management and business performance. This policy goes beyond the workplace, to address OH&S issues related to Vehicle and Traffic Safety and home safety issues of our employees and their families. We have made significant progress in workplace and personnel safety by focusing on "Safety Observation Process". This intervention focuses on the behavioural Safety aspect of all personnel. Clear organisational accountabilities are supported by a robust program of training, communication and Risk Management processes. A systematic reporting system enables the top management to evaluate the overall direction and efficacy of the health and safety system and develop strategies for improving it. To that end, we compare our own health and safety results regularly with the goals we have set for ourselves and with available benchmarks for the cement sector.

Regular audits ensure that external and internal regulations/standards are implemented and complied with.

• Occupational Health & Safety PolicyDownload
• Occupational Health & Safety Cardinal RulesDownload
• Substance Abuse PolicyDownload

'Prakriti'

Started in 2010, this quarterly publication covers environment conservation efforts taken up during the quarter across ACL Production Plants. It is a platform to showcase and encourage the initiatives taken, while also communicating the latest happenings at the Policy level. In a way, the newsletter is a vehicle for cross-exchange of information.