Verein Deutscher Zementwerke

New information platform for sustainability

Figure: VDZ

The new website on the topic of sustainability

Figure: VDZ

The initiative for sustainability in the German cement industry has a new website to be found at //www.zement-verbindet-nachhaltig.de" target="_blank" >www.zement-verbindet-nachhaltig.de:www.zement-verbindet-nachhaltig.de. This is intended to give the general public an understanding of topics the initiative has been engaged with since 2002, including the central topics of nature conservation and environmental protection measures, securing the domestic cement production, economic concerns of the companies in the industry as well as the social interests of the employees.

The website‘s design is based on...

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