Sustainability ambitions

The Group is convinced that sustained economic growth cannot occur without social progress and environmental protection. Only by taking account economic, social and environmental challenges can the long-term success of Lafarge's operations be guaranteed.

Since 1833, the Group's strategy has been built on 2 pillars:

• sustainable industrial development over the long term,
• humanist principles: the values of respect, care and rigor have been part of the Group's Principles of Action since 1977, before sustainable development had even emerged as a concept.

Every year since 2005, Lafarge has ranked among the 100 best-performing multinationals in terms of sustainable development according to the "Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World" study organized by Corporate Knights Inc.

Lafarge is both a local actor and a global player. Local, because its products are manufactured where they will be used, to ensure they are perfectly adapted to the requirements of local markets. Global, because the success of the Group's long-term development ambitions depends on the mobilization of all of its employees.

The Group has formed international and local partnerships that reconcile these 2 approaches. The goal is to share know-how and experience across borders. In this way, Lafarge contributes on a daily basis to the economic and social development of local communities near the Group's sites around the world.