In 1999, the Portland Cement Association approved strategic plans for improving the industry's environmental, energy and health & safety performance. To facilitate the plan objectives, the association subsequently adopted a series of voluntary long-term goals for select environment, energy, and heath & safety indicators and created annual award programs to reward superior performance. Progress towards achieving the voluntary goals is tracked by the association through an annual survey of PCA member companies. This information-coupled with data collected in earlier industry surveys-was used to compile the enclosed industry performance trends. As you will see, the industry's efforts speak for themselves.

You will also find information on the winners of the annual PCA environment, energy, and health & safety awards. PCA members are applying cutting edge thinking and approaches to make their manufacturing operations even more sustainable.

I hope that you find this information useful. PCA has updated this document annually and welcomes your thoughts and comments on how the document may be further enhanced. Please forward your suggestions to: sustainablemanufacturing@cement.org.

Sincerely,

Charlie Sunderland
Chairman, Portland Cement Association
Chairman of the Board and CEO of Ash Grove Cement Company