http://www.italcementi.com/ Italcementi Group completed 10 years of operations in Sri Lanka, having sold over two million tons of cement during this last period of time. http://cms.itcgr.net/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Corporate+events/20081007.htm 10/07/2008 As part of Italcementi Group continuous commitment to ongoing Corporate Social Responsibility Programmes and with the aim of building a sustainable and long-term dialogue with local communities, Suez Cement distributed 10,000 Kg of rice and pasta in Kafr El Elw and Al Maasara districts, two poor districts located nearby two of the five plants. http://cms.itcgr.net/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Sustainability/20080918.htm 09/18/2008 At dawn of Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, the new I-35W Bridge over the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis was officially opened.Italcementi Group, through its North American subsidiary Essroc, made its contribution to the project for the construction of two white concrete gateway elements, made with TX Active®, standing on both ends of the bridge. http://cms.itcgr.net/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Building+and+Architecture/20080918.htm 09/18/2008 On 22 August 2008, the day of the company’s 19th anniversary, managers and employees from Asia Cement together visited the Rangsit Home for Babies, an institution for the care of orphans. The last few decades have seen the rise of a variety of social issues, particularly those affecting children and their right to survival and development. The Thai Government has been taking prompt steps to tackle these issues. http://cms.itcgr.net/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Sustainability/20080822.htm 08/22/2008 Italcementi signed a newly incorporated joint venture with the Libyan Economic and Social Development Fund, dedicated to the construction of a green-field cement plant some 50 km west of Tobruk in Eastern Libya. The new jv finalized a mining concession agreement with the National Mining Company of Libya, the government body regulating the use of mineral resources in the country , Italcementi will indirectly control 50% of the capital of the joint venture. http://cms.itcgr.net/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Industrial+network/20080822.htm 08/22/2008 The TX Active® “smog-eating cement”, developed and produced by Italcementi Group, comes to the fore in CNN’s “Going Green: Search for Solutions” programme. A few days ago, the all news channel interviewed Enrico Borgarello, Italcementi Research and Development Central Manager, on TX Active® focusing the attention on its active principle and the range of applications in urban areas such as Rome and Paris. http://cms.itcgr.net/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Corporate+events/20080707.htm 07/07/2008 The sod turning ceremony for the new Devnya cement plant took place on June 28, 2008 in the presence of Italcementi Group’s Chief Executive Officer Carlo Pesenti, Chief Operating Officer Giovanni Ferrario, and Devnya Cement’s General Manager Alex Car, along with Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev and Italian Ambassador to Bulgaria H.E. Stefano Benazzo. On this occasion, the subsidiary also celebrated its 10th anniversary as part of Italcementi Group and held an Open Door event for its employees and their families, which was also attended by contractors, clients and other stakeholders attending, too. http://cms.itcgr.net/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Industrial+network/20080628.htm 06/28/2008 Italcementi Group was one of the main sponsors of the 23rd World Congress of Architecture which took place for the first time in Italy, in Turin, on 29 June – 03 July 2008. This prestigious event, held every three years, hosted thousands of professionals and specialists in the building sector coming from all over the world. http://cms.itcgr.net/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Building+and+Architecture/20080628.htm 06/28/2008 Mr Jean-Paul Méric, Executive Vice President of Ciments Français (Italcementi’s subholding), has been appointed as President of CEMBUREAU for a two-year term at the Association's General Assembly held last June in Taormina, Italy. After having completed his mandate as Vice-President of the Association over the last two years, he takes over from Mr Paul Vanfrachem (Belgium). http://cms.itcgr.net/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Corporate+events/20080627.htm 06/27/2008 “Sustainable Development: a correct balance between creation of economic value, environmental protection and social responsibility”. This was the theme of first seminar organised by the newly-born Sustainable Development Department of Italcementi Group.The Environment and Safety experts of Italcementi Group gathered in Cairo to discuss and analyse the Group’s environmental and social performance and to share the best practices. http://cms.itcgr.net/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Sustainability/20080623.htm 06/23/2008 Equal protection and rights for all workers of Italcementi Group subsidiaries. The Group’s commitment with regard to employment legislation became a concrete reality with the general international agreement for the promotion and safeguarding of workers’ rights, signed on 17th June at the Bergamo headquarters by Giovanni Ferrario, Chief Operating Officer of Italcementi, and Anita Norwak, Secretary General of the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI). http://cms.itcgr.net/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Sustainability/20080617.htm 06/17/2008 Italcementi Group expressed full solidarity and sympathy for the victims of cyclone Nargis that hit Myanmar a month ago and announced its commitment to participate in the emergency plan through its subsidiary in Thailand Jalaprathan Cement. http://cms.itcgr.net/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Sustainability/20080613.htm 06/13/2008 Mr. Roberto Callieri, Managing Director of Suez Cement group of Companies –as part of Italcementi Group - and Dr. Mahmoud Al Tohamy, Executive Manager of 57357 Children’s Cancer Hospital, signed an agreement for the donation of six hundred tons of cement that will be used for the construction of a new building which will contain the cyclotron, a special equipment used for the cancer therapy that allows a personalized cancer treatment. http://cms.itcgr.net/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Sustainability/20080610.htm 06/10/2008 “As sustainability issues increasingly move towards the forefront of people’s minds, sustainability reporting becomes a key form of communication” Mervyn King – Chairman, GRI Board of Directors During the Global Conference on Sustainability and Transparency that took place in Amsterdam in May, GRI announced the winners of the first GRI Readers’ Choice Awards for sustainability reporting. Italcementi Group sdReport 2006 won second prize. http://cms.itcgr.net/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Sustainability/20080605.htm 06/05/2008 After the devastation and damages caused by the earthquake that hit China last May 12, the Group, in accordance to our Corporate Sustainable Development policy, decided to actively participate in the emergency relief efforts. http://cms.itcgr.net/ENG/Media+and+Communication/News/Sustainability/20080526.htm 05/26/2008