SUSTAINABILITY • CAREER SPOTLIGHTS • TOWN HALL • BUSINESS GROWTH • PERFORMANCE ISSUE #5 September— 2022 BUILT FOR ALL LAFARGE EASTERN CANADA E-MAGAZINE
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Let me share some wins in the form of facts and numbers:
In Circular Economy, we are the leaders in our industry in the recycling and re-use of resources with over 2 million tonnes per year - representing well over 50,000 truckloads re-used - with a public goal to double by 2026. When you compare this to the 20 million tonnes of waste Ontario & Quebec residents send to landfills you can get a sense of the important role we play.
In Climate, I’d like to highlight that we have set CO2 reduction targets for 2023/25/30 through a bottom up, collaborative, system approach - and Eastern Canada is on pace to meet the Holcim target 4 years early. In addition, Lafarge is the Canadian leader in gaining permits for low carbon fuels and now replaces 1050% of our fossil fuels with low carbon fuels at four of our five cement plants. And we were the first cement company in Canada to fully replace Ordinary Portland Cement with low carbon limestone cement at our
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I’M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR ECAN AND I KNOW WE HAVE THE PASSION, COLLABORATION, AND GRIT TO REVOLUTIONIZE OUR INDUSTRY AND BUILD PROGRESS FOR PEOPLE AND THE PLANET AS HIGHLIGHTED BY MANY OF THIS EDITION’S STORIES.
plants (Richmond and Bath).
Per tonne of our combined products, our CO2 emissions are already 30% lower than 4 years ago.
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When I look at how far we have come as Lafarge Eastern Canada in committing our business to a sustainable strategy and goals, I can’t help but feel proud of our teams. There is certainly a lot to accomplish in the future, but today I want to acknowledge the work we have done together. For example, did you know that Lafarge has created a 4-pillar sustainability strategy unique to Eastern Canada’s context: Climate, Circularity, Water & Nature, and People & Communities?
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person next checked into the office, and this was considered “ok” in most cases. Today, we cannot hide, communication is instantaneous, with incredible tools, equipment, and flexibility, but at the same time, it has created a pressure to react and increased the pressure to respond.
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Currently, when someone makes a complaint or request by email, text or cell phone typically there is the expectation of an immediate response; for example, we hear a ringing cell phone and we react, we receive a text and we react. Did you know that we receive on average 120 emails per day? Research has shown that we spend up to 28% of our day dealing with Instantthese.
When I started my first job in 1980, I entered a very different working culture compared to today’s, where communication was predominantly verbal, face-to-face, and directed to a specific individual or group. Cell phones did not yet exist, laptop computers were still concepts in the minds of geniuses like Steve Jobs, the Internet was still a U.S. military application called ARPANET, and the concept of Social Media and Video Conferencing was the stuff of Star Trek and Science Fiction. International communication was done via a Telex system, which consisted of ticker tapes typed by banks of Telex operators from handwritten messages that had been given to them. Therefore, it would often take two to three days to receive a
THE IMPORTANCE OF DISCONNECTING AND MANAGING OUR TIME
messaging drives us to respond immediately, often interrupting our workflow, and again, research suggests that it takes 23 minutes on average to refocus.
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Why is this important? Simply because reaction time, communication, and feedback expectations were very different then. If a customer had an issue or complaint, they would phone the office and leave a message with a secretary or office administrator. It would often be two or three days before a response was received, when the sales
back, it is clear that information overload exists - for instance, in 1993 there were 130 internet sites, today there are over 100 million active websites.
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“We have worked on a comprehensive rehab plan that was developed in consultation with stakeholders from the local natural environment groups, the Province and local municipality. This plan was developed to ensure the final landform on the lands created a forested corridor to allow for the
migration of species north and south into large tracts of lands,” said Chris Galway, Senior Land Manager, ECAN.
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“We are currently working on another portion of the property and importing topsoil from a different project in an effort to promote further growth and successfully plant trees once complete.
The ECAN Excess Soil team and the Land team have worked with the Ministry of Natural Resources for approval to import topsoil to enhance the natural vegetation along one of the slopes in the pit that was struggling with growth due to the sandy nature of the pit.
In February 2022, the Excess Soil team imported 3,000 tri-axle loads of topsoil from a customer's new housing development in North Oshawa that had formerly been a farmers field. As shown in the images, growth has taken off and it is now one of the most green areas in the pit.
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This project highlights the beneficial reuse of surplus soil from a residential development to complement rehabilitation efforts on lands that lacked organic rich soils. This was completed using Lafarge methodology and best practices to ensure the soil met all Provincial regulations.
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Just one example of Lafarge working with a customer to beneficially reuse excess soil from a development for progressive rehabilitation,” commented Angelo Sorce, Senior Manager Excess Soils - GTA/SWO.
Furthermore, Uxbridge Regan has been recognized for its rehab efforts in the past, including the OSSGA Award of Excellence as well as the OSSGA Biodiversity Award in 2020.
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A few ECAN colleagues got together at the Niagara RMX Site for an ECOPact Photoshoot. We took the opportunity to ask them to talk about ECOPact and their experience working with this low carbon concrete product. Thank you Shannon Nazarchuk, Jerry Bettencourt, Faith Stewart, Anna Salomao, Faisal Awan, and Abdullahi Gaal for participating in the video!
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[Dima Youness] Thank you for having me. My current title is Junior Technical Services Engineer, ECAN Cement. I am also part of the current Lafarge Leadership Development Program (LLDP) cohort. For my capstone project, I am working on developing ECOPlanet products, involving the new GUL in our blended cements. At the Customer Innovation Hub (CIHUB), the R&D team is constantly working on new green materials that can help in boosting product performance and reducing the carbon footprint.
We had the opportunity to talk to Dima Youness, Junior Technical Services, who has recently participated in Holcim’s Build 4 Growth Learning & Development Program representing Lafarge Eastern Canada Cement division as technical services engineer in the U.S.
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So, the main objective of my project is to develop a cement product that has a lower clinker Therefore,factor.asa
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Check out her interview below: [Anna Salomao] Thank you for taking the time to speak to us, Dima. Let’s jump right in. What is your current title and what does that entail?
technical services engineer, I am the link between our cement plants and our customers. We follow closely the performance of our products in concrete (for the three ECAN cement plants: StConstant, Bath, & Brookfield and the four slag grinding stations: Stoney Creek, Spragge, Woodstock and Montreal-East) and also how we compare in the market versus the competitors’ products.
GLOBAL GEOCYCLE WEEK
Tuesday Sept 13: Quiz
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We are glad to announce that this year Geocycle Week will be held from September 12th to 18th to coincide with the World Cleanup Day (September 17th). Internationally, the world cleanup day harnesses the power of people around the world to achieve incredible things by joining together. Its beauty lies in cooperation and collaboration: building bridges between disparate communities, and including all levels of society – from citizens to business, to government.
Thursday Sept 15th: Cleanup Hike Friday Sept 16th: Rethinking Waste Selfie Saturday Sept 17th: Earth Day
You will get further details about the contests and how to participate in the same through the Geocycle social media pages: Geocycle LinkedIN and Geocycle NA Instagram. We invite you and your families to join us in the week-long event and make it a roaring success.
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BY SOPHIE WU, HEAD OF GEOCYCLE, NORTH AMERICA
#OnlyOneEarth is the theme for this year’s Geocycle week. The theme has been adopted from the World Environment Day theme for 2022 and it celebrates the planet through collective environmental action. Only One Earth advocates for transformative environmental change on a global scale. The campaign shines a spotlight on climate action, nature action and pollution action while encouraging everyone, everywhere to live sustainably. This year we are organizing interesting contests and activities on social media. The plan for the same is as below:
Wednesday Sept 14: World Jumble
Monday Sept 12: Launch of the Event
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Our very own Kate Gibbons, Readymix Driver, was featured in Concrete Careers by Concrete Ontario . "Lafarge gave me an opportunity and now I know I'm delivering value every day, and I'm super happy every day at work with my career with this concrete family. It's that team family feeling here that makes the job feel really good every day too," said Gibbons.
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Peter Sanguineti, VP, Aggregates and Nicolas Ginouse, Technical Director, Ready-mix, were featured in the August edition of On Site magazine. The topic was use of recycled aggregates and its potential in the Canadian market.
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Gilles Autotte, Senior Spokesperson and VP, indicated that the objective of the Saint-Constant plant is to reduce its GHG emissions by 20% by 2030.
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On August 26, Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault was at Saint-Constant Cement Plant to launch the new Net-Zero Challenge. The Carbon Neutral Challenge is a voluntary initiative led by the Canadian government that encourages companies to develop and implement credible and effective transition plans in order to achieve carbon neutrality in their facilities and operations by 2050.
At his side, the director of Saint-Constantthe plant, Daniel Vadacchino, added severalpartnershipsLafargethatmaintainswithuniversities in Montreal in order to be on the lookout for technological progress.
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Lafarge Canada has recently been featured in the North America Outlook Magazine. The Head of Editorial interviewed Rob Cumming, Head of Sustainability and Public Affairs, Eastern Canada, and asked him to expand on the role of sustainability within the company, green products, and key partnerships.
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NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION AND ORANGE SHIRT DAY
Stay tuned for ECAN initiatives in September.
September 30 marks the first National Day for Truth and TheReconciliation.dayhonours the lost children and Survivors of residential schools, their families and communities. Public commemoration of the tragic and painful history and ongoing impacts of residential schools is a vital component of the reconciliation process. Both the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day take place on September 30.
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Starting September, we will be featuring our amazing ECAN female operators/drivers in a series of interviews. Our colleagues will be sharing about their career paths, the challenges, the opportunities, and the lessons learned through time.
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You will have the opportunity to get to know their day-to-day and also make referrals for our new operators/drivers job opportunities.
Stay on the lookout for the stories.
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2022 MID-YEAR REVIEWS
Dear colleagues, It is already time to reflect, review, and update your 2022 objectives and IDP. Updating your objectives and IDP at mid-year ensures you have a chance to talk about progress and development goals on a continuous basis and ensure that we are on the right track to achieve our strategic objectives. The mid-year conversation also presents a great opportunity to give recognition on accomplishments and goals achieved so far and reinforce our values of Passion, Collaboration and Grit.
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FAMILY EVENTS (TORONTO AND MONTREAL)
On August 27 and 28, ECAN hosted the Summer Family Events in Toronto (Canada Wonderland) and Montreal (Parc Safari). The events were planned as a token of appreciation for everyone’s hard work and dedication over the past Theyears.gatherings in both cities had a significant
turnaround and were great opportunities to interact with colleagues and their families in-person after such a long period.
Stay tuned for more events like this.
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For the past seven years, the Mtl-East quarry and the terminal sites have been collaborating with Soverdi (Société de verdissement du Montréal métropolitain) and Alliance forêt urbaine as part of a wide tree planting initiative. Since 2015, more than 6,600 trees have been planted at the site.
Lafarge is a proud member of the Soverdi’s Urban Forest Leader committee. This committee includes major companies such as the CN, the Port de Montréal, Hydro-Québec, TD Bank, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) and Québecor.
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6,600 TREES PLANTED AT THE MTL-EAST SITE
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Every year, Soverdi and the Alliance plant thousands of trees on private and institutional fields in Montreal. Between 2012 and 2021, they have planted over 85,000 trees and they are confident to be able to plant 16,000 trees and beyond per year going forward. In addition to conducting greening projects as owners or investors, the Urban Forest Leader committee also aims to encourage other companies in Montreal to follow in their footsteps.
Delay the start of the heating season
Here are a few other tips to maximize your energy savings this coming fall and winter: Get your furnace tuned up and safety checked Your furnace needs regular inspections and maintenance to ensure that it continues to operate at maximum efficiency. The cost of an annual tune up is far less than the cost of a repair or replacing a furnace that has not been properly maintained. Replace your furnace air filter
ENERGY SAVING TIPS FOR THE COMING HEATING SEASON
Top up the insulation in your home
As the summer draws to a close, it’s time to turn our thoughts to the upcoming heating season. Most of us have already installed a programmable thermostat in our homes. These units are great because they automatically adjust the heating and cooling of your home based on the day of the week and the hour of the day. These thermostats can significantly reduce the amount of energy used by your furnace and air conditioning systems, which translates into energy savings and money in your pocket.
Change your air filter every three months and more often in the winter. This will ensure that your furnace fan doesn’t work as hard to move the air through your home.
Consider delaying the start of the heating season (i.e. your thermostats heating program) until October 1 st , or wait until the outside temperatures dip to below 20 C.
Open the blinds and curtains on windows facing the sun to let the sun warm the inside of your home during the day. Later on, close the blinds and curtains to keep the heat inside.
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Energy Saving Tips for the Coming Heating Season by Tom Baumgarten, Environment Manager - Please Translate
Having the right amount of attic insulation can offer significant energy savings. If necessary, have additional insulation added to your attic space. Also check for air leaks around doors, windows and electrical boxes. Use caulking or expanding foam sealant to reduce the amount of air infiltration.
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A WORLD FIRST: HOLCIM PRODUCES 100% RECYCLEDCLINKER
• Clinker is the primary component of cement, so this 100% recycled clinker will enable Holcim to produce the first 100% recycled cement.
This marks a breakthrough in circular construction, and the initial phase on the road to an even bigger “first:”
• Finally, this concrete will be used to make a building with 100% recycled materials.
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• Cement is the primary manufactured component of concrete, so this cement will be used to produce the first 100% recycled concrete.
In June 2022, Holcim produced the world’s first clinker made entirely of recycled minerals at its plant in Altkirch, France.
Driving a circular economy in construction means not only reducing the consumption of natural resources (and the CO2 footprint that comes with it), but also eliminating waste. The challenge is to identify reliable supplies of recyclable building materials.
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Elevate (the new Firestone), is positioned to be a leader in delivering on innovation and sustainability within Holcim's Accelerating Green Growth Strategy.
The Canadian team has initiated a recycling program unlike any in the roofing industry. The pilot program is in its early stages, but is already yielding positive results.
Site Depot is a software designed precisely for this purpose, and Holcim is proud to have a stake in N1, the company that developed it.
The next phase of circular economy will be digital. That’s why we’re taking a stake in N1, a German green tech company that has been providing innovative digital solutions to the construction industry for years.
Partnering with Geocycle Canada, the goal was to look at landfill diversion options and determine what portions of the roofing system could be recycled as combustibles.
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