Creative, strategic, and entrepreneurial; these are a few of the traits that symbolize our company's culture. CEMEX is a challenging place to work and a great place to develop the skills necessary to create value for and cement lasting relationships with customers, colleagues, investors, communities, and other key stakeholders.

One of our key priorities is to empower our people to focus their energy and creativity on the new instead of the usual. Through programs like our Idea Bank, we actively encourage our people to "think outside of the box" and propose well-supported ideas and solutions.

Our rapid growth and geographic expansion also underscore the benefits of a diverse workforce, made up of people with different styles, capabilities, and backgrounds. Consequently, we are committed to developing and maintaining a stimulating, healthy, and productive work environment in which everyone is treated impartially and respectfully.

Values
We strive for excellence in our performance, developing long-term relationships built on trust and our essential values of collaboration, integrity, and leadership.

• Collaboration: Work with others in a collective pursuit of excellence
• Integrity: Act honestly, responsibly, and respectfully toward others at all times
• Leadership: Envision the future and focus on service, excellence, and competitiveness

Embedded in our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, our values guide our actions and serve as the framework for our decisions and contributions at every level of our organization. They foster the full development of our individual skills and abilities and play an integral part in our company's sustainable growth and development.

CEMEX competencies
From our talent-development programs to our performance-evaluation model, we are focused on developing and reinforcing our company's individual competencies —those traits, attitudes, and abilities that distinguish CEMEX people and define our culture.

• Teamwork
• Creativity
• Focus on stakeholders
• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Strategic thinking
• Customer-service orientation
• Development of others
• Information management
• Development of alliances