Welcome to our full 2009 sustainable development report. This report covers our global cement, ready-mix concrete, and aggregates operations. With this report, we start publishing annually a full report disclosing our sustainability strategy, programs, and performance. Before we published a full report every two years and an interim in the intervening years. This report follows our 2008 full report and is accompanied by a summary report published in print and as a PDF posted on our website. The narrative content is found in the main body of each of the sections of this page, and the full list of performance indicators, details on progress for the year 2009, and goals and targets are described in the performance section, which can be viewed by clicking here.

Unless otherwise indicated, the information provided in this report is for the company as a whole. We have restated certain data sets from previous years because of improvements to our data-collection systems or changes to our business; each case is clearly marked. All monetary amounts are reported in US dollars. Tons are metric tons.

The information for this report came from several sources, including internal management systems, performance databases and questionnaires, and our Sustainability Outlook, a global questionnaire conducted for the second time. This approach has enabled us to report against our key performance indicators for the whole company.

We aim to improve the transparency and completeness of each report we produce. We include statements from PricewaterhouseCoopers, which verified our data on greenhouse gas emissions, alternative fossil and biomass fuels rates, environmental incidents, and safety for our cement operations. We engaged throughout the year with our Sustainability Advisory Panel, which provides feedback on our reporting. You can view the Advisory Panel’s statement regarding our 2008 report here.

We have published this report in a web-based format to better communicate our performance and improve our ability to engage our stakeholders.

We applied the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G3 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines to produce the full report, which meets an application level of A+ for the second consecutive year. We provide indices of the GRI and the UN Global Compact at cemex.com/sustainability/reports.

In addition, this report constitutes our communication on progress against the commitments of the United Nations Global Compact, to which CEMEX is a signatory. We provide indices of GRI indicators and Global Compact principles www.cemex.com/sustainability/reports

We welcome your feedback on our sustainability reporting and performance. Please send your comments and suggestions to sd@cemex.com, or write to us at

CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V.
Corporate Communications and Public Affairs
Av. Ricardo Margáin Zozaya 325
San Pedro Garza García, NL
CP 66265 Mexico
Tel: +52 (81) 8888-8888