How Holcim will nurture nature at 800 limestone quarries

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Holcim helped the local community achieve water security while boosting biodiversity levels, at the quarry next to its Kujawy plant in Poland / Credit: Holcim
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Holcim helped the local community achieve water security while boosting biodiversity levels, at the quarry next to its Kujawy plant in Poland / Credit: Holcim

The cement maker's strategy focuses on biodiversity and freshwater conservation

A quarry is a giant gash in the landscape, devoid of plant life and inhospitable to most animals. Holcim, the world's largest cement maker, operates more than 800 quarries around the world, from which...

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