The Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI), which operates under the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), released an updated version of its Guidelines for Emissions Monitoring and Reporting in the Cement Industry. These guidelines provide a common framework to CSI member companies and the wider industry to monitor and report on air emissions.
The guidelines were originally published in 2005, and CSI member companies subsequently started reporting annually on a set of agreed key performance indicators for emissions and set their own emissions reduction targets.
The new version 2.0 (2012)[
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CSI member companies have committed to implementing the new guidelines by the end of 2015, and the CSI will promote them in the wider industry.