A message from Jaime Muguiro, Cemex CEO

I want to recognise and thank all our leaders and their teams who have continued to achieve ZERO injuries. You are setting the standard for others to follow and reaping the reward of keeping everyone safe.

Building on this progress, I’m pleased to announce another new record for Cemex. Following the good news at the end of last year, when we set new records with the lowest ever number of fatalities and employee LTIs and TRIs, for the first time in our history we have now reached 12 consecutive months without an on-the-road fatality that was recordable because of an incident caused by an employee or contractor driver.

This is really great news, and I send my congratulations to all our Supply Chain teams on this achievement.

It is important to recognise and celebrate successes like this one because of the direct link to our hugely important Zero4Life commitment. It also demonstrates that we are saving lives. I encourage you to highlight this new record with all your teams, especially your Drivers, to thank them for their personal contributions and to help reinforce what is possible, as we have now clearly proven across all geographies. In doing so, please also pass on my sincere appreciation to them for being part of this new level of safety.

Of course, I do understand the day-to-day challenges on the road and how, if a Driver somewhere lets attention or alertness slip for a moment, a devastating incident can suddenly occur. The fragility of the new record we have set is therefore clear to us all. For that very reason, we are reminded why we must continue our relentless efforts with defensive driving training, fatigue management, pre-start vehicle checks, journey planning, contractor driver management, and more.

In fact, I have been informed recently about a fatal road incident in one of our countries that is now under investigation to identify the causes. Events like this underscore the vital importance of all our efforts and why we cannot relax them for a moment.

We make a lot of deliveries on the road every day. Together, let’s continue to do that safely and continue to save lives.