WCA Annual Conference 2024

Model Plant Award

Eligibility: Integrated cement plants

Criteria: Energy efficiency, emissions, productivity, maintenance, safety record, management systems

Innovation Award

Eligibility: WCA Members (including corporate and associate members)

Criteria: We are looking for a company that has developed and implemented a technical innovation that can be shared with other companies and has made (or has the potential to make) a significant contribution to the industry in terms of energy efficiency, emissions, productivity or maintenance/reliability.

Climate Action Award

Eligibility: Integrated cement plants

Criteria: Specific CO2 emissions for clinker and cement at plant level, Initiatives taken to reduce climate impact and address barrier to lower emissions (e.g. availability of SCMs)

Health and Safety Award

Eligibility: Integrated cement plants

Criteria: We are looking for a company or integrated cement plant that has developed a way to improve safety that can be shared with other companies. We will look at quantitative data such as reduction in lost time accidents but our main assessment will be of the initiative taken and the potential for its potential contribution to the wider industry.