Sustainability 

Year after year, Riyadh Cement enhances its commitment to environmental and social governance, ensuring we benefit from our resources and increase opportunities for positive impact on our operations in line with our strategic goals and Vision 2030 objectives.

Firstly: Environmental Sustainability

In 2023, we implemented a wide range of initiatives aimed at reducing the impact of our operations on the environment and enhancing knowledge to achieve sustainable value in the long term for our employees, customers, and community

:Riyadh Green Initiative

In line with the Kingdom’s ambitions to protect the environment for present and future generations, Riyadh Cement dedicates its efforts to support the Kingdom’s goal of reducing carbon emissions, accelerating the  energy sector transformation, and achieving sustainability goals

Believing in the importance of afforestation and its significant role in improving the local environment, the company launched a tree-planting campaign through

Planting 3,000 seedlings across all company facilities through a partnership with the National Center for Vegetation Cover Development and Combating Desertification to increase vegetation cover, reduce carbon emissions, and combat pollution and land degradation in all company factories

Establishing a nursery to produce 10,000 seedlings annually to serve the community in Al-Muzahimiyah Governorate

Secondly: Employment Sustainability

Our employees are the foundation of our success, innovation, and expansion. Thanks to their commitment, we have become one of the largest funders of Vision 2030 projects. Our investment in each of our employees widens the gap between us and our competitors

:Recruitment, Retention, and Education

We have attracted many different professional talents and provided our current and new employees with a variety of internal and external training courses and programs to increase their contribution to the company, enrich their knowledge, and enhance their career paths and promotion opportunities

Continuing the cooperative training program for university and college students in terms of scope and impact, enabling students and faculty members to gain work experience through enhancing scientific research, innovation, professional development, and exchanging practical, academic, and professional experiences

We have also evaluated and redesigned performance management to improve productivity and enhance a performance and results-oriented culture in a healthy work environment. This helps identify areas that need improvement, as well as increase collaboration and communication among our employees through planning, monitoring, and reviewing.

Launching key performance indicators that include setting clear performance goals and developing more strategies for internal and external stakeholders.

Thirdly: Community Sustainability

The company has been keen to build bridges of communication with all the people and communities we serve across the Kingdom

In 2023, based on the agreement signed between Riyadh Cement Company and the Aroua Charity Association, the company donated Riyadh Cement bags to renovate housing units for orphans and widows

The company also organized a blood donation campaign for its employees, coinciding with the launch of the Ministry of Health’s campaign

Participated in the campaign to vaccinate all company employees against seasonal influenza to promote health within communities

The company has given exceptional attention to people with special needs and worked on attracting them by providing a suitable work environment that meets all requirements to enable them to perform all their tasks easily and smoothly

Fourthly: Quality Sustainability

The Kingdom, through the Saudi Standards, Metrology, and Quality Organization, always strives to enact many regulations that contribute to establishing a national reference framework for local manufacturers according to international standards, ensuring the quality of industrial products

At Riyadh Cement Company, we have been able to keep pace with these targets and apply quality in its broadest sense in all our dealings, by adhering to all local and international standards that ensure stability and

achieving the highest levels of quality. We have obtained the Saudi Standards, Metrology, and Quality Organization (SASO-GSO) certificate and the Quality Management Certificate (ISO9001:2015).

Fifthly: Public Relations Sustainability

Since our inception, we have realized that sustainability is not just an environmental responsibility but an investment in the future. Therefore, we have empowered the Public Relations Department in the company as an effective tool to promote the concept of sustainability and ensure raising awareness about sustainability issues and encouraging positive changes through its effective and continuous communication with the public, the company, and the community