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cement Responsibility and commitment in the cement factory of Alcalá de Guadaíra, in Seville The Seville factory of Cementos Portland Valderrivas is located in the town of Alcalá de Guadaíra. It began its activity in 1964 and since then it has been the largest cement-manufacturing centre in Andalusia. It has a marl quarry, a crushing facility of 1,000 tons/hour, a raw grinding facility of 330 tons/hour; a clinkerization kiln with a capacity to produce 4,000 tons/day; four ce- ment mills and two bagging lines. The factory develops several envi- ronmental policy initiatives recog- nized with the registration in the Environmental Management and Audit System EMAS, a voluntary mechanism of the European Union for companies committed to the assessment, management and im- provement of their environmental commitment. This accreditation identifies and values the companies committed to the environment and to com- pliance with current legislation, since all Environmental Manage- ment Systems must ensure that they abide by the legal framework in environmental matters. In addition, the cement company offers additional guarantees such as validation and verification by an external body such as the Spani- sh Association for Standardization and Certification (AENOR) and by the Andalusian Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustaina- ble Development. According to Pedro Carranza, CEO of the Cementos Portland Valderrivas Group: “the future of the Alcalá de Guadaíra plant is assured, because it is an efficient, low-cost and very well located in- dustry, in a very attractive econo- mic environment, Andalusia, whe- re construction is growing above the national average”. On the other hand, it supports the recovery of waste as “one of the ways” to eliminate landfills and, consequently, the environmental impact that produces the burial of industrial waste in methane emis- sions and in affecting the subsoil. B U S I N E S S 21 B U S I N E S S