Argos named as second most-sustainable cement company in the world

Argos, part of Grupo Argos, was included for the seventh-consecutive year in the Dow Jones Global Index (DJSI) and was highlighted as the second most-sustainable cement company in the world.

Companies were rated on their sustainable construction, materiality, risk and crisis management, tax strategy, environmental reporting, biodiversity, climate strategy, water related risk, social reporting, citizenship and philanthropy.

Around 3500 companies of the largest in the world were studied according to their market capitalisation. Of these, only 10 per cent enter the World Index, which is equivalent to around 318 companies that are considered the most sustainable on the planet. These belong to 58 industries in 27 countries.