OUR contributions
A Group that contributes and facilitates
Our teams, our products and our solutions for your everyday life
The Groupe CB, through its two core businesses of building materials and refractory solutions, provides its customers with products and services that can be found in the everyday life of every citizen.
- Although often invisible, natural or recycled aggregates, refractory products and decarbonated powders are used for products that we all use every day.
- Our delivery and on-site service methods make life easier for everyone.
- Our actions to reduce our carbon footprint have a positive impact on each and every one of us.
We are contributing to a future where our positive impact on society and the environment is significant!
Making travel easier
- VEHICLE MANUFACTURING: aircraft, cars, trains, bicycles, etc.
- TRANSPORT NETWORK DEVELOPMENT: extension of the Greater Paris metro and RER networks, Annecy interchange, Channel Tunnel, Port of Calais, etc.
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF RAIL TRANSPORT: 80,000 fewer trucks per year on the roads, thanks to the rail terminal.
- THE DEVELOPMENT OF INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORT The Limay multimodal platform enables aggregates to be delivered to the center of Paris by barge.
- DEVELOPMENT OF SEA TRANSPORT: development of the ports of Boulogne-sur-Mer and Calais.
Facilitating access to housing
- HABITAT CONSTRUCTION : Les Falaises residence in Boulogne-sur-Mer, integrated residence in Saint Genis Pouilly, Cité Nouvelle in Neuville-sur-Escaut, Maloë project in Malo-les-Bains, Garden Park eco-neighborhood in Ferney-Voltaire, Tours Duos in Paris, etc.
- CONSTRUCTION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES : Trinity Tower at Paris La Défense, Ornex secondary school (01), Hautmont elementary school (59), Monaco extension, sorting center for selective waste collection in the Clichy-Batignolles eco-neighborhood, Court of First Instance in Paris.
Helping to feed
- FEEDING POULTRY with calcium.
- SUGAR PRODUCTION by adding limestone to purify the sugar, or refractory concrete to line the boilers.
- AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES through the supply of limestone fertilizer for farmland, the manufacture of agricultural equipment, and the return to farmers of landscaped areas in our quarries.
- MANUFACTURING FOOD CONTAINERS AND UTENSILS such as glass jars, cutlery, tins, cast-iron casseroles, etc.
Facilitating access to care
- BUILDING HOSPITALS such as the Clinique du Souffle in Hauteville, the Centre Hospitalier in Calais and Amiens, the Maison de la Santé in Nantua, etc.
- CONSTRUCTION OF SPORTS INFRASTRUCTURES such as the Lyon stadium, the Valenciennes aquatic center, the "chaîne thermale du soleil" in Saint- Amand-les-Eaux, the Clichy sports center, the Au Fil de L'O aquatic center in Saint-Genis-Pouilly, etc.
- MANUFACTURING HEALTH PRODUCTS with our limestone powders.
Contributing to sustainable environmental protection
- PRESERVING HABITATS FOR FAUNA AND FLORA: the Great Horned Owl at Ferques and Limont-Fontaine, bank swallows at Izernore, eco-pasturing on several of our sites, wild orchids, etc.
- RECYCLING TO REDUCE THE CONSUMPTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES, use of 15% recycled raw materials at TRB, recycling of 200,000 T/year of deconstruction materials via CB Green, recycling of process water, used in a closed circuit at several sites, etc.
- IMPROVING WORKING CONDITIONS, fitting out plant control stations, renovating the TRB plant at Nesles (WINEI project),...
- REDUCING THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF OUR ACTIVITY CHAINS, use of alternative transport to road, CB Green-Ecocem partnership to decarbonize cement, development of our fleet of electric and hybrid vehicles, etc.