The cement industry in India has witnessed a remarkable growth making India presently the second largest producer of cement in the world. However, the production of cement involves emission of pollutants that are considered to be a severe threat to the environment. The objective of this paper is to identify the environment management practices (EMP) adopted by this industry to reduce the impact of its operations on the environment and then assign sustainability scores to the firms according to the extent of EMP adopted by them. Sustainability scores have been assigned to the firms by undertaking content analysis of the annual reports/sustainability reports and environmental clearance reports. The results suggest that there has been considerable improvement in adoption of EMP in most of the cement firms throughout the time period 2010–2017 and that the cement industry is indeed approaching a path of sustainability.

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印度水泥行业的可持续发展绩效

印度的水泥工业发展迅猛，目前已成为世界第二大水泥生产国。但是，水泥的生产涉及污染物的排放，这些污染物被认为是对环境的严重威胁。本文的目的是确定该行业采用的环境管理实践（EMP），以减少其运营对环境的影响，然后根据企业采用的EMP程度为他们分配可持续性评分。通过对年度报告/可持续发展报告和环境清洁报告进行内容分析，为公司分配了可持续发展分数。

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