Tepeaca "Caliza y Arcilla" (México)

About the Program
Less than 100 miles east of Mexico City lies Puebla, where a number of Cemex operations are located. Cemex is a multi-national building materials company headquartered in Mexico that predominately manufactures and distributes cement and concrete. In this location, they conserve nearly three acres of forests and landscaped habitats along with promoting education and awareness opportunities for local students. The goals of their efforts are to restore the limestone quarry through reforestation with native species and other ways to improve soil, water filtration and habitat and to develop an improved understanding and practice of sustainable agriculture among students and community members within the region.

• Through the PRAC program, local students contribute to regional environmental restoration activities by planting native agricultural species, using gardening tools and measuring water quality.
• Cemex also leads a training program for employees to increase their understanding of natural resources and the origin of environmental problems and solutions. 
• The team performs annual monitoring of its pollinator gardens as part of efforts to raise and release native butterflies. The team observed seven species of butterflies in 2022 and eight species in 2023.