SAM, Sustainable Asset Management, has recently published the results of the 2003 benchmarking survey on Corporate Sustainability among Italian companies. Buzzi Unicem, improving the already excellent 2002 score, ranks in line with the European sustainability leaders. Moreover, within the triple bottom line, the Company reaches the top rating in the environmental dimension.The excellence position assessed by Sam Benchmarking Report - sustainability rating of 62% against 63% highest score and 48% average score - proves that the recently published Buzzi Unicem's Sustainability Report (available in this site on Sustainability) is not a mere external means of communication but a real tool of operating management. As a further evidence of our Group's progress on sustainability, on July 23 the SINCERT/ICMQ Technical Committee awarded the Environmental Certification ISO 14001 to Cadola cement plant, 4 months ahead of the target set as reported in the 2003 Sustainability Report. Cadola is the fifth production unit attaining ISO 14001 certification, after Vernasca, Robilante, Travesio and Barletta, the first three being also certified OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series), which demonstrates that the Environment & Safety Integrated Management System is group-wide applied.