Environmental Improvement Plans
Alcoa’s commitment to sustainability encompasses not just our own operations, but the communities in which we operate. That’s why we make every effort to directly involve local communities in our business through consultative advisory groups.
We recognise that input from stakeholders such as employees, neighbours and other interested parties expands our perspective and helps us to continually improve. By utilising the commitment and creativity of these groups we can better build on past achievements and continually challenge our performance in the future.
Alcoa works hard to minimise its environmental impacts and has been recognised nationally and internationally for achievements in areas ranging from forest rehabilitation and innovative waste management through to global leadership in reducing greenhouse impacts.
More recently, our commitment to preparing individual Environmental Improvement Plans (EIPs) for our refineries, mine sites, smelters and rolling mills has been attracting interest.
Developed with direct input from the local communities near each site – EIPs set targets and actions aimed at continually improving our environmental performance. They provide detailed information on existing activities and planned initiatives at each site in areas ranging from water conservation and waste management through to air quality, noise, energy efficiency and land management and rehabilitation.
The EIPs are helping to give local communities a much better understanding of our activities while also providing an effective tool for people to measure our progress in meeting the targets we set.
In April 2006, in a first for industry in Western Australia, Alcoa released Environmental Improvement Plans for each of its refineries and mine sites. One each for the Wagerup, Pinjarra and Kwinana alumina refineries and another for our mining operations, covering the Willowdale and Huntly bauxite mines south of Perth.
This followed the launch in February 2006 of a similar two-year Environmental Improvement Plan for Alcoa Australia Rolled Products at Yennora in New South Wales, where we recycle aluminium into finished products for aluminium beverage can and wine screw top closure manufacture.
These EIPs are a voluntary initiative by Alcoa. There is no requirement in either WA or NSW for companies to produce these plans and many of the commitments they contain go beyond the requirements specified in our formal licence conditions.
The EIPs in WA and NSW were developed based on similar detailed environmental reports that have been prepared for many years now in our Victorian operations. The Anglesea Power Station was the first Alcoa site in Australia to prepare a voluntary Environmental Improvement Plan. EIPs for our Point Henry operations and Portland smelter in Victoria are also prepared but differ in that they are required under the Environmental Protection Authority accredited licence conditions for those sites. They also have been well received by the public and are credited with helping to strengthen our links with local communities in Victoria.
Across Australia, EIPs are now an essential part of Alcoa’s business plans for each of our operating sites.
Purpose
Environmental Improvement Plans (EIPs) are a public commitment by an operation to continuously improve environmental performance, reduce environmental impacts and develop more sustainable practices.
EIPs set clear targets for improvement and detail progress against those targets. The plans also outline the methods, processes and initiatives to achieve agreed targets, while providing an overview of operations and improvements accomplished in the past.
While the external parties involved in their preparation will vary from site to site, the EIPs will generally be developed with direct input from Alcoa employees, community members and neighbours, local and state government representatives and environmental regulators.
The EIPs are reviewed by the community and regulators to assess progress and provide input to future goals and actions.
More information:
If you would like more information on the EIP process for an Alcoa location near you please contact:
Victorian Operations
Point Henry Aluminium Smelter and Rolling Mill
Kate Betts
Community Relations Officer
Ph: + 61 3 5245 1406
kate.betts@alcoa.com.au
Anglesea Power Station
David Ryan
Community Relations Officer
Ph: +61 3 5263 4249
david.ryan2@alcoa.com.au
Portland Aluminium Smelter
Anna Impey
Community Relations Officer
Ph: +61 3 5521 5463
anna.impey@alcoa.com.au
NSW Operations
Yennora Rolling Mill
Josephine Parrett
Community Relations Officer
Ph: +61 2 9681 9554
josephine.parrett@alcoa.com.au
Western Australian Operations
Pinjarra Alumina Refinery
Tanya Beechey
Community Relations Officer
Ph: +61 8 9531 6240
tanya.beechey@alcoa.com.au
Kwinana Alumina Refinery
Linda Garner
Community Relations Officer
Ph: +61 8 9410 3171
linda.garner@alcoa.com.au
Wagerup Alumina Refinery
Scott Hansen
Acting Community Relations Officer
Ph: +61 8 9733 8768
scott.hansen@alcoa.com.au
Huntly Mine and Willowdale Mine
Anika Wall
Mining Environmental Scientist - Community Liaison
Ph: +61 8 9531 6240
anika.wall@alcoa.com.au
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WA Mining EIP 2006-07
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Kwinana EIP 2006-07
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Pinjarra EIP 2006-07
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Wagerup EIP 2006
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Anglesea Power Station EIP 2006-07
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Anglesea Power Station EIP Progress Report
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Point Henry EIP 2006-2007
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Portland Aluminium Smelter EIP 2003-2004
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Yennora EIP 2006-2007
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