What We're Doing
Alcoa has taken a voluntary global leadership position on addressing climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Alcoa achieved its target of reducing global direct greenhouse gas emissions by 25 per cent by 2010 from a base year of 1990. This was achieved in 2003 and Alcoa is now working to maintain that reduction as the company expands.
Alcoa has set a global sustainability goal to make 50% of Alcoa's products from recycled aluminium by 2020, including raw ingot that is sold directly to others.
In Iceland, we are building a 320,000 tpy smelter, scheduled for completion in 2007, that will run on 100% hydropower, an abundant and renewable resource in Iceland, and built to comply with some of the most stringent environmental regulations in the world. While not every new smelter we build over the next decade will be hydro powered, the Iceland project will serve as a benchmark of sustainability best practices for future projects.
In Australia, Alcoa is addressing greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency, productivity improvements and technological innovation .
Alcoa is helping lead the global aluminium industry’s efforts in its long-term goal of making aluminium climate neutral.
Read more about Alcoa's commitment to sustainability:
Alcoa releases Environmental Improvement Plans
In a first for industry in Western Australia, Alcoa has released Environmental Improvement Plans (EIPs) for each of its refineries and mine sites in WA.
5 April 2006
Alcoa of Australia Sustainability Report 2004-05
Download the Alcoa of Australia Sustainability Report for 2004-05.
Aluminium - part of the solution to global climate change
Wayne Osborn, Managing Director, Alcoa of Australia
Address to the 2005 Alumina Quality Workshop
17 October 2005
Sustainability: What more should companies do?
Randy Overbey, President, Alcoa Primary Metals Development
Presentation to the Conference Board Session on Sustainability
June 2005
Beyond the Triple Bottom Line
Wayne Osborn, Managing Director, Alcoa of Australia
Presentation to the American Chamber of Commerce
4 August 2004
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Goal to become 'climate neutral'
Read Alcoa of Australia managing director, Wayne Osborn's speech on the goal of the aluminium industry to reach a climate neutral state by 2017
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