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June 10, 2011
Alcoa promotes ecological event in Tubarão
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Action is part of the Green Weeks Program that comprises some 50 activities in Brazil; the intention is to encourage environmental awareness
On June 11, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., on Praça Pery Camisão, alongside Casa da Cidade, Alcoa and the Alcoa Foundation are taking part in the D-Day Event, in partnership with the Chamber of Storekeepers of Tubarão (CDL). The initiative forms part of the Green Weeks Program and its objective is to distribute 200 fruit tree saplings, such as acerola and pitanga, as well as flowers.
In addition to helping the environment, those who appear at the event will have the opportunity to find out more about Alcoa’s sustainability activities and see the model of the environmental park that will be inaugurated in Tubarão (SC). Alcoa has purchased the preservation area that borders the company’s unit in the municipality and will invest R$ 2 million in constructing the park. The location covers 37 hectares, of which 85% is native forest, with 176 different species of flora. In addition to preserving the biodiversity, the park will be used as an education and nature conservation center for the community.
Another activity of the Green Weeks Program in the city was a partnership between the company and the Juscelino Kubitschek Municipal School, in an event that was held on June 8 in the São Cristovão district. Employees from Alcoa and the school’s second grade students distributed folders to the community on the importance of environmental preservation. These children will also have a symbolic graduation ceremony on June 21 at Alcoa because of their participation in various environmental activities.
There are some 50 activities in the intense Green Weeks Program and 3000 employees from the company’s units all over Brazil will be taking part in them until June 21.
About the Green Weeks Program
The Green Weeks Program, a voluntary initiative by Alcoa employees, was created and structured for the development of environmental actions. Its funds of the order of US$ 7 million come from the Alcoa Foundation. Since 2008 Alcoa has invested US$ 23 million in environmental organizations, like the World Wildlife Fund, World Resources Institute, Conservation International, Global ReLeaf and The Nature Conservancy.
About the Alcoa Foundation
The Alcoa Foundation is one of the biggest corporate foundations in the USA, with assets of some US$ 420 million. In addition to contributing to social projects in the communities where Alcoa has units, the Alcoa Foundation focuses on promoting environmental stewardship, economic and social sustainability and preparing the leaders of tomorrow.
The entity was created in 1952 and has invested more than US$ 515 million worldwide. Alcoa employees, via the Volunteer Program, are also part of its energy. With passion and the purpose of making a difference in their communities, in 2010 they recorded some 650,000 hours of community service in 9000 social organizations. Since 1995, along with the Alcoa Institute some R$ 96 million has been invested in more than 1900 projects that have benefited 39 Brazilian cities and totaled more than 1.3 million hours of voluntary work.
About Alcoa
Alcoa Alumínio S.A. is a subsidiary of Alcoa Inc., the world’s leading company in the production of primary and transformed aluminum and alumina. The Company has 59,000 employees in 31 countries and for the ninth consecutive year is part of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Alcoa has been in Latin America and the Caribbean since the end of the 1950s and has some 7,000 employees in the region, with operations in Brazil, Jamaica and Surinam.
In Brazil the company operates in the whole of the aluminum production chain from bauxite mining to the production of transformed products. Alcoa has seven production units and three offices in the states of Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Pará, Pernambuco, Santa Catarina, São Paulo and the Federal District. The company also has shareholdings in four hydroelectric power stations: Machadinho and Barra Grande on the border of the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul; Serra do Facão in Goiás; and Estreito, between Maranhão and Tocantins. In 2010 Alcoa recorded revenues of US$ 1.6 billion in Brazil and was elected the Sustainable Company of the Year by Guia Exame de Sustentabilidade [Exame’s Sustainability Guide]. More information can be found at www.alcoa.com.br.
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