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December 8, 2011
Alcoa is one of the Biggest of the Best Companies To Work For
The company distinguished itself both with regard to the evaluation of its practices and its employees as well as by its large size
Alcoa was one of the 17 companies singled out at the 3rd edition of the list of “The Biggest of the Best Companies to Work For”, published today (12/12) by newspaper, O Estado de S. Paulo.
 
The ranked names were obtained from the 15th edition of the survey, the 100 “Best Companies to Work For - Brazil”, carried out by Great Place to Work ® in a partnership with Época magazine (Editora Globo) in August this year.
 
In addition to being named in the Great Place to Work ® survey, the ranked companies had to fulfill criteria based on the number of employees they have and their revenue. Also taken into consideration were the trust the employees have in the working environment and best people management practices, items already evaluated in the 100 “Best Companies to Work For - Brazil” survey.
 
“This recognition underlines all the energy and efforts we’ve put into making our company different and innovative and a place we want to come to everyday”, says Franklin L. Feder, president of Alcoa Latin America & the Caribbean.
 
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 tenth 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. In 2011 Alcoa was recognized as a reference in social responsibility by Guia Exame de Sustentabilidade [Exame’s Sustainability Guide]. Further information can be found at www.alcoa.com.br.