2011 Sustainability Report
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Sustainability approach
At Alcoa, sustainability is defined as using our values to build financial success, environmental excellence, and social responsibility through partnerships in order to deliver long-term benefits to our shareowners, employees, customers, suppliers, and the communities in which we operate.
A multi-layered structure applied across our operations worldwide ensures that we are integrating our sustainability approach into our core business strategy:
- Our Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) is responsible for developing a comprehensive strategy that integrates all of the company’s sustainability efforts;
- The executive-level Global Sustainability Steering Team drives accountability for integration of sustainability into our business strategies. This team consists of key executives who have accountability for Alcoa’s strategic sustainability initiatives across their various functional responsibilities; and
- Our Global Sustainability Working Committee is made up of key sustainability-focused Alcoa resources from various regions of the world. It is responsible for implementing the sustainability initiatives that will enable us to meet the objectives established by the CSO and the Global Sustainability Steering Team.
In late 2009, the Global Sustainability Steering Team developed a new set of long term goals and objectives to drive progress in our businesses to 2020 and, for some areas, to 2030. These new strategic sustainability targets were approved by our executive and business-unit leadership in early 2010.
Some of these long-term targets were reached in 2011. As a result, the Global Sustainability Steering Team set new 2020 and 2030 goals for greenhouse gas intensity and freshwater-use intensity in early 2012. (link)
Each business has also developed a roadmap to achieve its own longer-term sustainability goals. This “Roadmap to 2020” provides a framework for each business to lay out the process steps, business decisions and technical improvements necessary year-by-year to deliver on its long-term commitments.
Alcoa Canada Global Primary Products is in the process of completing its roadmap for the region. This information will enable us to establish our long-term targets and will serve as the basis for our Regional Sustainability Strategy.
Alcoa Canada Global Primary Products
The Alcoa Canada sustainability website reports on the production activities of Alcoa Canada Global Primary Products in Québec. The company employs more than 3,000 people at its Baie-Comeau, Bécancour, and Deschambault smelters, at its Bécancour Rod Plant and at Alcoa Canada headquarters.
Alcoa Canada Global Primary Products has a total annual output of over one million metric tons of aluminum ingot, cast parts, billets, and rod. In 2011, our activities generated economic spin-offs of more than $1.3 billion in Québec.
Amounts are presented in Canadian dollars as at December 31, 2011. When required, US dollar amounts are converted at the average conversion rate for 2011 (US$1 =CA$1.0986).
