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Australia - 2006
Community Stakeholders Help Develop Environmental Improvement Plans
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Neighbors, employees, and community and government stakeholders have a direct role in helping improve the environmental performance at specific locations within Alcoa's Australian operations.
Representatives from these stakeholder groups help each location develop an environmental improvement plan (EIP), which sets out targets and actions aimed at continually improving environmental performance. EIPs provide detailed information on existing and planned activities in areas ranging from water conservation and waste management to air quality, noise, energy efficiency, and land management and rehabilitation.
Because the process also includes detailed reporting of progress against the plan, EIPs provide an effective tool for stakeholders to measure Alcoa's performance in meeting the agreed-upon targets.
The first EIPs were created by Alcoa's Victorian locations as part of their licensing requirements. In 2006, Alcoa locations in Western Australia and New South Wales voluntarily published their first EIPs, building on the experience of the Victorian operations. The Western Australian EIPs were the first in that state and considered a new benchmark for other industries by the state government.
Janet Moore, who lives near the Kwinana refinery's bauxite residue storage area, helped develop that Western Australia location's EIP.
"The EIP process was a constructive experience for everyone who was involved in it," said Moore. "We were able to provide input into the plan. At the same time, the process created an avenue to provide information to the community."
She adds, "Working together on the EIP has helped build healthier relationships between Alcoa and the community, because it has given us a better understanding of each other. I'm hopeful that the EIP will help us live together more sustainably in the future."
Examples of these plans can be found on Alcoa's Australian operations website.
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