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Employee Volunteer Initiatives—Approach
Alcoa is committed to supporting the efforts of our employees as they work to improve the quality of life in their individual communities. Employee volunteerism offers a growing and global opportunity to deepen the engagement with our communities, and it is a source of lasting, positive social impact.
Alcoa’s executive leadership team has provided consistently strong and visible leadership, which has built a corporate culture where volunteerism is central to Alcoa’s values and an integral part of our community engagement and positive impact on communities worldwide where we have a presence.
The Alcoa volunteers program incorporates three key initiatives—Worldwide Month of Service, ACTION, and Bravo!. It aims to foster a unique corporate culture of service, where every employee is encouraged, supported, and recognized for the active role he or she plays in making our communities safer, stronger, and more innovative places in which to live and work.
Alcoa Foundation partnerships aim to engage Alcoa employees in community-focused programs and projects and encourage their active involvement in Alcoa’s community-based initiatives.
In 2008, an intensive focus was placed on strengthening and broadening our employee volunteer effort to deliver greater impact in our local communities and work toward the Alcoa Executive Council’s goal of achieving 40% of employees in any one business or regional unit volunteering in their community by 2020.
This company-wide effort has resulted in record employee participation in our Worldwide Month of Service event, increased participation in the year-round ACTION and Bravo! volunteer programs, and broad engagement with the introduction of our Make an Impact employee greenhouse footprint reduction program.
In 2008, Alcoa employees gave more than 705,000 hours of voluntary service, the equivalent of over 350 people working full time. This employee service earned local community organizations almost US$4 million in Alcoa volunteer matching grants.
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