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| November 5, 2007
Alcoa Signs MOUs with Prominent International Conservation Organizations to Further Efforts on Sustaining Biodiversity
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that it has strengthened its commitment
to improving and maintaining high standards of environmental management,
particularly in the conservation of biodiversity and plants by signing
separate memorandum of understandings (MOU) with two world-renowned
conservation institutions, the Conservation International Foundation and
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Alcoa has worked with Conservation International for many years. Most
recently the organization has completed rapid assessment studies at
Alcoa locations in Guinea, Suriname and Ghana, identifying 34 species
new to science and other species of conservation concern that the
company will need to take into account in project plans moving forward.
“Such independent research into possible
developmental sites allows Alcoa to learn of potential concerns at the
start of a project and enables possible impact mitigations to be
evaluated reasonably in the light of scientifically based knowledge,”
said Anita Roper, Director Sustainability for Alcoa. “The
formalization of our relationship with Conservation International will
allow the continuation of this relationship, and the development of
further mutually beneficial approaches to biodiversity study.”
In signing the MOU with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Alcoa is
beginning a partnership with one of the world’s
largest botanic gardens that delivers science-based plant conservation
practices.
Alcoa has in place many initiatives to increase vegetative conservation.
These include its Ten Million Tree Program, bauxite mining
rehabilitation and re-vegetation, engineered wetlands and the
establishment or re-establishment of native vegetation within its
industrial buffer zone.
“Our partnership with Kew will serve to
further all of these efforts, and the worldwide knowledge base of Kew
will increase the success and cost effectiveness of these programs,”
Roper stated.
About Alcoa
Alcoa is the world's leading producer and manager of primary aluminum,
fabricated aluminum and alumina facilities, and is active in all major
aspects of the industry. Alcoa serves the aerospace, automotive,
packaging, building and construction, commercial transportation and
industrial markets, bringing design, engineering, production and other
capabilities of Alcoa's businesses to customers. In addition to aluminum
products and components including flat-rolled products, hard alloy
extrusions, and forgings, Alcoa also markets Alcoa®
wheels, fastening systems, precision and investment castings, structures
and building systems. The company has 116,000 employees in 44 countries
and has been named one of the top most sustainable corporations in the
world at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. More
information can be found at www.alcoa.com
About Conservation International
Conservation International (CI) was founded in 1987 with the aim of
conserving the natural wealth of the planet –
our global biodiversity and showing that human society is capable of
living in harmony with nature. As a global non-governmental
organization, CI operates in more than 40 countries on four continents.
The organization uses a variety of scientific, economic and
environmental tools, in addition to strategies that help in the
identification of alternatives that do not harm the environment.
Conservation International has its headquarters in the United States in
Arlington, Virginia. For further information about CI’s
programs, visit www.conservation.org
About Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew on the outskirts of London, is home to
the world’s largest and most diverse
collection of living plants, opening its gates to over 1.5 million
visitors a year. In July 2003 it was declared a World Heritage Site.
Behind the scenes are internationally important collections of plant
specimens, and modern scientific laboratories that inform conservation
work throughout the world. Kew’s scientific
expertise is based on a 250 year foundation of historical plant
knowledge, with over 200 scientists and a further 200 horticulturalists,
working in Kew’s scientific institutions and
living collections. Amongst it’s institutions
are the Herbarium, with it’s 7.5 million
plant specimens, the basis for identifying all plants known to man, the
Jodrell Laboratories, studying the basis of life through DNA and
Microbiology; and the state of the art, Millennium Seed bank, a global
insurance policy, collecting the world’s
largest collection of seeds, recently banking it’s
billionth seed. Kew Gardens performs a vital international advisory role
on biodiversity issues. Its mission to ‘inspire
and deliver science-based plant conservation world-wide, enhancing the
quality of life’. Contact: www.kew.org
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