From the CEO
Sustainability has always been embedded in the way Alcoa operates. In 2019, we acknowledged that this history is also part of our vision for the future by adding “advance sustainably” as one our company’s strategic priorities.
This new priority represents our focus on developing and maintaining a company with engaged employees who leverage sustainability to differentiate our operations and products. We take sustainability seriously because it is good for our business, our stakeholders and the world. It is the right thing to do.
Our actions in support of this priority in 2019 included:
- Refreshing a number of our strategic, long-term sustainability goals to better align with our expectations and those of our stakeholders;
- Pursuing Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) certification for 10 of our locations, with all of those locations achieving certification in early 2020;
- Joining the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), which is focused on enhancing the industry’s contribution to society with safe, fair and sustainable practices;
- Adopting new corporate standards for biodiversity management and water and wastewater management;
- Publishing a new Human Rights Policy and conducting human rights risk assessments and due diligence;
- Deploying a new Global Supplier Sustainability Program with a more robust due diligence process to reduce our supply chain risk; and
- Through Alcoa Foundation, investing US$6 million in our communities and for global signature programs focused on climate change and biodiversity.
While we made progress toward our sustainability goals in 2019, we will continue to have opportunities for improvement as we move forward.
Sadly, we experienced three serious injuries in 2019 and a contractor fatality in early 2020. We will continue to learn from these and other past incidents to enhance our global safety systems so no one ever loses a life at an Alcoa facility. That is our most important objective. We have it front of mind always, but especially as we continue to confront the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
We saw reductions in our net water consumption and major spills, but our greenhouse gas emissions, landfilled waste and energy consumption increased. The number of women in our global workforce grew, but we fell short of our 2019 diversity goal.
In 2020, we will continue to drive for improvement in all areas of sustainability. More clearly articulating our third strategic priority as “advancing sustainably” helps to ensure that all Alcoans are aligned in that goal.
We also will work to ensure our people and communities are at the center of our efforts to improve our social management system. We will offer an increased selection of differentiated products to serve a more sustainable society in partnership with our customers, and we will pursue additional ASI certifications to enable that goal.
I encourage you to read this 2019 Sustainability Report to learn more about our efforts to advance sustainably not only for our company but for the aluminum industry and the world.
Roy C. Harvey
President and Chief Executive Officer
Alcoa Corporation
From the CEO
Sustainability has always been embedded in the way Alcoa operates. In 2019, we acknowledged that this history is also part of our vision for the future by adding “advance sustainably” as one our company’s strategic priorities.
This new priority represents our focus on developing and maintaining a company with engaged employees who leverage sustainability to differentiate our operations and products. We take sustainability seriously because it is good for our business, our stakeholders and the world. It is the right thing to do.
Our actions in support of this priority in 2019 included:
- Refreshing a number of our strategic, long-term sustainability goals to better align with our expectations and those of our stakeholders;
- Pursuing Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) certification for 10 of our locations, with all of those locations achieving certification in early 2020;
- Joining the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), which is focused on enhancing the industry’s contribution to society with safe, fair and sustainable practices;
- Adopting new corporate standards for biodiversity management and water and wastewater management;
- Publishing a new Human Rights Policy and conducting human rights risk assessments and due diligence;
- Deploying a new Global Supplier Sustainability Program with a more robust due diligence process to reduce our supply chain risk; and
- Through Alcoa Foundation, investing US$6 million in our communities and for global signature programs focused on climate change and biodiversity.
While we made progress toward our sustainability goals in 2019, we will continue to have opportunities for improvement as we move forward.
Sadly, we experienced three serious injuries in 2019 and a contractor fatality in early 2020. We will continue to learn from these and other past incidents to enhance our global safety systems so no one ever loses a life at an Alcoa facility. That is our most important objective. We have it front of mind always, but especially as we continue to confront the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
We saw reductions in our net water consumption and major spills, but our greenhouse gas emissions, landfilled waste and energy consumption increased. The number of women in our global workforce grew, but we fell short of our 2019 diversity goal.
In 2020, we will continue to drive for improvement in all areas of sustainability. More clearly articulating our third strategic priority as “advancing sustainably” helps to ensure that all Alcoans are aligned in that goal.
We also will work to ensure our people and communities are at the center of our efforts to improve our social management system. We will offer an increased selection of differentiated products to serve a more sustainable society in partnership with our customers, and we will pursue additional ASI certifications to enable that goal.
I encourage you to read this 2019 Sustainability Report to learn more about our efforts to advance sustainably not only for our company but for the aluminum industry and the world.
Roy C. Harvey
President and Chief Executive Officer
Alcoa Corporation