Alcoa Reduces Greenhouse Gases by 23 Percent from 2005 Baseline
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Among Environmental Social, and Economic Achievements Listed in 11th
Annual Sustainability Report
Alcoa (NYSE:AA) published its 2012
Sustainability Report, detailing the Company's global environmental,
social and economic performance during 2012. Alcoa has produced the
report for 11 consecutive years.
'The truest validation of our sustainability as a company comes from our
stakeholders and society at large,' said Alcoa Chairman and CEO Klaus
Kleinfeld. 'Our miracle metal, aluminum, is an essential material for a
sustainable global system that many societies and businesses are
striving toward. We continue to show that the value of aluminum?its
light weight, non-corrosive nature, and infinite recyclability, to name
a few traits?significantly outweighs the impacts of its production.'
Sustainable achievements featured in the report include:
Reduced annual greenhouse gases by 23 percent since 2005.
Included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes for the 11th
consecutive year.
Received the prestigious Catalyst Award for advancing women in the
workplace.
Launched the Alcoa Global Wellness Initiative to focus on the most
important health issues for employees.
Invested, via Alcoa and Alcoa Foundation, more than US$40 million in
community programs, and employees volunteered more than 800,000 hours
in their communities.
Executed and delivered on 2012 financial targets despite an extremely
challenging environment, especially with respect to primary aluminum,
which had a London Metal Exchange average price of US$2,019 during the
year.
More detail is available online in the Sustainability section of
alcoa.com at http://www.alcoa.com/sustainability.
About Alcoa
Alcoa is the world′s leading producer of primary
and fabricated aluminum, as well as the world′s largest miner of bauxite
and refiner of alumina. In addition to inventing the modern-day aluminum
industry, Alcoa innovation has been behind major milestones in the
aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial
transportation, consumer electronics and industrial markets over the
past 125 years. Among the solutions Alcoa markets are flat-rolled
products, hard alloy extrusions, and forgings, as well as Alcoa ? wheels,
fastening systems, precision and investment castings, and building
systems in addition to its expertise in other light metals such as
titanium and nickel-based super alloys. Sustainability is an integral
part of Alcoa′s operating practices and the product design and
engineering it provides to customers. Alcoa has been a member of the Dow
Jones Sustainability Index for 11 consecutive years and approximately 75
percent of all of the aluminum ever produced since 1888 is still in
active use today. Alcoa employs approximately 61,000 people in 30
countries across the world. For more information, visit www.alcoa.com,
follow @Alcoa on Twitter at www.twitter.com/Alcoa
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