Alcoa Named Sustainability Leader on Dow Jones Indices for Fourteenth Consecutive Year
September 16 2015 - 9:50AM
Business Wire
For the fourteenth year in a row, lightweight metals leader
Alcoa (NYSE:AA) has been named as one of the world’s leading
companies for sustainability on the prestigious Dow Jones
Sustainability Indices (DJSI)—a globally recognized and reputable
benchmark for corporate responsibility and sustainability. Alcoa
was again recognized as the Aluminum Industry Leader on the Dow
Jones World Index.
“Sustainability guides everything we do, from creating
innovative solutions that help de-carbonize our world and create
value for customers, to improving the sustainability of our own
manufacturing processes,” said Kevin McKnight, Alcoa’s Chief
Sustainability Officer and Vice President of Environment, Health
and Safety. “The progress we continue to make demonstrates that we
live our sustainability value every day, with a goal of leaving a
positive impact everywhere we operate and in every market where we
compete.”
Over the last year, Alcoa expanded its multi-material value-add
portfolio and introduced innovations across its end markets
enabling customers to produce more environmentally friendly
products. The Company also reduced its overall emissions by closing
and curtailing high-cost, less efficient facilities as it continued
to reshape its commodity business.
Highlights of Alcoa’s industry-leading sustainability
performance include:
- Reduced absolute greenhouse gas
emissions by 3 million metric tons, or 6.8 percent
- Developed forging for the world’s first
hybrid-metallic fan blade, helping make Pratt & Whitney’s
PurePower® engines lighter and more fuel efficient
- Unveiled Alcoa MicromillTM technology;
will manufacture most advanced aluminum sheet on the market,
supporting the creation of lighter, more fuel efficient, safer
vehicles
- Introduced Ultra ONETM heavy-duty truck
wheel; 47 percent lighter than steel wheel of same size, enables
trucks to increase fuel efficiency and payload
- Named the World’s Most Active
Organization by the Global Corporate Challenge for the second
consecutive year
- Invested US$38.4 million in community
programs via Alcoa and Alcoa Foundation
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices are the
longest-running global sustainability benchmarks worldwide.
Following a best-in-class approach, they measure the performance of
the world's sustainability leaders based on a comprehensive
assessment of long-term economic, environmental and social criteria
that account for general as well as industry-specific
sustainability trends.
Learn more about Alcoa’s approach to sustainability and how its
lightweight multi-metal innovations are enabling a more sustainable
world in Alcoa’s 2014 Corporate Sustainability Report.
About Alcoa
A global leader in lightweight metals technology, engineering
and manufacturing, Alcoa innovates multi-material solutions that
advance our world. Our technologies enhance transportation, from
automotive and commercial transport to air and space travel, and
improve industrial and consumer electronics products. We enable
smart buildings, sustainable food and beverage packaging,
high-performance defense vehicles across air, land and sea, deeper
oil and gas drilling and more efficient power generation. We
pioneered the aluminum industry over 125 years ago, and today, our
more than 60,000 people in 30 countries deliver value-add products
made of titanium, nickel and aluminum, and produce
best-in-class bauxite, alumina and primary aluminum products. For
more information, visit www.alcoa.com, follow @Alcoa on
Twitter at www.twitter.com/Alcoa and follow us on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/Alcoa.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Words such as “expects,” “goal,” “may,” “should,” “will,” and
similar expressions are often used in forward-looking statements.
All statements that reflect Alcoa’s expectations, assumptions, or
projections about the future other than statements of historical
fact are forward-looking statements, including, without limitation,
statements regarding future capabilities or benefits of new
manufacturing technologies, Alcoa’s transformation strategy, and
sustainability goals. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees
of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and
changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. Many
factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those
in the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation:
(a) changes in aluminum industry or global economic conditions
generally or in the markets served by Alcoa; (b) business
disruptions due to unavailability of energy, equipment outages,
natural disasters, or other unexpected events; (c) changes in
regulatory requirements or the competitive landscape; (d) failure
to successfully implement, to achieve commercialization of, or to
realize expected benefits from new technologies, advanced alloys,
or other innovations, including, without limitation, Alcoa
MicromillTM technology; and (e) the other risk factors discussed in
Alcoa’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and other
reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Alcoa
disclaims any intention or obligation to update publicly any
forward-looking statements, whether in response to new information,
future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable
law.
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