ALCOA’S DESCHAMBAULT AND ABI SMELTERS IN CANADA RECEIVE ASI CERTIFICATION

The multinational Alcoa Corporation has announced that its Deschambault and Bécancour smelters in Canada have received Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) certification, the industry’s most comprehensive system for third-party validation of sustainable manufacturing processes.

As a result, all three Alcoa smelters in Canada are now ASI certified, with certification of the Baie Comeau smelter in 2019. This brings the Alcoa steel company’s total number of performance standard certifications to 15 operating sites, including three bauxite mines, five alumina refineries and seven smelters.

The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative provides independent validation and traceability, responsible sourcing and management of aluminium. “We are redefining what it means to be the most sustainable aluminium producer in the supply chain, and gaining greater third-party validation of the sustainability of our operations and products is a major step forward, says Rosa García Piñeiro, Alcoa’s vice president of sustainability. “

“We are now able to supply ASI certified aluminium to customers around the world. This reflects our commitment to being an industry leader and delivering financial value, environmental value and social value. Thanks to all the Alcoyans at Deschambault and ABI for their hard work in achieving these certifications,” he adds.

In addition to expanding the scope of Chain of Custody certification to include other facilities in Canada, Alcoa has completed the surveillance audit against its CoT standard, which allows the company to market ASI-certified bauxite, alumina and aluminium. The scope of Alcoa’s CoT includes all of the company’s bauxite mines in Western Australia and Brazil, all of its alumina refineries in Western Australia, the Alumar refinery in Brazil, as well as its aluminium smelters in Canada, Norway, Spain and Norway, Spain and Iceland.