Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI):Responsible production, sourcing and stewardship

Dr Fiona Solomon, CEO, ASIWebinar – Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI), 26 May 2020

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Failure to abide by these laws can potentially have extremely serious consequences for the ASI and its participants, including heavy fines and, in some jurisdictions, imprisonment for individuals.

You are therefore asked to have due regard to this Policy today and indeed in respect of all other ASI activity.

A. Introducing ASI

Sustainability Megatrends

ASI Vision and Mission

Vision To maximise the contribution of aluminium to a sustainable society.

MissionTo recognise and collaboratively foster responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of aluminium.

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The aluminium value chain

Bauxite miningAlumina production

Primary aluminiumproduction

Scrap collection

Product manufacture

Product use

Refining and re-melting of scrap Semi-

fabrication

ASI – success factors• Proactive rather than reactive

• Multi-stakeholder from inception

• Early focus on governance model to set foundation

• Rigorous approach to program development

• Whole of supply chain approach

• B2B driven

• Tailored to risks/materiality for aluminium

• Focus on innovation, including through digital investment

Production & Transformation and Industrial Users: • Must seek certification for at

least one part of their business within two years of joining ASI

Associate members: • Not eligible to serve on Board

and Standards Committee • No certification requirement

Full members

Associate members

Production & Transformation

IndustrialUsers

DownstreamSupporters

General Supporters

Associations

CivilSociety

ASI Membership – 6 classes

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ASI Members: Aluminium Value Chain (as of May 2020)

PRODUCTION & TRANSFORMATION (58)

ASI Members: Aluminium Value Chain (as of May 2020)

INDUSTRIAL USERS (15) DOWNSTREAM SUPPORTERS (7)

ASI Members: Non-Aluminium Value Chain (as of May 2020)

ASSOCIATIONS (21)

GENERAL SUPPORTERS (6)

CIVIL SOCIETY (12)

ASI governance – working in partnership

• Membership-based• Members elected annually

to Board and Standards Committee on rotating 2-year terms

• Working Groups open to all members

B. ASI Standards and Certification

Bauxite mining Biodiversity management

Indigenous Peoples’ rightsGreenhouse gas emissions for refining and smeltingBauxite residue, spent pot lining and dross

Material stewardship

Semi-fabrication

Product manufacture and use

Recycling

Alumina production

Aluminium production

Priority issues for ASI Standards

Governance

1. Business Integrity

2. Policy and Management

3. Transparency

4. Material Stewardship

Environment

5. Greenhouse Gas Emissions

6. Emissions, Effluents and Waste

7. Water

8. Biodiversity

Social

9. Human Rights

10. Labour Rights

11. Occupational Health and Safety

Performance Standard: Overview

General CoCManagement

1. Management System and

Responsibilities

2. Outsourcing Contractors

Confirming Eligible Input

3. Primary Aluminium

4. Recycled Aluminium

5. Casthouses

6. Post-Casthouse

7. Due Diligence

CoC Accounting, Documentation & Claims

8. Mass Balance Percentage System

9. Issuing CoCDocuments

10. Receiving CoCDocuments

11. Market Credits System

12. Claims and Communications

Chain of Custody Standard: Overview

Facility Certified to the ASI Performance Standard• may make claims about the facility having met ASI Standard

CoC Standard

Facility Certified to both the ASI Performance Standard & CoC Standard• May make claims about the facility having met ASI Standards & may sell ASI certified material

Uncertified Facility• may not make any ASI claims

Performance Standard

The purpose of each Standard

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C. Supply chain engagement

Responsible sourcing

Compliance

Material substitution

Technology

NGO concerns

Supply chain uptake

Partnerships Products

ASI Certified Membersthrough the aluminium value chain(May 2020)

ASI Certification by country (data to Q1 2020)

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ASI Certifications by countries of operation in Certification Scope

ASI benefits for supply chain engagement

• Growing stakeholder focus on risks in mineral supply chains back to mines / recycled• International expectations that will only increase in momentum – don’t be last• How to be proactive and influence your suppliers and customers?• How to make the ‘circular economy’ real?

• ASI focuses on a wide range of sustainability issues• Can be used to address a wide range of supply chain risks • Assurance carried forward through the value chain – reduces duplication• Global platform for supplier and customer engagement / management

• Multi-industry learnings and issues can be shared and actioned• Links across transport, consumer goods, construction, trading etc• NGO engagement on environment, governance and social topics

ASI – creating commitment and change

Hydro Bauxite & Alumina: “We are prepared to be held accountable for the way we operate, and these [ASI] certifications add obligations to our ambition to not only maximize the benefits of aluminium in use, but also to minimize the impact of producing it.”

Rio Tinto: “Aluminium has a key role to play in driving human progress, as a material of choice to reduce carbon and increase recycling across a wide range of end products from food packaging to buildings, planes, cars, mobile phones and computers. We expect leadership in responsible production will become increasingly important for our customers and the consumers who buy their products.”

Summary• ASI is a global multi-stakeholder initiative

focused on sustainability issues

• We have built a robust program for supply chain engagement and improvement

• Members and certifications are growing and ASI is building a strong momentum

• Cans are an iconic aluminium product with an historically strong consumer and sustainability focus – we welcome participation in ASI

• We will achieve shared impact through scale, collaboration and implementation

How to engage with ASI

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Arrange a discussion

Dr Fiona SolomonASI Chief Executive Officerfiona@aluminium-stewardship.org

ASI Websitewww.aluminium-stewardship.org

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