Alcoa Joins First Suppliers Hub - Connecting Leading Companies with Low-Carbon Aluminum Technologies

Business Wire 21-Nov-2024 9:15 AM

Alcoa Corporation (NYSE:AA, ASX: AAI)) today announced that it has joined the World Economic Forum's First Suppliers Hub, a global repository of innovative suppliers providing materials needed to support the ambition of industrial decarbonization in the world by 2050.

First Suppliers Hub is a database of global final product and value chain suppliers created by the First Movers Coalition; both the First Movers Coalition (FMC) and First Suppliers Hub are within the World Economic Forum. Members of FMC set a target that at least 10 percent of their annual primary aluminum procurement volumes meet or exceed the Coalition's definition for low-carbon primary aluminum. FMC defines low-carbon as below 3 tonnes CO₂e per ton of primary aluminum on a cradle-to-gate basis. First Suppliers Hub simplifies First Movers Coalition members' aim to leverage their purchasing power by sharing emerging decarbonization technologies that meet or exceed FMC's low-carbon levels.

"Alcoa's breakthrough technologies support our customers' decarbonization efforts now and into the future," said Renato Bacchi, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at Alcoa. "By joining the First Suppliers Hub, we are further simplifying options for end-users at some of the world's leading companies to reduce emissions within their supply chains.

"With ELYSIS^®, we are capable of producing aluminum using an innovative carbon-free smelting process. Alcoa is working to bring our customers – and the world – closer to a lower carbon future."

ELYSIS uses proprietary inert anode technology to eliminate all direct greenhouse gas emissions from the aluminum smelting process, making it possible to produce aluminum meeting the FMC definition when paired with renewable power to the smelter and low-carbon alumina. Alcoa and its ELYSIS technology partnership recently announced the next step in developing this technology with an industrial-scale demonstration project that will provide Alcoa with an offtake of ELYSIS material to help meet customer needs for more sustainable solutions.

While ELYSIS offers an exciting future, Alcoa has a portfolio of products available today to help customers reduce their carbon footprint.

Alcoa also offers its Sustana^® line of products that includes:

• EcoLum^® aluminum that has a carbon footprint one-third the global industry average;
• EcoSource^® alumina produced from a refining portfolio that has an average emissions intensity that is less than half of the industry average; and
• EcoDura^® aluminum produced with at least 50 percent recycled content.

For more information on Alcoa's commitment to a low-carbon future, including how Alcoa's global smelting portfolio is 87 percent powered by renewable energy, visit our Sustainability web page at https://www.alcoa.com/sustainability.

About Alcoa Corporation

Alcoa (NYSE:AA, ASX: AAI)) is a global industry leader in bauxite, alumina and aluminum products with a vision to reinvent the aluminum industry for a sustainable future. With a values-based approach that encompasses integrity, operating excellence, care for people and courageous leadership, our purpose is to Turn Raw Potential into Real Progress. Since developing the process that made aluminum an affordable and vital part of modern life, our talented Alcoans have developed breakthrough innovations and best practices that have led to greater efficiency, safety, sustainability and stronger communities wherever we operate.

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