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For the tenth consecutive year, Alcoa was named to the
Dow Jones Sustainability Index and was also honored as
the Aluminum Sector Industry Leader.
The U.S. Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) recognized
Alcoa for our transparency in reducing emissions and
mitigating the risks of climate change in our operations.
The CDP featured Alcoa on its Carbon Performance
Leadership Index – one of only 11 companies ranked.
The revolutionary Reynobond®
with EcoClean™ is the first
coil-coated architectural panel
that cleans itself and reduces
air pollution. In fact, 10,000 square
feet of Reynobond with EcoClean
installed on a building’s surface
has the approximate air cleaning
power of 80 trees.
Alcoa and CPI agreed to work together to develop
smelting and clean energy projects to help China
derive 15 percent of its energy from non-fossil fuel
sources by 2020.
Alcoa was recognized by the respected Exame
Sustainability Guide 2011 for our social responsibility
model around our bauxite mining activity in the Juruti
Velho region of Brazil.
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announced a $300 million investment to expand our Davenport, Iowa, rolled products
plant. Earlier, in June, U.S. President Barack Obama visited Davenport Works, where
we told him how that facility has been building America’s planes and spacecraft for
decades. I feel great pride knowing that once again the teamwork and passion of
Alcoans is opening up a new frontier of advanced manufacturing in the U.S.
We’re applying Alcoa innovation in many regional and end markets. For BYD, a
Chinese “green energy” technology manufacturer, we developed an all-aluminum bus
space frame that also
incorporates Alcoa forged
aluminum wheels and
fasteners. Our prototype
reduces the weight of the
BYD electric bus body by
40 percent (nearly one
ton) versus steel options. BYD plans to produce
thousands of the electric buses for the Asian
market and for export. In Russia, we are providing
our advanced aluminum sheet
alloy 1565M to the Russian
tanker and semi-trailer maker,
Becema, to build a lightweight aluminum cement hauler. By using
Alcoa’s new advanced sheet alloy, the weight of the tank body has
been reduced by 25-30 percent over traditional aluminum alloy and
reduced three times over the weight of a steel tank. And in the U.S.,
our technologists are working with defense
contractors to keep soldiers safe. One of
our rolled and forged product innovations
is an armor alloy solution based on Alcoa’s
latest ArmX™ 7085 products. Aluminum
armor kits are currently being fi elded
through Oshkosh Defense™ for the Heavy
Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT)
A4, which provide critical blast protection for
the vehicle.
In many developed countries, buildings are one of the largest energy-consuming
and GHG-emitting sectors (in the U.S., they account for 72 percent of all electricity
consumption and 38 percent of all carbon dioxide [CO2] emissions). While the
commercial construction market is in recession, we have been preparing for the
inevitable turnaround in the industry through strategic acquisitions and innovation.
In 2011, we completed the integration of the commercial window business of Traco;
Alcoa now has the most comprehensive product portfolio in the industry and ground-
breaking innovation in this sector. We introduced the revolutionary Reynobond®
with EcoClean™, an architectural panel that actually cleans itself and the air around
it. We also have developed curtain walls that improve thermal performance by
25 percent and aluminum sunshades that cut solar heat gain by half.
Our strategy for the fast-growing consumer electronics
market is to capitalize on aluminum’s light weight, durability,
heat conductivity, and limitless surface fi nishes. To build
on the life-cycle benefi ts of aluminum, we took a minority
share in Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the largest
U.S. recycler of electronics waste. This partnership allows
Alcoa to bring its expertise in recycling to the growing challenge of e-waste and to
enhance the role aluminum plays in making electronics more sustainable. Alcoa 2011 Annual Report 5
2011 SUSTAINABILITY
HIGHLIGHTS
Prototypes of BYD’s electric buses hit
the road in China’s Hunan Province
Oshkosh Defense™ HEMTT A4