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Turning aluminium “green,” one can at a time
What makes a product sustainable? Is it what you use to make it, how you make it, how the product is used or maybe where the product ends up? What about how well the product stands up against the competition?
Novelis celebrates the can in Brazil
While the aluminium can has been around for nearly fifty years in various places around the world, Brazil only adopted this innovation 25 years ago.
Ball improves on sustainability goals
Ball has released its 2014 global sustainability data, indicating noteworthy improvements toward its corporate and operational sustainability priorities and goals since issuing its biennial sustainability report. “For Ball, sustainability is an integral part of who we are,” said Bjoern Kulmann, Ball’s director of sustainability. “Each and every day, our employees around the world remain focused […]
New record recycling rate for cans
The overall recycling rate for aluminium beverage cans in the EU 27 + EFTA countries increased by 1.5% points to a new record level of 69.5% (70%) in 2012.
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI), in collaboration with aluminium industry leaders such as Ball and Rexam, has introduced a comprehensive standard that aims to improve the industry’s environmental, social and governance performance throughout its entire value chain, including plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. After a year-long development effort, the ASI Performance Standard will […]
Novelis’ sustainability report
Novelis has published its Fiscal Year 2014 sustainability report. The report details Novelis’ efforts to increase its recycling capacity and the recycled content of its products to 80 per cent by 2020 with a focus on innovation and technology to accelerate the use of recycled aluminum. “We’re leading the industry to harness the sustainability potential […]
Novelis joins WWF Climate Savers
Novelis has today announced the company has been accepted into World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Climate Savers program, an exclusive initiative of WWF to encourage companies to reduce their operational carbon footprint and act as agents of change within their sphere of influence. The company is the only metals business to be accepted into the program. […]
Crown Holdings releases 2013 Sustainability Report
Crown Holdings has released its 2013 Sustainability Report. The new report is the company’s second review of developments in its sustainability efforts from an economic, environmental and social perspective. According to the report, in 2012 more than 1.3 million tons of tinplate steel was recycled by the economy as a whole. In addition, according to […]
Ball recognised for green efforts
Newsweek, in partnership with Corporate Knights Capital and sustainability experts, has ranked Ball Corporation third among 500 US companies on overall environmental performance. The Newsweek Green Rankings evaluate the 500 largest publicly-traded companies in the US by market capitalisation and score them based on performance on eight key performance indicators. The eight key indicators are: […]
Second sustainability report from Crown
Crown Holdings has announced the release of their second Sustainability Report, which was structured using the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) G3 Guidelines at Application Level C. It focuses on developments in the company’s sustainability efforts from an economic, environmental and social perspective since its inaugural publication was issued in November 2011. Looking at fiscal years […]
Novelis reaches sustainability milestones
Aluminium rolling and recycling specialist Novelis has announced significant progress in its commitment toward reducing its carbon footprint and delivering on key measures of sustainable business performance. Sustainability Through Disruptive Innovation, the company’s third annual sustainability report, details recent milestones including an increase in the recycled content of its products from 33% to 43% in […]
Strong recycling performance for aluminium closures
Around 40% of aluminium closures are currently being recycled throughout Europe.
‘Compressed’ deodorant cans launched by Unilever
Unilever, the UK’s largest deodorant manufacturer, has halved the size of aerosol cans used for some of its leading brands.
Can makers reduce their carbon emissions
A study carried out on behalf of the European Metal Packaging Association (Empac) shows that its members reduced their carbon emissions by up to 21% between 2006 and 2008.