2013-03-01 18:41:21 -
Paris- 1 March 2013 - As a founding partner of the Aluminium Stewardship
Initiative (ASI), Constellium is delighted to welcome some of its key customers
AUDI, BMW Group and Rexam as new members.
As part of its active sustainable development strategy, Constellium has engaged
into a holistic approach in this domain and has strongly contributed to create
the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative that was launched in September 2012.
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative is a unique aluminium value chain program
that will define and deliver the first global standard for aluminium
sustainability. Under the coordination of the IUCN (International Union
for
Conservation of Nature), it was initiated by leading players on their respective
markets: AMAG/Constancia Flexibles, Amcor Flexibles, Constellium, Nespresso, Rio
Tinto Alcan and Tetra Pak.
The ASI Standard will define environmental, social and governance criteria that
can be applied to all stages of aluminium production and transformation. It will
also consider how recycling and material recovery from products that contain
aluminium can contribute to improving the metal's efficiency and minimising its
environmental and social footprint. The ASI Standard will be supported by a
Chain of Custody system, which will aim to assure the provenance of aluminium.
"Sustainability is becoming more and more a driver of decisions in our industry,
in particular in the fields of customer requests, economic balance, public
affairs and internal and external communications. It is becoming a "licence to
operate"", stated Laurent Musy, Chairman of the Constellium's
Sustainability
Council. "Our first priority was to expand the initial group of founders and
invite new industry players. We are happy that new prominent companies among
which some key customers of Constellium have responded and are now joining and
we encourage more of our customers to join.
Constellium is already deeply committed to environmental protection and resource
preservation. Thanks to unique advanced recycling capabilities, the company is
acting through many initiatives with business partners in the packaging,
automotive or aerospace markets.
About Constellium
Constellium, formerly Alcan Engineered Products, is a global sector leader that
develops innovative, value added aluminium products and solutions for a broad
scope of markets and applications, including aerospace, mass transportation,
automotive, packaging and energy. With over 9,000 employees Constellium is
structured in 3 divisions: Global Aerospace, Transportation and Industry (Global
ATI); Specialty Sheet; Extrusions & Automotive Structures. Constellium, with
headquarters in Paris, is owned by affiliates of Apollo Global Management (51%),
Rio Tinto (39%) and the "Fonds Stratégique d'Investissement" FSI
(10%).
Constellium generated €3.6 billion of revenue in 2012.
www.constellium.com
Constellium
Laura Berneri
Phone: +33 1 73 01 46 73
laura.berneri@constellium.com
CLAI Media relations
Aina Ramboatiana
Phone: +33(0)1 80 50 53 11
aina.ramboatiana@clai2.com
Constellium ASI:
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