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2020 Strategic Framework for Sustainability

Developed in 2000 by an internal worldwide team that analyzed environmental and social trends since 1990 and looked 20 years into the future, Alcoa's 2020 Strategic Framework for Sustainability has since evolved into a comprehensive roadmap for our businesses and locations to integrate all aspects of sustainability into their day-to-day operations.

The framework is built around six focus areas:
  • Economic benefit;
  • Respect and protect people: employees;
  • Respect and protect people: communities;
  • Safe and sustainable products and processes;
  • Meet the needs of current and future generations through efficient resource use; and
  • Accountability and governance.

Included are long-term targets and short- and long-term metrics for each focus area that were agreed upon with the business leaders and technical experts throughout the company. These targets are very aggressive and are designed to stretch the organization to think differently to drive optimum performance, as opposed to conservative objectives that we would be fairly certain we would meet. Accordingly, we may fall short of some of these goals, but we will be transparent about reporting such shortfalls as well as what we hope to do to continue on the path.

To support the framework, we expanded our metrics system to collect the data needed to measure performance against the goals and targets on an annual basis.

The framework and enhancements to the data-collection systems allow us to focus employee attention on sustainability, make everyone aware of the importance of the issues, and demonstrate management commitment to getting the job done right. It also helps employees do the right things by clearly stating what these "things" are and how best to go about doing them.

ECONOMIC BENEFIT
 TargetMetricProgress Achieved Through Year-End 2007
1 Maintain a strong balance sheet Debt-to-total capitalization consistently between 30% and 35% 30.2%
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RESPECT & PROTECT PEOPLE: EMPLOYEES
 TargetMetricProgress Achieved Through Year-End 2007
2 Elimination of occupational illnesses and injuries Zero fatalities Five fatalities
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Zero lost workday rate 0.12 lost workday incident rate
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Zero total recordable injuries 1.35 total recordable incident rate
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From base year 2006, achieve at least a 20% reduction in the number of employees requiring protective measures against unacceptable noise levels by 2008 12%
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From base year 2006, achieve at least a 20% reduction in the number of employees requiring protective measures against unacceptable workplace exposure to chemicals by 2008 15%
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3 Culture of health Number of employees participating in culture of health initiatives 97% of established locations had health promotion activities (We currently do not aggregate employee participation data at the corporate level.)
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4 Ensure a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities everywhere we operate By 2010, the following representation at Alcoa's management level:
Global women: 18%
U.S. minority: 15%
Global women: 14.6%
U.S. minority: 12.8%
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5 Increase workforce performance 100% of salaried employees receiving annual performance feedback by 2006 Approximately 85%
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RESPECT & PROTECT PEOPLE: COMMUNITIES
 TargetMetricProgress Achieved Through Year-End 2007
6 All Alcoa operations understand the communities in which they operate 100% of manufacturing locations will implement the Alcoa Community Framework by 2010 90% of worldwide operating locations had established community programs
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7 Contribute to healthier, safer, and more sustainable communities everywhere we operate 40% of employees within a business unit or region volunteered in the community through ACTION, Bravo!, or Month of Service ACTION: 7.73%
Bravo!: 8.54%
Month of Service: 15.99%
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SAFE & SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS & PROCESSES
 TargetMetricProgress Achieved Through Year-End 2007
8 Increase recycling of aluminum 25% recycled aluminum content in fabricated products by 2010; 50% by 2020 Ratio of purchased scrap to total fabricated product shipments was 30%. However, the total amount of recycled metal in our products is somewhat lower since a portion of the purchased scrap would have been included in primary ingot sold to third parties.
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Increase the North American used beverage can recycling rate to 75% by 2015 52%
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MEET THE NEEDS OF CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS THROUGH EFFICIENT RESOURCE USE
 TargetMetricProgress Achieved Through Year-End 2007
9 Improve resource use to reduce environmental "footprint" From base year 2005:
10% reduction in selected material use by 2010
 • 2006: Collect data
 • 2007: Com- mence reporting
Businesses have worked to identify major raw materials for which a reduction target could be considered.
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From base year 2000:
50% reduction in landfill waste by 2007; 75% reduction by 2010; 100% reduction by 2015
52%
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Reduce energy intensity by 10% by 2010 We are pursuing several production transformation projects that, if successful, will allow us to achieve this goal.
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60% reduction in process water by 2009; 70% by 2010 26%
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From base year 1990:
25% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2010. Assuming success with the inert anode technology, a 50% reduction by 2010
33%
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10 Practice cleaner production to reduce environmental emissions/impacts From base year 2000:
60% reduction in sulfur dioxide (SO2) by 2010
31%
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50% reduction in volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by 2008; 60% reduction by 2010 44%
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30% reduction in nitrogen oxides (NOx) by 2007; 50% reduction by 2010; 85% reduction by 2015 50%
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80% reduction in mercury emissions by 2008; 90% reduction by 2010; 95% reduction by 2015 10%
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Zero process water discharge by 2020 Initial efforts to control process water are being managed through the process water reduction target.
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ACCOUNTABILITY & GOVERNANCE
 TargetMetricProgress Achieved Through Year-End 2007
11 High audit performance No material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting, which are reasonably likely to adversely affect Alcoa's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information Alcoa continued to meet the goal of no material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting.
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12 Ethics and compliance Resolution of 90% of cases reported on the Compliance Line within 12 working days by 2009 Employee relations calls, including those involving payroll or benefit determination issues, were resolved within 12 working days 62% of the time in 2007. Calls concerning more substantive issues require significantly more time for proper resolution. As such, this metric will be reevaluated in 2008.
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Providing this clear measurement of our progress both internally and externally will lead to stronger tactical planning for businesses through an integrated approach.
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