EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Novelis aims high with ambitious targets Novelis recently announced new sustainability targets and its commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Nadine Bloxsome* spoke to Steve Fisher** about what this means for Novelis and the wider industry and the plans in place to ensure these are achievable. Q. What was the decision behind setting and announcing these targets? A. We feel this is a very exciting time for Novelis to hopefully step forward and lead the industry with these newest commitments and goals that we are establishing, with a very clear path towards a sustainable and secure future for Novelis and the industry as a whole. While we’re extremely proud of the accomplishments we’ve already made in this area – as the leading recycler of aluminium in the world – we also want to start looking forward and it really starts with our ambition to truly be the world’s leading provider of low carbon, sustainable aluminium solutions that
advance our business, but honestly advance the industry and society towards a more circular economy. Q. The goal to be carbon neutral by 2050 mentions this date or ‘sooner’ can you elaborate on this? A. You’ll hear us talk a lot about that – this isn’t just about Novelis anymore, this is about stepping into and trying to be part of the solutions for the industry as a whole. Clearly as we all know, we face very complex challenges associated with this topic of global warming and climate change and I think the thing we need to do as an industry and at Novelis, is we need to move faster and
we need to take bolder actions to elevate the use of aluminium as a true material of choice. As you know, we’ve spent some time really thinking about our new commitments in this area, after integrating Aleris into Novelis and I think the cornerstone of our ambition is around carbon and to be carbon neutral by 2050 or sooner. We don’t know the exact date right now, but we are going to do everything we can to get there as quickly as possible. The first step was to put a more near-term goal out there, which is the 30% reduction by 2026 and we’ve got a pretty good line of sight to be able to achieve this and then there is a lot to still go
*Editor, Aluminium International Today **Steve Fisher, CEO, Novelis
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