Economic
Financial Metrics

Return on Capital Employed
Years ended 1998 to 2002*

 Research and Development
Investments
 

* Prior periods, 1999 to 2001 were restated due to an accounting change described in note 3 — Deferred Foreign Exchange Translation Gains and Losses on page 47 of Alcan's 2002 Annual Report.
  In 2002, the Company decided to focus its fabrication R&D in two locations, Kingston, Canada and Neuhausen, Switzerland, and is therefore closing its laboratories in Banbury, U.K. R&D expenses were $115 million for 2002 compared to $135 million in 2001 and $81 million in 2000. Most of the increase from 2000 was due to the integration of algroup and its dedicated research and development in the engineered products and packaging sectors.

 

Cumulative Total Return*

* Based upon an initial investment of $100 on December 31, 1997
with dividends reinvested

 

Environmental Protection
Financial Requirements

* In 2001, the Company increased its environmental provisions to cover treatment costs for stored spent potlining (SPL) in Quebec and British Columbia, Canada, as well as to cover remediation costs relating to red mud disposal at other sites in Canada and the U.K.


Economic
Impact by Country
Financial Performance
Revenues by Sector
Financial Metrics

EHS
EHS Management
Emissions, Air-Climate Change
Emissions, Air-Business Group
Emissions, Land
Resource Stewardship
Product Stewardship
Health and Safety

Social
 

Consult Alcan's Corporate Sustainability Report 2002 for more detailed information.

© 2003 Alcan Inc. The information in this report is current as of December 31, 2002.
All values are in US$ unless otherwise noted.

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