Alcan Sustainability Report 2004

GRI Index

Element Indicator Required Element
or Core Indicator
Organization-
specific
Indicator
Recommended
Element
or Additional
Indicator
Placement in Report
    Must report or explain why not
Green = Reported fully

Blue = Partially reported
Red = Not covered
  Optional to report
Green = Reported fully

Blue = Partially reported
 

1. Vision and Strategy
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1.1   Statement of the organization's vision and strategy regarding its contribution to sustainable development    
•  CEO Message
•  Maximizing Total Value
•  Think Broadly About Issues and Impacts
•  Engaging and Partnering with Stakeholders
•  Integrating Sustainability into Decisions and Processes
•  Managing for Sustainability
•  Alcan's Sustainability Framework
   
•  What are the main issues for the organization related to the major themes of sustainability?
   
•  Think Broadly About Issues and Impacts
•  Key Alcan Sustainability Issues
•  Bauxite and Alumina / Key Issues
•  Primary Metal / Key Issues
•  Rolled Products Americas and Asia / Key Issues
•  Rolled Products Europe / Key Issues
•  Engineered Products / Key Issues
•  Packaging / Key Issues
   
•  How are stakeholders included in identifying these issues?
   
•  Engaging and Partnering with Stakeholders
•  Engaging and Partnering with Stakeholders / Employees
   
•  For each issue, which stakeholders are most affected by the organization?
   
•  Key Alcan Sustainability Issues
   
•  How are these issues reflected in the organizations' values and integrated into its business strategies?
   
•  Integrating Sustainability into Decisions and Processes
•  Managing for Sustainability
•  Corporate Governance
•  Strategic Leadership
•  Sustainability Steering Team
•  Alcan Integrated Management System
•  Community Investment Program
   
•  What are the organization's objectives and actions on these issues?
   
•  Key Alcan Sustainability Issues
•  Alcan Integrated Management System / EHS FIRST
1.2   Statement from the CEO describing key elements of the report    
•  CEO Message
       
•  Highlights of report content and commitment to targets
•  CEO Message
       
•  Description of the commitment to economic, environmental and social goals by the organization's leadership
•  Managing for Sustainability
•  Corporate Governance
•  Strategic Leadership
       
•  Statement of successes and failures
•  Throughout report
       
•  Performance against benchmarks such as the previous year's performance and targets and industry sector norms
•  Performance Report Alcan Inc.
       
•  The organization's approach to stakeholder engagement
•  Engaging and Partnering with Stakeholders
•  Key External Engagements
       
•  Major challenges for the organization and its business sector in integrating responsibilities for financial performance with those for economic, environmental and social performance, including the implications for future business strategy
•  Maximizing Total Value
•  Integrating Sustainability into Decisions and Processes


2. Profile
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2.1   Name of reporting organization    
•  Company Profile
2.2   Major products and/or services, including brands if appropriate    
•  Alcan at a Glance
2.3   Operational structure    
•  Company Profile
2.4   Description of major divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries and joint ventures    
•  Company Profile
•  Alcan at a Glance
•  Alcan Facts 2004
2.5   Countries in which the organization's operations are located    
•  Worldwide Presence
2.6   Nature of ownership: legal form    
•  Company Profile
2.7   Nature of markets served    
•  Alcan at a Glance
2.8   Scale of reporting organization    
•  Alcan at a Glance
2.9   List of stakeholders    
•  Engaging and Partnering with Stakeholders
2.10   Contact person(s) for the report, including e-mail and web addresses    
•  About This Report
2.11   Reporting period for informations provided    
•  About This Report
2.12   Date of most recent report    
•  About This Report
2.13   Boundaries of report and any specific limitations on the scope    
•  About This Report
2.14   Significant changes in size, structure, ownership or products/services that have occurred since the previous report    
•  CEO Message
•  Company Profile / Pechiney Acquisition
•  Company Profile / Plans for Rolled Products spin-off
2.15   Basis for reporting on joint ventures, partially owned subsidiaries, leased facilities, outsourced operations and other situations that can significantly affect comparability form period to period and/or between reporting organizations.    
•  About This Report
2.16   Explanation of the nature and effect of any re-statement of information provided in earlier reports and the reasons for such re-statement (e.g. mergers/acquisitions, change of base years/periods, nature of business, measurements methods)    
•  About This Report
2.17   Decisions (not) to apply GRI principles or protocols in the preparation of the report    
•  About This Report
2.18   Criteria/definitions used in any accounting for economic, environmental and social costs and benefits      
2.19   Significant changes from previous years in the measurement methods applied to key economic, environmental and social info    
•  About This Report
2.20   Policies and internal practices to enhance and provide assurance about the accuracy, completeness and reliability that can be placed on the sustainability report    
•  About This Report
2.21   Policy and current practice with regard to providing independent assurance for the full report    
•  About This Report
2.22   Means by which report users can obtain additional information and reports about economic, environmental and social aspects of the organization's activities, including facility-specific information    
•  About This Report


3. Governance Structure
TOP
3.1   Governance structure of the organization, including major committees under the Board of directors that are responsible for setting strategy and for oversight of the organization    
•  Corporate Governance
3.2   Percentage of the Board of directors that are independent, non-executive directors; state how the Board of directors determines "independence"    
•  Corporate Governance
3.3   Process for determining the expertise Board of directors members need to guide the strategic direction of the organization, including issues related to environmental and social risks and opportunities    
•  Corporate Governance
3.4   Board of directors level processes for overseeing the organization's identification and management of economic, environmental and social risks and opportunities    
•  Corporate Governance
3.5   Linkage between executive compensation and achievement of the organization's financial and non-financial goals      
3.6   Organizational structure and key individuals responsible for oversight, implementation and audit of economic, environmental, social and related policies    
•  Strategic Leadership
•  Sustainability Steering Team
3.7   Mission and value statements, internally developed codes of conduct or principles, and policies relevant to economic, environmental and social performance and the status of implementation    
•  Corporate Governance
•  Alcan Integrated Management System (AIMS) / EHS FIRST
•  Performance Report / EHS FIRST
3.8   Mechanisms for shareholders to provide recommendations or direction to the Board of directors      
3.9   Basis for identification and selection of major stakeholders    
•  Engaging and Partnering with Stakeholders
3.10   Approaches to stakeholder consultation reported in terms of frequency of consultations by types and by stakeholder group    
•  Engaging and Partnering with Stakeholders
•  Key External Engagements
3.11   Type of information generated by stakeholder engagements    
•  Engaging and Partnering with Stakeholders
•  Key External Engagements
3.12   Use of info resulting from stakeholder engagements    
•  Engaging and Partnering with Stakeholders
•  Key External Engagements
3.13   Explanation of whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organization    
•  Key External Engagements / External Commitments
3.14   Externally developed, voluntary economic, environmental and social charters, sets of principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or which it endorses    
•  Key External Engagements / External Commitments
•  Alcan Integrated Management System (AIMS) / EHS FIRST
•  Performance Report / EHS FIRST
3.15   Principal memberships in industry and business associations and/or national/international advocacy organizations    
•  Key External Engagements
3.16   Policies and/or systems for managing upstream and downstream impacts, including: supply chain management as it pertains to outsourcing and supplier environmental and social performance and product and service stewardship initiatives    
•  Key External Engagements
•  Engaging and Partnering with Stakeholders / Suppliers
3.17   Reporting organization's approach to managing indirect economic, environmental and social impacts resulting from its activities    
•  Key Alcan Sustainability Issues / Community Development
•  Key Alcan Sustainability Issues / Lifecycle Product Stewardship
•  Engaging and Partnering with Stakeholders / Suppliers
•  Engaging and Partnering with Stakeholders/NGOs, governments and local communities
3.18   Major decisions during the reporting period regarding the location of, or changes in, operations    
•  Company Profile / Pechiney Acquisition
•  Company Profile / Plans for Rolled Products spin-off
3.19   Programs and procedures pertaining to economic, environmental and social performance. Include discussion of: priority and target setting; major programs to improve performance; internal communication and training; performance monitoring; internal and external auditing and senior management review    
•  Alcan Integrated Management System (AIMS) / EHS FIRST
•  Alcan Integrated Management System (AIMS) / Continuous Improvement
•  Key Alcan Sustainability Issues / Climate Change
3.20   Status of certification pertaining to economic, environmental and social management systems – ISO 9001 and ISO 14001    
•  Alcan Integrated Management System (AIMS) / EHS FIRST
•  Performance Report Alcan Inc. / EHS FIRST
•  Bauxite and Alumina / Performance Summary / EHS FIRST Performance
•  Primary Metal / Performance Summary / EHS FIRST Performance
•  Rolled Products Americas and Asia / Performance Summary / EHS FIRST Performance
•  Rolled Products Europe / Performance Summary / EHS FIRST Performance
•  Engineered Products / Performance Summary / EHS FIRST Performance
•  Packaging / Performance Summary / EHS FIRST Performance


4. GRI Content Index
TOP
4.1   Table identifying location of each element of the GRI report content, by section and indicator    
•  GRI index


5. Performance Indicators
TOP
Economic
Customers EC1 Net sales    
•  Performance Report Alcan Inc. / Economic / Financial Performance
  EC2 Geographic breakdown of markets: for each product or product range, national market share by country where this is 25% or more. Market share and sales for each country where national sales represent 5% or more of GDP      
Suppliers EC3 Costs of all goods, materials, and services purchased      
  EC4 Percentage of contracts that were paid in accordance with agreed terms, excluding agreed penalty arrangements      
Employees EC5 Total payroll and benefits (including wages, pension, other benefits and redundancy payments) broken down by country or region      
Providers of capital EC6 Distributions to providers of capital broken down by interest on debt and borrowings, and dividends on all classes of shares, with any arrears of preferred dividends to be disclosed    
•  Performance Report Alcan Inc. / Economic / Financial Performance
  EC7 Increase/decrease in retained earnings at end of period    
•  Performance Report Alcan Inc. / Economic / Financial Performance
Public sector EC8 Total sum of taxes of all types paid broken down by country      
  EC9 Subsidies received broken down by country or region      
  EC 10 Donations to community, civil society and other groups broken down in terms of cash and in-kind donations per type of group    
•  Community Investment Program
•  Performance Report Alcan Inc. / Social
Indirect economic impacts     EC13 The organization's indirect economic impacts
•  Performance Report Alcan Inc. / Economic / Impact by Country


Environmental
TOP
Materials EN1 Total materials use other than water, by type      
  EN2 Percentage of materials used that are wastes (processed or unprocessed) from sources external to the reporting organizations    
•  Performance Report Alcan Inc. / EHS FIRST / Recycling
•  Rolled Products Americas and Asia Performance Summary / Recycling
•  Rolled Products Europe Performance Summary / Recycling
Energy EN3 Direct energy use segmented by primary source: all energy sources used by the reporting organization for its own operations as well as for the production and delivery of energy products (e.g. electricity or heat) to other organizations (joules)    
•  Key Issues / Energy
•  Performance Report Alcan Inc. / EHS FIRST / Resource Stewardship
•  Bauxite and Alumina / Performance Summary / EHS FIRST Performance
•  Primary Metal / Performance Summary / EHS FIRST Performance
•  Rolled Products Americas and Asia / Performance Summary / EHS FIRST Performance
•  Rolled Products Europe / Performance Summary / EHS FIRST Performance
•  Engineered Products / Performance Summary / EHS FIRST Performance
•  Packaging / Performance Summary / EHS FIRST Performance
  EN4 Indirect energy use. Report on all energy used to produce and deliver energy products purchased by the reporting organisation (e.g., electricity or heat). Report in joules.    
•  Key Issues / Energy
•  Performance Report Alcan Inc. / EHS FIRST / Resource Stewardship
      EN17 Initiatives to use renewable energy sources and to increase energy efficiency
•  Key Issues / Energy
•  Bauxite and Alumina / Sustainability Examples / Reducing Atmospheric Emissions at Gardanne
•  Primary Metal / Sustainability Examples / The Alesa "Blue Box"
•  Rolled Products Americas and Asia / Sustainability Examples / Universal Cast
•  Rolled Products Europe / Sustainability Examples / The Jaguar Example
•  Rolled Products Europe / Sustainability Examples / Reducing energy and emissions at Norf
•  Engineered Products / Sustainability Examples / Life Cycle Advantages of Reduced Weight in Airfreight Containers
•  Engineered Products / Sustainability Examples / Re-Melting Aerospace Alloy Chips at Issoire
•  Engineered Products / Sustainability Examples / Light Weighting the Airbus 380
•  Packaging / Sustainability Examples / Ceramis® technology
      EN18 Energy consumption footprint – i.e. annualized lifetime energy requirements of major products (in joules)
•  Key Alcan Sustainability Issues / Energy
•  Rolled Products Europe / Sustainability Examples / The Jaguar Example
•  Engineered Products / Sustainability Examples / Life Cycle Advantages of Reduced Weight in Airfreight Containers
•  Engineered Products / Sustainability Examples / Re-Melting Aerospace Alloy Chips at Issoire
•  Engineered Products / Sustainability Examples / Light Weighting the Airbus 380
•  Packaging / Sustainability Examples / Ceramis® technology
Water EN5 Total water use    
•  Performance Report Alcan Inc. / EHS FIRST / Resource Stewardship
•  Bauxite and Alumina / Performance Summary / EHS FIRST Performance
•  Primary Metal / Performance Summary / EHS FIRST Performance
•  Rolled Products Americas and Asia / Performance Summary / EHS FIRST Performance
•  Rolled Products Europe / Performance Summary / EHS FIRST Performance
•  Engineered Products / Performance Summary / EHS FIRST Performance
•  Packaging / Performance Summary / EHS FIRST Performance
      EN20 Water sources and related ecosystems/habitats significantly affected by use of water
•  Key Alcan Sustainability Issues / Natural Resource Management
•  Primary Metal / Sustainability Examples / Water Recycling at Alma
•  Primary Metal / Sustainability Examples / Links with First Nations
•  Rolled Products Americas and Asia / Sustainability Examples / Recyclable Wastewater Treatment Centre
•  Packaging / Sustainability Examples / Optimizing Water at Dijon
Biodiversity EN6 Location and size of land owned, leased, or managed in biodiversity-rich habitats      
  EN7 Description of the major impacts on biodiversity associated with activities and/or products and services in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine environments    
•  Key Alcan Sustainability Issues / Natural Resource Management
•  Key Alcan Sustainability Issues / Natural Resource Management / Protection of the BC Fishery
      EN25 Impacts of activities and operations on protected and sensitive areas
•  Key Alcan Sustainability Issues / Natural Resource Management
•  Key Alcan Sustainability Issues / Natural Resource Management / Protection of the BC Fishery
Emissions, effluents, and waste EN8 Greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N20, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) Report separate subtotals for each gas in tonnes and in tonnes of CO2 equivalent for the following: direct emissions from sources owned or controlled by the reporting entity, indirect emissions from imported electricity, heat or steam    
•  Key Alcan Sustainability Issues / Climate Change
•  Performance Report Alcan Inc. / EHS FIRST / Emissions, Air – Climate change
  EN9 Use and emissions of ozone-depleting substances      
  EN10 NOx, SOx and other significant air emissions by type    
•  Performance Report Alcan Inc. / EHS FIRST / Emissions, Air – Climate change
•  Performance Report Alcan Inc. / EHS FIRST / Emissions, Air – Business Groups
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