Welcome to Alumina Limited’s Sustainability Report 2010. This report explains the economic, social and environmental performance of Alumina Limited and AWAC (Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals), our global joint venture with Alcoa.
This update supports Alumina Limited’s commitment to report on non-financial performance as outlined in our sustainability policy and our commitment to high-levels of transparent disclosure. It is specifically designed for the investment community including institutional and retail shareholders who are interested in the long-term sustainability of Alumina Limited, though it may also be of interest to representatives from government and local communities where AWAC operates.
While the report covers Alumina Limited’s results, its emphasis remains on AWAC operations where the greatest sustainability impact lies. Therefore the aim of the report is to give easy access to consolidated information about AWAC’s sustainability performance and lead to greater understanding about the quality and value of these assets.
This report covers Alumina Limited’s operations in Melbourne as well as AWAC’s global operations, which include:
While Alumina Limited owns 40 per cent of the AWAC enterprise, this update includes full facility results from operations (unless indicated otherwise) to provide readers with a more meaningful overview of AWAC’s assets.
The performance data in this report covers Alumina Limited and AWAC’s operations for the year to 31 December 2010. More current commentary is included to ensure coverage of substantive and material issues. Qualitative and quantitative data is used to explain policies, programs and outcomes. All financial data is expressed in US ($US) dollars and environmental data is metric.
To aid understanding and comparability with Alcoa’s Sustainability Report, as well as those of other resources companies and associated industries, the report's content is informed by the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Guidelines (G3).
Three main entities are mentioned throughout this sustainability report - Alumina Limited, Alcoa Inc. and AWAC. To aid the reader’s understanding, we have described each entity’s role, as well as the rationale for when these entities are referred to in the report.