Ball Corporation also joins FMC in the effort to decarbonize the aluminium industry

As a large number of aluminium companies have joined the initiative First Movers Coalition pledging to decarbonise the energy-intensive industry, Ball Corporation has decided to not be left alone from the list. On Wednesday, June 1, the company announced its joining to the global forum, intending to reduce carbon emissions from the aluminium manufacturing process and at the same time encouraging the value chain toward the same goal.

Launched as a partnership between The World Economic Forum and US Department of State and in collaboration with US Department of Commerce and Department of Energy, the First Movers Coalition is an initiative harnessing the purchasing power of companies to decarbonise seven hard to abate industrial sectors that currently account for 30 per cent of global carbon emissions.

Being a member of the FMC, Ball Corporation is committed to make 10 per cent of net-zero primary aluminium purchase. It has also pledged that by 2030 at least 50 per cent of the aluminium it uses will be from recycled sources. Ball is also focused on its goal for the beverage packaging industry to achieve 85 per cent recycled aluminium content by 2030.

Aluminium industry is responsible for 2 per cent of the global carbon emissions, generating more than 1 billion tonnes of carbon-di-oxide due to the electricity it consumes. Given the size of the challenge, Novelis and Ball Corporation, the two latest members of FMC, are inspiring the companies across the downstream and upstream value chain to join them and accelerate decarbonisation of the aluminium industry.

Ron Lewis, Chief Operating Officer, Global Beverage Packaging, Ball Corporation, said: "We are proud to team up with the First Movers Coalition and partner with Novelis to drive meaningful change needed throughout our industry. We know that in order to achieve the deep decarbonization needed, it will require new and more effective ways of collaboration and transformation across the value chain. We believe that a faster decarbonization pathway for aluminum beverage packaging is possible when we combine corporate commitments, government policies like Extended Producer Responsibility and Deposit Return Systems, and innovative technologies in the primary aluminum supply chain."