EGA publishes second annual Sustainability Report in accordance with ASI Performance Standards

After the first annual Sustainability Report last year for 2014, Emirates Global Aluminium has published its second report on September 15, with details of EGA’s management approach and sustainability performance at its operations and projects in both the UAE and Guinea for 2018.

EGA has reportedly followed the Global Reporting Initiative Standards, the international benchmark for the public disclosure of economic, and environmental and societal performance while preparing its Sustainability Report.

The report also meets the reporting and disclosure requirements set by the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Performance Standards, which define environmental, social, and governance performance standards for sustainability issues specific to the aluminium value chain.

EGA was the first Middle East headquartered aluminium company to join the ASI in 2017, aiming to maximise the contribution of aluminium to a sustainable society and provide a global consensus for the best practice of aluminium production and its use.

On September 15, Abdulla Kalban, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of EGA stated: “The use of aluminium has enormous potential benefits, from making cars lighter and more fuel-efficient to creating packaging that is infinitely recyclable. However, at EGA, we recognise that making products that help meet social and environmental challenges is not enough. It also matters how responsibly those products are made.”

He also said: “Transparently reporting our successes and challenges in annual Sustainability Reports is an important way for us both to demonstrate we deserve the trust of the societies in which we operate and to improve our sustainability performance.”

EGA aspires to be the world’s leading metals and mining companies in meeting its environmental and social responsibilities.