Novelis sustainability report highlights progress in recycling and water conservation

Novelis, the world leader in aluminium rolling and recycling, published its 2015 sustainability report today, detailing significant progress toward increasing the use of recycled aluminium and using natural resources more efficiently. At the end of Fiscal Year 2015, Novelis achieved an average of 49 percent recycled aluminium inputs, up 19 percentage points from baseline years of 2007-2009, and a reduction in water use intensity by 22 percent.

Over the past five years, Novelis has doubled its recycling capacity, helping to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 13 percent from baseline. Recycling aluminium produces 95 percent fewer GHG emissions and requires 95 percent less energy than primary aluminium production, enabling Novelis to achieve lower GHG emissions despite increasing global production capacity.

"Novelis' commitment to sustainability is fundamental to our success as the global leader in aluminium rolling and recycling," said Steve Fisher, President and Chief Executive Officer, Novelis. "Our continued focus on sustainability enables us to provide the lower carbon, high recycled content products our customers demand and provides a source of competitive advantage in the markets we serve."

The report highlights other important achievements from Fiscal Year 2015, including:

• The opening of the world's largest and most technologically advanced aluminium recycling centre in Nachterstedt, Germany, which can process up to 400,000 metric tons of aluminium scrap annually. This facility advances Novelis' progress toward increasing recycled inputs, will save 3.7 million metric tons of CO2 emissions a year and sets a new global standard for aluminium recycling.
• Optimizing water efficiency, which is critical to Novelis' operations, particularly in drought-impacted areas of the world such as Brazil.
• Supplying lightweight automotive aluminium for the Ford F-150, America's best-selling truck, thereby eliminating 700 pounds from the vehicle and making it highly fuel efficient.
• Continued expansion of the company's portfolio of certified high-recycled aluminum products, including beverage can sheet and the introduction of evercycle™ for food containers. The evercycle aluminium sheet, which is certified by SCS Global Services to contain 100 percent recycled aluminium, represents a breakthrough in the food containers category, which has been made historically from primary aluminium-based alloys or lower amounts of pre-consumer recycled content.

Since 2011, Novelis has invested approximately $2 billion to expand recycling and production capacity. The company looks forward to utilizing its new capabilities to the fullest extent, driving operational excellence and delivering the highest quality, sustainable products to its customers for years to come, helping them achieve their own sustainability objectives and adhere to evolving carbon constraints around the world.

Novelis continues to make significant progress in multiple areas of its operations, including reducing GHG emissions, energy and water intensity from its baseline.