Rusal confirms its leadership in EcoVadis' world sustainable suppliers rating

The Russian aluminium giant aluminium producer reaffirmed its excellent ranking in EcoVadis, the world's largest and most reliable supplier sustainability assessment.

The Company has an integral score corresponding with the "silver" level. It associates the Company with the top-8 per cent of the best global suppliers regarding their Environment, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) maturity.  In 2023, RUSAL got an overall 68 out of 100 maximum scores in the rating, which is 10 scores higher than the previous year.  It became possible due to palpable improvements in the environment, labour, human rights and ethics.

RUSAL's carbon footprint management system was rated 'Advanced' in this year's EcoVadis assessment. The grading specialists praised the Company's comprehensive GHG management system and its advanced decarbonization commitment, actions, and reporting capabilities. It is suggested that the Company explore using life cycle analysis as a tool for planning climate action, build a time-bound action plan to transition to a low-carbon business model and engage suppliers in climate action.

Irina Bakhtina, the Chief Sustainability Officer of Rusal, said, "RUSAL's customers in the European Union, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region are increasingly focusing not only on 'green' attributes of the products they purchase but also on the overall assessment of the so-called 'ESG maturity' or sustainability of companies that manufacture and supply such products on the market. They monitor the dynamics of their suppliers as rated by this, perhaps, the most trustworthy rating, and it is very important for us that the Company's efforts to embed the best sustainability standards and practices have already brought us much closer to the "golden" status and have once again confirmed RUSAL's strong leadership not only in the global aluminium industry but also across all the non-ferrous metal sectors."