Founders Present Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) at World Conservation Congress

Founders Present Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) at World Conservation Congress PR Newswire JEJU, Republic of Korea, September 11, 2012 JEJU, Republic of Korea, September 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A multi-stakeholder approach to create a Responsible Aluminium Standard The Global Business and Biodiversity Programme of IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) today presented to its members at the World Conservation Congress, the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) - a unique aluminium value chain initiative that will create the first Responsible Aluminium Standard. IUCN, in its role of co-ordinator, has catalysed this initiative with leadership from fellow founding members Nespresso, Rio Tinto Alcan, AMAG, Amcor Flexibles, Constantia Flexibles, Constellium and Tetra Pak - all industry leaders in their own right. On behalf of all of ASI founders, IUCN, Nespresso and Rio Tinto Alcan presented the ASI and called on organizations producing and using aluminium to join the initiative and help drive performance across the industry. The ethical, environmental and social performance criteria that will compose this new standard are expected to be defined by 2014, following multi- stakeholder consultation to ISEAL specifications. Once defined and publicly launched, the expectation is that aluminium industry organizations will want to adopt these criteria to produce, use or re-use aluminium.