EGA launches first sustainability report

The report charts the company’s performance in areas including emissions, safety, technological innovation, community engagement, waste and effluent management and social responsibility.

Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, has launched its 2017 Sustainability Report detailing the organization’s values, commitments, aspirations and achievements in environmental, social and economic performance.

The report charts the company’s performance in areas including emissions, safety, technological innovation, community engagement, waste and effluent management and social responsibility. The disclosures made in the report are the outcome of a materiality analysis to identify sustainability topics that warrant the greatest levels of transparency and accountability, as well as EGA’s values and commitments.

The report focuses on 2017 performance but also incorporates data for 2014, 2015 and 2016 to illustrate trends since the formation of EGA through the merger of Dubai Aluminium and Emirates Aluminium in 2014. EGA CEO Abdulla Kalban said: “We recognize that our role must extend beyond simple compliance or keeping up with our peers. Working with our customers, regulators, shareholders and stakeholders, we intend to be an innovator and a leader in sustainability.”

EGA’s sustainability report has been prepared in accordance with Global Reporting Initiative standards, the most widely recognised framework for sustainability reporting. Last year, EGA became the first Middle East headquartered company to apply to join the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI), a global programme to foster greater sustainability and transparency in the aluminium industry. EGA aspires to become certified to the ASI’s Performance Standards, which are globally applicable standards specific to responsible production, sourcing and stewardship within the aluminium value chain.