Major aluminum organizations from around the world – the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI), the Brazilian Association of Aluminum Can Manufacturers (Abralatas), Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI), International Aluminium Institute (IAI), and Metal
Packaging Europe (MPE) – convened more than 150 leaders as part of the Global Aluminum Can Sustainability Summit.
Leaders from across the aluminum beverage can value chain met during this two day summit during London Metal Exchange Week, to discuss how the industry can enhance its leadership on key sustainability issues such as decarbonization pathways and recycled content measurement. The Summit demonstrated how the aluminum beverage can value chain is actively working to reduce planet-warming emissions while simultaneously strengthening the can’s sustainability credentials.
“Together we are making substantial achievements, leading ambitious recycling efforts and pioneering innovative decarbonization programs,” said IAI’s director of scenarios and forecasts Marlen Bertram. “Our partnership with global leaders from around the world is the necessary action required to create a more sustainable future for our planet.”
The beverage can’s sustainability advantages provide environmentally conscious consumers with a package made of a material that recycles forever, more than pays for its own cost of recycling, and that delivers significant carbon emissions reductions upon recycling.
“Recycling aluminum dramatically speeds up global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions,” said CMI president Robert Budway. “Globally, aluminum
recycling saves 95 percent of the energy needed for primary aluminum production.”
The Summit reaffirmed the need for increased global standardization on how the industry calculates recycled content in aluminum beverage cans and reports sustainability data.
Published December 2024
