Alcoa is the world's leading producer and manager of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina facilities, and is active in all major aspects of the industry. Alcoa serves the aerospace, automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial transportation and industrial markets, bringing design, engineering, production and other capabilities of Alcoa's businesses to customers. In addition to aluminum products and components, Alcoa also markets consumer brands including Reynolds Wrap(R) foils and plastic wraps, Alcoa(R) wheels, and Baco(R) household wraps. Among its other businesses are vinyl siding, closures, fastening systems, precision castings, and electrical distribution systems for cars and trucks. The company has 120,000 employees in 43 countries and has been a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average for 45 years and the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes since 2001.
Since the 1993， Alcoa has invest total $34.5 million in China aluminum industry and became the supreme investor.

At Alcoa, sustainability is defined as using our Values to build financial success, environmental excellence, and social responsibility through partnerships in order to deliver net long-term benefits to our shareowners, employees, customers, suppliers, and the communities in which we operate.
 
Strategic framework

• Supporting the growth of customer businesses.
• Standing among the industrial companies in the
first quintile of return on capital among Standard
&Poor’s Industrials Index.
• Elimination of all injuries and work-related illnesses
And the elimination of waste.
• Integration of environment, health, and safety with
Manufacturing.
• Products designed for the environment.
• Environment, Health and Safety as a core Value
• An incident-free workplace (an incident is any
unpredicted event with capacity to harm human
health, the environment, or physical property).
• Increased transparency and closer collaboration in
Community-based environmental, health, and
Safety initiatives.
 

Global Environment, Health, and Safety Goals

Alcoa has clear goals for measuring progress toward achieving the 2020 strategic plan for cleaner air, better use of land and water, and the protection of human health.

Environment
From base year 2000
• 60% reduction S02 by 2010
• 50% reduction volatile organic compounds by 2008
• 30% reduction nitrogen oxides by 2007
• 80% reduction mercury emissions by 2008
• 50% reduction landfilled waste by 2007
• 60% reduction in process water use, and discharge, by 2008.

From base year 1990:
• 25% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2010. Assuming success with the inert anode technology, a 50% reduction by 2010

Implement effective environmental management systems, such as ISO 14001, at all locations by 2005

Zero environmental non-compliance incidents

$100 million annual environmental and energy cost savings by 2006 through elimination of wastes and design for sustainability

Environmental targets and community relationship objectives incorporated into all Alcoa businesses' annual plans.

Health
• Locations will control 50% or more of their significant ergonomic risks by year-end 2005
• 25% reduction in the incident rate of new work-related hearing shifts as compared to the hearing shift rate that exists for annualized year-end 2003 data or attainment of a 1% or lower incident rate of new work-related hearing shifts by year-end 2005
• 60% or more reduction in number or magnitude of unacceptable employee chemical agent exposures by year-end 2005
• 40%, or more, reduction in the number or magnitude of the top 10 noise sources at each location by year-end 2005

Safety
• Zero fatalities, zero lost workday injuries
• Zero incidents
• Deployment of risk management and reduction programs to eliminate causes of injuries