Serge Gaudin, Director Strategy & Sustainability Novelis Europe, gives insights about the aluminium industry´s and Novelis Europe´s decarbonization roadmap– at CRU World Aluminium Conference 2021.

To comply with the Paris Agreement and keep the global average temperature increase below 1.5 degrees, the aluminium industry needs to reduce its total CO2 emissions by 80% by 2050. This is a challenge for the entire industry, which must be addressed collectively and needs the commitment of all players along the supply chain. The only way towards decarbonization is to increase circular economy in the aluminium industry. Reducing prime material, maximizing recycling capacities and capabilities and bringing all the existing aluminium scrap back to the production and as soon as possible is key. Another important action is to constantly drive innovation and technologies to optimize our processes and creating high recycling alloys. Novelis is committed to becoming net carbon neutral by 2050 and has set ambitious milestones in the scopes 1, 2 and 3 to reach this goal.

Low Carbon Aluminium – The Circular Pathway

Emilio Braghi, Senior Vice President & President Novelis Europe, about the challenges and chances of decarbonizing the aluminium industry – at CRU World Aluminium Conference 2021.

With global warming, our planet faces complex challenges. The Paris Agreement makes it very clear, we all have to contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It is a joint goal of the whole industry, and a joint obligation. The most effective way to reduce the carbon footprint of the aluminium used in final products is to maximize the recyclability and recycled content. To ensure a fully circular economy that best preserves resources and reduces CO2 emissions, both the end-of-life and the pre-consumer scrap need to be brought back into the recycling loop as early as possible in the process, before they get mixed with further materials. This requires us to redesign products and processes for recycling, increase closed-loop recycling systems, and avoid losses and waste along the value chain. We also must decrease energy intensity and increase renewable energy sourcing and generation. Moreover, innovation to develop new alloys and continuous work on collection and sorting facilities and technologies as well as increasing recycling capacities and capabilities will be key for making real progress on the decarbonization pathway.