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'''Alcoa''' is one of the world's largest aluminium smelting companies. | '''Alcoa''' is one of the world's largest aluminium smelting companies. | ||
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| + | ==Conservation projects== | ||
| + | *"''The Right Thing to Do'' - Alcoa Foundation donated $8.6 million to create a six-year, global conservation and sustainability fellowship program to conduct research which will be given away free to companies and nongovernmental | ||
| + | organizations worldwide to spur better sustainable development practices." | ||
| + | *"Preserving the Land - The first Corporate Park Achievement Award from the U.S. National Parks Conservation Association was given to Alcoa for preserving 10,000 acres of land next to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee." | ||
| + | *"''Living with Nature'' - The Alumar Environmental Park in Brazil." | ||
| + | *"''Conserving Biodiversity'' - Alcoa is working with Conservation International and Guinée Ecologie, Guinea’s national environment group, on maintaining the sustainable development of the region. Alcoa has access to some of the world’s largest bauxite reserves in Guinea." | ||
| + | *"Alcoa’s San Ciprián (Spain) and Massena (U.S.) plants are enlightening youngsters about energy conservation. San Ciprián partnered with a local school to teach students about renewable energy. Through an Alcoa Foundation grant, Illa de Sarón de Xove Secondary Education Institution invested in an alternative energy generator project, a photovoltaic solar facility connected | ||
| + | to a power grid and wind energy generator. Massena Operations is helping Cornell | ||
| + | University Cooperative Extension build an interactive energy closet where children can monitor their energy use while at a summer camp." | ||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
| + | *[[Alain Belda]], Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ||
*[[Earl Robbins]], Public & Government Affairs Manager Alcoa Eastalco Works | *[[Earl Robbins]], Public & Government Affairs Manager Alcoa Eastalco Works | ||
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Web: http://www.alcoa.com/global/en/general/contact_alcoa.asp | Web: http://www.alcoa.com/global/en/general/contact_alcoa.asp | ||
[[Category:Corporations]] | [[Category:Corporations]] | ||
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| + | ==External links== | ||
| + | *[http://www.alcoa.com/global/en/investment/pdfs/2005_Alcoa_Annual_Report.pdf Alcoa 2005 Annual Report: Seizing Global Opportunities]. | ||
Revision as of 07:51, 17 May 2006
Alcoa is one of the world's largest aluminium smelting companies.
Contents
Conservation projects
- "The Right Thing to Do - Alcoa Foundation donated $8.6 million to create a six-year, global conservation and sustainability fellowship program to conduct research which will be given away free to companies and nongovernmental
organizations worldwide to spur better sustainable development practices."
- "Preserving the Land - The first Corporate Park Achievement Award from the U.S. National Parks Conservation Association was given to Alcoa for preserving 10,000 acres of land next to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee."
- "Living with Nature - The Alumar Environmental Park in Brazil."
- "Conserving Biodiversity - Alcoa is working with Conservation International and Guinée Ecologie, Guinea’s national environment group, on maintaining the sustainable development of the region. Alcoa has access to some of the world’s largest bauxite reserves in Guinea."
- "Alcoa’s San Ciprián (Spain) and Massena (U.S.) plants are enlightening youngsters about energy conservation. San Ciprián partnered with a local school to teach students about renewable energy. Through an Alcoa Foundation grant, Illa de Sarón de Xove Secondary Education Institution invested in an alternative energy generator project, a photovoltaic solar facility connected
to a power grid and wind energy generator. Massena Operations is helping Cornell University Cooperative Extension build an interactive energy closet where children can monitor their energy use while at a summer camp."
Personnel
- Alain Belda, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
- Earl Robbins, Public & Government Affairs Manager Alcoa Eastalco Works
Other SourceWatch resources
Contact details
Web: http://www.alcoa.com/global/en/general/contact_alcoa.asp
