Aludium introduces ‘Aludium Eco’, a range of cutting-edge products with low carbon footprint certification

On November 18, 2022, the European rolled aluminium manufacturer with six decades of experience in the sector introduced ‘Aludium Eco’, a range of cutting-edge products with a third-party certified carbon footprint of less than 4 tons C02 /t AL, cradle-to-gate. However, it has also been reported that the carbon footprint in certain Aludium Eco products is even lower at less than 3 or even 2 tonnes C02 /t AL.

Lionel Chapis, the CEO of Aludium, said, “Advancing the low-carbon transition is core to Aludium’s company strategy, and the development of Aludium Eco is a big step forward to offer our customers access to products certified at some of the world’s lowest levels of carbon footprint for aluminium flat rolled products. This is the fruit of years of investment in our assets, technology, and processes aiming to reduce our carbon footprint and develop sophisticated tracking to enable this transparency for our customers.” 

"Aludium Eco captures the total emissions of the product through delivery to our customers and is externally certified. We will launch ‘Aludium Eco’ shipments with a select group of customers starting in 2023”, Chapis added.

Daniel Jubera, the company's Chief Commercial Officer, said "Aludium Eco's carbon footprint is less than half that of the average of European aluminium manufacturers, which means it, must be ranked as one of the world's lowest carbon rolled aluminium products."

“Aludium Eco products are labelled as either Aludium Eco 4.0, 3.0, or 2.0, designating the level of total CO2 emissions per ton AL. Aludium Eco 2.0' is, at the carbon footprint level, the most efficient since, as the name suggests, its emissions are less than 2 tons of CO2 per tonne of aluminium supplied to our customers. 'Aludium Eco 3.0' has an emissions level below 3 tons of CO2 for each tonne delivered and 'Aludium Eco 4.0', below 4 tonnes."

Samuel Kinsman, the Vice President of Strategy & Transformation at Aludium, said, "Aludium Eco’s Cradle-to-Gate emission levels “are calculated in accordance with standard ISO-14067-1:2018 and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Standards, which are then certified by a third party."

"The ‘cradle-to-gate’ carbon footprint approach includes all emissions for a product from the beginning of the supply chain (bauxite) until its delivery to Aludium’s customers, including Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions, so it captures the real carbon footprint embedded in the material from the entire value chain” concludes Kinsman.

Designing sustainable, low-carbon products is crucial to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement. Today, 70% of Aludium's metals come from aluminium recycling, which is the cornerstone of its environmental sustainability strategy.