ASI grants Chain of Custody Standard certification to Yunnan YunLv Yongxin Aluminium Co., Ltd.

On Tuesday, August 23, Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced that Yunnan YunLv Yongxin Aluminium Co., Ltd. based in the Yangjie Industrial Park, Yunnan Province, China, received the ASI Chain of Custody Standard V1 (2017) Certification. In September 2021, the facility was granted the Performance Standard Certification by ASI. The application of ASI's CoC Standard establishes a connection between the goods made by ASI Certified Entities and verified processes at various supply chain stages that have been approved under the ASI Performance Standard.

Based on hydropower, the plant has an annual production capacity of 300,000 tonnes of primary aluminium. The major products are electrolytic aluminium liquid, re-melted aluminium ingots, casting aluminium alloy, and aluminium bars. SGS-CSTC Standards Technical Services performed an independent audit as a third party for Yunnan YunLv Yongxin Aluminium Co., Ltd. 

.“We congratulate Yunnan YunLv Yongxin Aluminium Co., Ltd. on achieving ASI Chain of Custody Certification for their smelting operation at the Yangjie Industrial Park. We are pleased to see this facility also achieve Chain of Custody Certification, following the dual ASI Certification of the company’s joint-venture, Yunnan Yongshun in 2021.  This enables Yunnan YunLv Yongxin Aluminium to respond to customer expectations for both responsible production and sourcing of aluminium,”said Fiona Solomon, Chief Executive Officer at ASI.

“I am glad that Yunlv Yongxin has successfully passed the ASI Chain of Custody (CoC) Standard Certification. This is ASI’s recognition and affirmation of our company’s adherence to the path of green and low-carbon development. The company always adheres to the concept of green and sustainable development, implementing green manufacturing from the whole process of procurement, production and sales, actively performing social responsibilities, strives to achieve win-win results among enterprises, environment and society, becoming the leader of green development in the industry, making green development to be the company’s core competitiveness, and continuously improves the brand influence of ‘green aluminum in Yunnan Aluminum’ to achieve carbon peak and contribute to carbon neutralization goals,” said Comrade Guorong Yang, party secretary and General Manager of Yunnan YunLv Yongxin Aluminium Co., Ltd. 

The ASI Certification programme, the first complete voluntary sustainability standard project for the aluminium value chain, was established through an extensive multi-stakeholder engagement process. The ASI CoC Standard specifies specific standards to provide a Chain of Custody (COC) for material generated and processed across the value chain and into various downstream sectors.