Mytilineos receives ASI Performance Standard Certification for bauxite mining and alumina refining activities

On Friday, October 22, Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) made it public that MYTILINEOS has been successfully accredited against the ASI Performance Standard to carry out production, sourcing, stewardship of aluminium for their Bauxite mining activities at the Delphi Distomon site. The certification is also enabled for the refining, smelting, and casthouse activities at the Aluminium of Greece Plant; Port Facilities at the Aluminium of Greece Plant, Mytilineos corporate headquarter in Athens. The activities can produce more than 198,000 tonnes of aluminium, 860,000 tonnes of alumina, and 630,000 tonnes of bauxite each year.

The ASI Certification programme is the first comprehensive voluntary sustainability standard initiative for the aluminium value chain, and it was developed with significant participation from a wide range of stakeholders. The ASI Performance Standard defines environmental, social, and governance principles and criteria with the purpose of tackling sustainability concerns throughout the aluminium value chain. It puts forth 59 criteria for addressing major challenges such as biodiversity, Indigenous Peoples' rights, and greenhouse gas emissions within the three sustainability pillars of Governance, Environment, and Social.

EUROCRET S.A. carried out the independent, third-party audit of MYTILINEOS’ Metallurgy Business Unit Operation.

“We warmly congratulate MYTILINEOS on achieving this Certification for their full upstream value chain from bauxite mining to aluminium smelting and casting at its Metallurgy Business Unit. The company has rightfully set its sights on reducing its carbon footprint – a challenge facing the entire aluminium sector – and its ASI Performance Standard Certification demonstrates that its operations also meet the highest industry standards for broader ESG issues,” said Fiona Solomon, the Chief Executive Officer at ASI.

“We are very proud to obtain the certification of ASI Performance Standard, as it verifies our hard work and commitment to our Sustainable Development Strategy. MYTILINEOS’ ambitious goal is to evolve in a global benchmark for Green Metallurgy by committing to reduce the absolute emissions of the Metallurgy Business Unit by 65% and, respectively, the relative emissions by 75% (as measured per ton of aluminium produced) by 2030. We are confident that we can achieve those targets and ASI’s Performance Standard Certification proves our responsibility and efficiency,” said Dimitris Stefanidis, General Manager of MYTILINEOS’ Metallurgy Business Unit.