Norsk Hydro: Hydro launches certified low-carbon aluminum products
November 30 2017 - 12:02AM
Hydro today announced two new low-carbon aluminium products,
designed to help customers reach their sustainability goals and
meet the demand from ever more climate-conscious consumers. The new
products will be independently certified by DNV GL.
The new products are:
- Hydro 4.0: hydropower-based aluminium with a maximum
content of 4.0 kg CO2 per kg aluminium, and;
- Hydro 75R: aluminium with a guaranteed post-consumer
recycled content of minimum 75 percent
Climate strategy converted into products "We are proud of
our industry-leading climate strategy that has resulted in
producing aluminium with the lowest energy consumption and the
lowest emissions in the world, and our aim to become carbon-neutral
from a life-cycle perspective by 2020. As every part of our
aluminum production is managed in-house, we can now take the next
step by launching certified sustainable aluminum products," said
Svein Richard Brandtzæg, Hydro's CEO.
Since 2013, Hydro has worked along three axes to lower its
footprint and maximize the benefits of its metal - lowering
emissions in own production, delivering aluminium products and
solutions that enable customers to reach their emissions targets,
increasing the company's share of the recycling market.
"We already work closely with customers to bring about CO2
savings of our metal in use, such as aluminium solutions for
lighter and more fuel-efficient cars. With the new low carbon
certificates, we're offering our customers a new set of tools to
help them meet their own ambitious climate strategies and together
we can work to build a low carbon future for the broader industry,"
said Hilde Merete Aasheim, head of Hydro's Primary Metal business
area
"All-in" approach to certification As the only global
integrated aluminium company, Hydro is offering customers an
"all-in"-certificate for its 4.0 aluminium product. The primary
aluminium is certified to ISO 14064, covering all carbon emissions
from bauxite mining and alumina refining to the production of
aluminium in electrolysis and casting.
With the parallel recycled content product 75R Hydro is
confirming its commitment to return post-consumer scrap to the loop
to be used over and over again with a low carbon footprint.
"Our aim is to make sure we maximize the sustainability benefits
of a metal that brings carbon savings in the user phase and can be
infinitely recycled with only five percent of the original energy
needed. Our two new products address the sustainability challenge
of our industry - making sure we meet the global demand for
aluminium with metal that is produced with the lowest possible
carbon footprint - and that we are there to bring it back into the
loop," Aasheim said.
Sustainability as a growth opportunity Aasheim said that
recycled and low-carbon aluminium are two integral elements of a
broader strategic understanding within Hydro of the global market.
People increasingly want to buy aluminium with a low-carbon
footprint or are looking to use more post consumer recycled
aluminium. With the launch of these new products, Hydro is meeting
this growing sustainability demand.
Investor contactContact Stian HasleCellular +47 97736022E-mail
Stian.Hasle@hydro.comPress contactContact Halvor MollandCellular
+47 92979797E-mail Halvor.Molland@hydro.com
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