WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2024
/CNW/ -- The Board of Directors of the International Copper
Association (ICA) elected Steven
Rowland, Glencore as its Chair of the Board.
Rowland replaces Shehzad Bharmal,
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Teck Resources, who served as ICA Chairman for
the last two years.
Glencore is a long-standing, active member of ICA, joining the
association in 2013. ICA is embarking on a new strategic plan as
the voice of copper to promote its use and applications on
behalf of ICA's members. By developing and implementing a
comprehensive sustainability product positioning strategy—covering
aspects like carbon footprint, responsible production and
circularity—ICA's exclusive market intelligence and scientific
research protect copper markets and defend and sustain its demand
to ensure copper remains the material of choice for a sustainable
future.
Glencore, one of the world's leading producers of copper, works
across every part of the copper lifecycle, from mining, smelting
and refining to recycling copper scrap. As part of their purpose to
responsibly source the commodities that advance everyday life by
supplying the copper needed to develop, sustain and improve the
world, Glencore is implementing measures to achieve its ambition of
net zero industrial emissions by 2050. In alignment with ICA's
strategic goals, Glencore will continue to work closely with ICA to
advance modern and responsible production practices, and ICA
welcomes Stephen Rowland's
leadership of the Board in pursuit of the organizations' shared
ambitions.
"Copper is one of the critical building blocks of our future. We
need to ensure that we are providing this essential metal to the
world in a way that is sustainable and responsible so that we can
enable a more circular economy and the clean energy transition. As
the voice of copper, ICA is a critical organization for our
industry, supporting members' goals for modern production to make
an impact in a way no company could achieve on its own. I look
forward to helping to lead ICA for the next two years" Stephen Rowland, Glencore.
ICA's President and CEO, Juan Ignacio
Diaz, stated, "I am grateful to Steve Rowland for taking on this important
leadership position, and I look forward to working closely with him
as we embark on implementing a new strategic plan. ICA is proud to
empower its members in bringing this critical material to the world
to enable the future of human development. We need to produce not
only more copper but better copper. From climate change and
globalization to digitalization, copper is the solution for the
megatrends we face today. The future runs on copper."
About the International Copper Association
The International Copper Association (ICA) is the voice of
copper and works to promote the copper story, protect its markets
and defend and sustain its demand. We are a not-for-profit trade
association representing half the world's copper production, with
32 members across 6 continents. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., we operate in the U.S.,
Europe, Asia and Latin
America. Learn more at internationalcopper.org.
For any follow up or questions, please contact Gabrielle Peterson,
gabrielle.peterson@internationalcopper.org or Francisco de la Cerda
Francisco.delacerda@internationalcopper.org
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