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A review of waste management maturity in six countries In 2023, the IAI commissioned Roland Berger to look into the current situation around aluminium can waste management and improvement levers in Australia, Cambodia, South Korea, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam. Together, these countries provide representative insights into can usage, ...
The IAI has published the latest IAI Material Flow Model update. This update highlights the increase of production rates, recyclability and usage of scrap sources over the past 70 years (1950-2021). It also shows a particularly sharp rise in all areas over the past 20 years globally and even more ...
The International Aluminium Institute (IAI) and European Aluminium commissioned the Institute for Technological Research into Materials, Metallurgy, and Processes (IRT M2P) to conduct a comprehensive market study of secondary casting alloys in Europe. The study analyses the current value chain for aluminium casting alloys in the region, potential future developments ...
Around the world, the aluminium industry is investing in projects, new technologies and building critical partnerships that are playing a key role in meeting environmental targets for 2050. These include contracts for renewable energy, particularly wind, solar and hydropower; the creation of virtual batteries within smelters; the smart use of ...
This factsheet presents findings from a recent Ball study into the carbon footprint of packaging materials. Ball recently hired leading sustainability consultants Sphera (for USA, Europe and Brazil) and The Energy and Resources Institute (for India) to conduct a comparative life cycle assessment (LCA assessing the environmental performance of single-use ...
This Guidance, prepared by the Stockholm Environment Institute and the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute, provides general support in managing the reputational risks of using carbon credits. It sets out essential criteria for carbon quality, identifies project types and sectors to prioritise or potentially avoid, and offers advice on strategies for ...
Two industrial processes lead the way Here are the top 50 Moments in the history of aluminium, as voted for by industry leaders and partners, peers and those working in, or fascinated by, the aluminium industry. The discovery of the Hall-Héroult Process in 1886 was voted the No.1 moment. The ...
This report explores the aluminium industry’s current and potential contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are an urgent call to action and global partnership that addresses a range of long-term interlinked societal, environmental and economic issues – from poverty to economic growth to ...
The aluminium industry has pioneered the application of life cycle approaches to assessing the impacts of materials and production. The 2019 Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) data summarises thousands of data points collected from over 200 sites worldwide across the entire industrial value chain. Due to the increase in reporters and ...
Explore the International Aluminium Institute’s repository to learn more about how the aluminium industry promotes understanding of its activities, demonstrates responsible production, and showcases the sustainability and recycling benefits of aluminium.
