Our Purpose
Our Purpose extends beyond what we make today. It’s why we exist and how we make the world better. It reflects what we’ve always been and provides clear direction for our future and helps keep us rooted to our strengths.
Our Purpose helps guide every goal we set, decision we make, action we take and strategy we implement.
Evolving the Aluminum Industry
We are making something real at Alcoa. It’s more than incremental improvements —we are unlocking the value inside our people and processes to change the industry and shape the world we live in.
Our products help customers solve problems in a carbon-constrained world. We offer the industry’s most comprehensive low-carbon product portfolio, Sustana®. We evaluate new partnerships that create materials for tomorrow’s sustainable economy. And we support recycling through innovative breakthrough technologies.
Our Vision
Our Vision tells us where we are going next in alignment with our Purpose. It’s our ambitious goal for the next several years and answers the question: “What’s next?”
Our Vision defines our challenge – to innovate and create the low-carbon solutions that our industry needs to solve the world’s most pressing challenges. We are seizing opportunities to realize this through our people, our processes and our products.
We have the advantage of being active in all aspects of the upstream aluminum industry, enabling us to work with industry partners, governments, associations and communities to realize our Vision.
Our Vision
Our Vision tells us where we are going next in alignment with our Purpose. It’s our ambitious goal for the next several years and answers the question: “What’s next?”
Our Vision defines our challenge – to innovate and create the low-carbon solutions that our industry needs to solve the world’s most pressing challenges. We are seizing opportunities to realize this through our people, our processes and our products.
We have the advantage of being active in all aspects of the upstream aluminum industry, enabling us to work with industry partners, governments, associations and communities to realize our Vision.
Our Values
We look to our Values to unify us. They’re a source of stability in how we operate across the globe. They’re core to who we are, who we’ve always been and serve as a reminder for how we work.
Our Priorities
Reduce Complexity
We operate our business and assets with a focus on being low cost, competitive, and resilient through all market cycles.
Drive Returns
We’ll continue to improve commercial capabilities, invest in targeted growth opportunities, and increase margin focus across the value chain.
Advance Sustainably
We’re transforming our portfolio of assets and leveraging our industry-leading environmental and social standards for a sustainable future.
Our commitment to sustainability drives us to minimize our environmental impacts and maximize value across our global operations to contribute to a better society. We’re striving to reach net zero emissions by 2050 while continuing to deliver environmental improvements across our mining, refining and smelting operations.
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Our commitment to sustainability drives us to minimize our environmental impacts and maximize value across our global operations to contribute to a better society. We’re striving to reach net zero emissions by 2050 while continuing to deliver environmental improvements across our mining, refining and smelting operations.
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Our purpose and values set the foundation for our equity, inclusion and diversity journey. We seek to provide a trusting workplace that is safe, respectful, and inclusive and reflects the diversity of the communities where we operate.
Inclusion and DiversityWe promote high ethical standards at all times. Our company-wide Ethics and Compliance Program ensures we live all our values and keep our promises every day, in every decision we make.
ETHICS AND COMPLIANCE