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Engineering plays a vital role in driving innovation at Novelis and across the aluminum industry. On World Engineering Day, we celebrate both current and future engineers and their work to create a sustainable future. Novelis is proud of its work to help encourage the next generation of engineers to learn the skills needed for their future careers.  

As industries push for lower-carbon solutions, new alloys, process optimizations, and recycling, innovations are essential to meeting sustainability and technological advancement goals. These breakthroughs require a solid foundation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). That’s why Novelis invests in STEM education across the globe—to provide young talent with the tools, mentorship and resources to develop their skills and make a lasting, sustainable impact on our world.

Global STEM initiatives at Novelis:

Globally: Novelis has partnered with FIRST Robotics, an organization that has positively impacted 850,000 youth worldwide. The partnership helps provide hands-on STEM learning, mentorship from Novelis engineers and even incorporated donated aluminum into 28,000+ robot drive bases for the FIRST Robotics Kit of Parts.

Our Impact

By engaging students early on in their STEM education journey, Novelis fosters technical skills, problem solving, creativity and leadership—important traits for the engineers of tomorrow. This World Engineering Day, Novelis celebrates the bright minds impacting the future of technology and innovation.

By Suzanne Lindsay-Walker, Vice President of Sustainability at Novelis

At Novelis, our commitment to sustainability extends beyond our operations and into the communities where our employees live and work. By partnering with key organizations and engaging in impactful sustainability-related initiatives, we aim to promote recycling, reduce waste, and foster economic growth. Across the globe, Novelis is making a difference, and here are some recent examples of our efforts. 

Supporting Recycling Education and Collection

For over 20 years, Novelis has been an active member of the European Aluminium Packaging Group, supporting recycling initiatives in more than 25 countries. Our collaboration with customers aims to achieve 100% recycling of beverage cans across Europe by 2030. This ambitious goal underscores our dedication to a circular economy and sustainable practices.

Our involvement with the Every Can Counts® program for over a decade has been instrumental in promoting on-the-go recycling at sports events, beaches, and festivals. By partnering with can makers and aluminum suppliers, we have developed a global program that encourages recycling in public spaces.

In the United States, we collaborate with The Recycling Partnership, an NGO committed to advancing a circular economy by building a better recycling system, to tackle challenges in the recycling industry. Together, we develop new initiatives to improve recycling rates among consumers and promote sustainable habits.

We also partner with Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization that helps families build and improve places to call home, to integrate recycling into their U.S.-based affiliates. This program not only incorporates recycling in their offices and build sites, but also generates funding for their home-building initiatives, aligning with our commitment to community development and environmental sustainability.

In Brazil, Novelis directly recovers approximately 60% of all beverage cans consumed in the country through a network of company-owned and third-party recycling centers, significantly contributing to the country’s aluminum can recycling success. 

Our Recycling League in Brazil brings together all providers in the aluminum supply chain to promote aluminum recycling. We have also increased our engagement with recycling cooperatives to ensure the holistic well-being and professional development of workers participating in aluminum recycling. These efforts are crucial in fostering a sustainable and inclusive recycling ecosystem.

Our Can Crush campaign in Seoul, South Korea, is a testament to our commitment to inspiring better recycling habits among individuals. By raising awareness and encouraging responsible recycling behaviors, we aim to make a significant impact on local communities and the environment.

At Novelis, our community engagement efforts are a vital part of our Purpose of shaping a sustainable world together. By developing innovative collection solutions and fostering strong partnerships, we are making meaningful strides toward a more sustainable and circular future. We are proud of our progress and remain dedicated to expanding our impact globally.

For more information on our sustainability initiatives and how you can get involved, please visit our website

Seeing the devastation in many parts of Texas following an unprecedented Artic blast, which unfortunately resulted in lives lost and widespread lack of access to heat, electricity and clean water, Novelis and Ball teamed up to fund and deliver 2,100 cases of canned water. The canned water is being distributed by the Montgomery County Food Bank.

Due to ongoing conversations with Ball exploring opportunities to expand our customer-supplier relationship to amplify our collective community impact, Ball and Novelis worked with our mutual non-profit partner CannedWater4Kids to fund the cost of the canned water and delivery to Montgomery County Food Bank. At the time of our coordinated response, five Montgomery County utility districts were under boil-water notices, while others had no access to water at all.

“The Montgomery County Food Bank has severely reduced supplies as we continue to support mobile food and water distributions, warming centers, our partner Houston Food Bank, and local partner agencies,” said John Kreger, Director of Sourcing and Industry Partnerships, Montgomery County Food Bank. “Due to our limited supplies of case counted water we’re at risk of being unable to meet the demand in our community without assistance from companies like Ball and Novelis.”

Everything we do at Novelis begins with our commitment to the health, safety and well-being of our people and communities. Novelis Neighbor is our global program for sponsoring and coordinating our community engagement and charitable investment efforts. As part of our worldwide corporate social responsibility campaign, Novelis employees support hundreds of community projects each year. These projects focus on three pillars: making communities safer; supporting Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education; and, increasing recycling by consumers.

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During its annual North America Business Partner of the Year awards, Specialties customer DENSO recognized Novelis with the 2020 Supplier Diversity and Community Activities award. The award highlights our Novelis Neighbor program, several volunteer events held in FY20 and our recent efforts to improve supplier diversity.

“This recognition marks the third year in a row that Novelis has been recognized by DENSO at its annual awards program,” said Richard Eastwood, Sr. Sales Manager. “We should be proud that our customer recognizes that we are demonstrating our purpose of shaping a sustainable world together.”

DENSO is a $47.6 billion global mobility supplier that produces technology and components for nearly every vehicle make and model on the road today. Novelis supplies DENSO with bare fin, clad fin and bare sheet for the production of heat exchangers such as radiators, heater cores, condensers and evaporators.

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Brad Russell and Ramon Romero were initially unsure of their longer-term plans after serving in the United States military. However, once they began careers in manufacturing, they quickly realized how to harness leadership skills they had gained during years of service, including confidence, decision-making and accountability. Now, they are helping other military members make similar transitions. (more…)

On October 5, Novelis joined more than 1,600 other manufacturers to celebrate National Manufacturing Day. This year, there is much to celebrate. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, manufacturers contributed $2.33 trillion to the U.S. economy in the first quarter of 2018. (more…)
When Recycling Scores, The Community Wins

Among the many holidays and observances we recognize and celebrate, few have the economic, social and environmental impact of today – November 15, America Recycles Day.

While this observance does not include the typical festivities and decorations of other holidays, it does provide an opportunity for us to come together as business leaders and concerned citizens to create a healthier and more prosperous world.

America Recycles Day is about inspiring environmental stewardship and realizing the positive economic impact of recycling. At face value, recycling contributes to a cleaner environment for the world in which we live, work and play. But the simple act of recycling does more than just transform discarded items into new products. It creates jobs and economic value. According to a study published earlier this year by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries’ (ISRI), the scrap recycling industry contributed more than $1 billion to the U.S. economy in 2016 and provided 150,000+ jobs nationwide, nearly 6,000 of which were right here in Atlanta. Generating new job growth and investing money back into our economy is vital to supporting our communities. And it begins with us – the local organizations, businesses and citizens – who have a responsibility to make our communities healthier and more economically vibrant.

Last year, we saw firsthand the connection between recycling and building strong communities when Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, brought The Arthur M. Blank Foundation, the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta Habitat for Humanity together to launch the “Recycle for Good” partnership. This collaborative program, which now includes Mercedes-Benz Stadium (MBS), focuses on collecting aluminum bottles and cans consumed at Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United games, as well as all other stadium events. Those bottles and cans are then recycled with the proceeds being donated to buy the necessary materials to build a house for a working family through Habitat for Humanity.

In other words, what would have been three million discarded soda and beer cans stuck in a Georgia landfill, is now a brand new home for a mother and her two daughters in the historic Westside neighborhood, just steps away from the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

The stadium has been lauded in its inaugural season for its world-class technology and fan experience, but the untold story behind its environmentally friendly infrastructure and state-of-the art design is equally impactful. MBS, which expects to be the first NFL and MLS stadium to be LEED Platinum certified was built to reduce energy use by 29 percent, thanks in part to 4,000 solar panels that fuel the stadium’s many systems. The building also reduces water use by 47% through efforts such as storm water management infrastructure, which includes a 1.1-million-gallon storm vault and a 680,000-gallon cistern.

While launching an initiative like “Recycle for Good” isn’t easy, all it really required was the commitment and will of businesses and people to make a difference. And although on the surface an aluminum company and a world-class sports venue don’t seem to have much in common, a focus on the value of recycling and fostering more sustainable communities continues to unite our organizations.

This America Recycles Day, we encourage businesses to develop, lead and collaborate on environmentally responsible initiatives that improve the health and economic vitality of our communities. If you’re not sure where to start, look for opportunities in your daily routine to recycle – at home, work or school – that can help conserve our valuable resources.

Steve Pohl is SVP Business Performance & Execution, Novelis Inc. and Board Member, Georgia Conservancy

Scott Jenkins is General Manager of Mercedes-Benz Stadium and Board Chair, Green Sports Alliance

As a hockey player, I understand the importance of a dedicated team. When everyone works together, there are no limits to what we can do. That’s why I’m proud to partner with Novelis and Discovery Education to spread the word about a new educational program that teaches students the importance of recycling and empowers them make a difference.

I am happy to announce that this month our program will expand: Today, just in time for Earth Day, we have released a new education module!

Available free of charge, this module is an addition to our online platform, “Life of a Can – A Never Ending Story,” which offers interactive classroom activities and at-home family resources to help inspire students to be environmental stewards. The new module will help students explore how Novelis processes the never-ending lifecycle of an aluminum can, by letting them ‘walk through’ Cantown. Students can answer questions to earn ‘Green Points,’ click on the user-friendly interface, and learn the real-world implications of recycling.

Sustainability is a top priority for the NHL and I believe creating a greener planet through education will not only impact our sport, but our future generations. With help from our children and our communities, we can work to recycle $1.5 billion worth of aluminum that is sent to landfills each year in North America alone. By encouraging the development of students’ critical-thinking skills, I believe these modules can inspire real change.

Thanks to partners like Novelis and Discovery Education, the next generation of environmental stewards will be more knowledgeable, prepared and ready to act than ever before. And now, students around the world can receive ongoing recycling and STEM education at the touch of a button. I am hopeful for what comes next. Together, we can be champions for the planet, and inspire the next generation to become lifelong recyclers.