Crown Receives Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Certification for Its Mexican Beverage Can Operations
YARDLEY, Pa., Jan. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing its progress around its sustainable sourcing goals, Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) (Crown) (www.crowncork.com) has received certification from the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) for its Mexican beverage can operations. Through the ASI Performance Standard, which assesses and confirms the ethicality of metal packaging production activities, Crown Mexico is verified for responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of aluminum. The achievement underscores Crown's ongoing commitment to operate as a responsible organization across its global footprint and deliver against the goals of its ambitious Twentyby30 sustainability program.
As a not-for-profit standards setting and certification organization, ASI works to define environmental, social and governance principles and criteria, with the aim to address sustainability issues in the aluminum value chain. In addition to creating a benchmark for the industry, the organization's efforts around the ASI Performance Standard include: establishing requirements that can be independently audited to provide objective evidence for the granting of ASI Certification; reinforcing and promoting consumer and stakeholder confidence in aluminum; and serving as a broader reference for the establishment and improvement of responsible production, sourcing and material stewardship initiatives in metals supply chains. Utilizing these measures, ASI's ultimate mission is to recognize and collaboratively foster responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of aluminum.
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The recent certification from ASI is the result of several efforts, including the creation of a Biodiversity Protection Plan and Human Rights Due Diligence process, participation in the metal containers industry group CANAFEM and active commitment and participation in audits and other steps required for ASI's review. These actions bolster the work Crown is driving around the Never Compromise pillar of its Twentyby30 targets and help the Company's customers meet their own goals.
"Our global organization relies on the diligence and drive of our regional operations to meet industry requirements and uphold our larger sustainability goals," said
As a next step, Crown is working toward certification by the ASI Chain of Custody (CoC) Standard in both
To learn more about Crown's efforts around responsible material sourcing and its larger Twentyby30 program, visit crowncork.com/sustainability.
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