Environment, Social and Governance (ESG)

At the core of Alba’s long-term value

Alba believes that long-term value creation extends beyond financial performance. Sustainable growth depends on delivering positive environmental and social outcomes while supporting the Kingdom of Bahrain’s long-term sustainability objectives. ESG considerations are therefore embedded into Alba’s strategy, operations and decisionmaking framework.

  • 2025 ESG PERFORMANCE AT A GLANCE Alba strengthened its ESG execution across climate, resource efficiency, transparency and stakeholder engagement. Progress was driven by disciplined delivery against the Company’s ESG Roadmap and alignment with national climate and energy priorities.
  • Key focus areas included advancing decarbonisation and energy efficiency, expanding circular-economy and waste-reduction practices, Enhancing environmental disclosure and data transparency, and deepening collaboration across the value chain.
  • Quotes Our purpose is clear:
    To turn climate action,
    circularity and responsible
    sourcing into everyday
    operating discipline
    across Alba. Quotes

    Ali Al Baqali, CEO

  • Training
    Climate Action and Decarbonisation
  • Launch of EternAl-AC™: Alba launched EternAl‑Allocated Carbon (EternAl-AC™), offering primary aluminium with a verified carbon reduction allocation methodology. The system features five tiers - AC0 to AC4 - representing 0 to 4t CO₂e per tonne of aluminium, giving customers flexibility to meet their decarbonisation goals while ensuring traceability and credibility. By assigning GHG offsets from recognised emission‑saving initiatives to specific sales orders, customers receive products with a transparent, reduced carbon footprint.
  • Training
    Carbon Disclosure & Performance
  • Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP): Alba continued to enhance transparency and accountability in climate reporting. Alba achieved a ‘B’ rating in both Climate Change and Water Security, reflecting improved disclosure practices and measurable progress across its ESG initiatives. This advancement positions the Company closer to CDP’s leadership (‘A’) category.
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Greenhouse Gas Verification (2024):

Alba’s GHG data collection and reporting followed the GHG Protocol, IPCC AR5 metrics, and 2006 IPCC Guidelines, with independent verification by DNV under ISO 14064-3:2019 (limited assurance)

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Corporate emissions intensity:
7.980
tCO₂e/t Al (2024)
vs. 7.838 tCO₂e/t Al (2023)
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All-products emissions intensity:
7.300
tCO₂e/t Al (2024)
vs. 7.208 tCO₂e/t Al (2023)

Year-on-year, corporate intensity increased by 1.8%, while product-level intensity rose by 1.3%, reflecting operational and market-driven factors.

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Low-Carbon Product Verification

DNV independently verified Alba’s EternAl™ low-carbon aluminium variants using GHG Protocol and International Aluminium Institute (IAI) guidance:

EternAl™30
4.366
tCO₂e/t Al
EternAl™50
3.261
tCO₂e/t Al
  • GHG Emissions Visibility and Data-Driven Management: Alba enhanced its GHG Emissions Dashboard, providing a structured view of Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions across power generation, fuel use, anode production and smelting activities. This granular visibility supports stronger operational control, informed decision-making and identification of emission-reduction opportunities.
  • Training
    Resource Efficiency & Circular Economy
  • Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs): Alba published third-party verified Environmental Product Declarations for Slab, Billet and Ingot on the International EPD System platform. These disclosures provide customers with credible lifecycle environmental data, supporting responsible sourcing, lifecycle assessments and Scope 3 reporting, and aligning Alba with global best practices.
  • Waste and Water Stewardship: Alba strengthened waste traceability, reporting accuracy and resource-use governance.
    • An automation project integrated Waste Disposal Request (WDR) licence numbers and quantities into the Waste Gate Pass system, improving monitoring and compliance.
    • The Water Management and Stewardship Standard was reviewed and updated, providing clear guidance across smelter, calciner, marine and construction operations.
    • The enhanced Waste Management Dashboard delivers a consolidated view of hazardous, non-hazardous and recyclable waste streams, diversion rates, scrap recycling volumes and waste intensity per tonne of aluminium produced.
  • Green Fleet Pilot: As part of its decarbonisation efforts, Alba introduced its first electric Aluminium Fluoride (AlF₃) feeding vehicles in Reduction Lines 4, 5 and 6. Performance data from the pilot will inform potential fleet-wide adoption, reinforcing Alba’s commitment to innovation and lower-emission operations.
  • Training
    Engagement, Capability Building and Partnerships
  • Awareness and Culture
    • First-ever plant-wide environmental campaign, including leadership engagement, awareness sessions and a tree-planting initiative.
    • Plant-wide ESG awareness campaign, delivered in collaboration with the Social Management team, covering the ESG Roadmap, low-carbon products and social performance.
    • A broad set of ESG-related training and certifications supported capability building, including NEBOSH, Preventing Plastic Pollution and Environmental Sustainability programmes, Basic Radiation Protection Officer, as well as system certifications such as ISO 14001, ISO 45001, Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Performance Standard and Chain of Custody, and a five-star certification from relevant bodies. Alba also maintained strong external recognition, including an EcoVadis Platinum rating.
  • Academic and Strategic Collaboration: Alba partnered with leading national universities to promote ESG awareness and knowledge sharing. A strategic collaboration with Derasat is underway to develop a Future Energy Mix Study, applying AI-enabled modelling and multi-criteria decision frameworks to inform long-term energy and decarbonisation strategy.
  • Industry Participation: Alba participated in key regional and global forums, including the World Renewable Energy Congress 2025, Sustainability Forum Middle East (3rd Edition), Global Water, Energy and Climate Change Congress, the ‘Future of Energy & Funding Mechanisms’ Decarbonisation Roundtable series and the BAPCO Mangrove Seminar 2025, reinforcing its role as a regional ESG champion.
  • 2026 Outlook Alba has developed a comprehensive Decarbonisation Roadmap aligned with Bahrain’s national climate targets and the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative decarbonisation pathway, with the goal of achieving Net Zero emissions by 2060 and an interim target of a 30% emissions reduction by 2035 versus baseline. The roadmap sets clear reduction trajectories across Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, outlines six ESG priority areas and evaluates multiple technological and operational pathways to reduce the Company’s carbon footprint while increasing scrap utilisation. The decarbonisation strategy is anchored on two primary pillars:
    1. Circular Economy & Secondary Aluminium: Maximising scrap reutilisation by securing recycled materials, developing recycling infrastructure and pursuing partnerships with international recyclers.
    2. Green Energy & Aluminium: Expanding on-site solar generation, collaborating with the Government of Bahrain on national renewable initiatives and entering long-term renewable energy power purchase agreements.
To strengthen data quality and reporting, Alba will implement a centralised ESG data platform as a single source of truth for ESG metrics across operations, enhancing accuracy, streamlining reporting and supporting alignment with global standards. Complementing this, the Company is developing an ESG AI Assistant to improve the accuracy and efficiency of ESG data management and communication, providing real-time access to sustainability information, standardised responses to customer questionnaires, and analytical insights on emissions accounting, circularity metrics and framework alignment.
  • Plans are also underway to incorporate Scope 3 emissions into Alba’s GHG accounting and verification processes, extending coverage beyond direct operations to include supply chain and product-use emissions and providing a more complete picture of the Company’s climate impact.
  • In 2026, Alba plans to expand its low-carbon aluminium portfolio with the launch of EternAl™ Renewable (EternAl™-Solar), a new sub-brand within the EternAl™ family that integrates renewable electricity into the smelting process to further reduce carbon intensity. The product will leverage both long-term renewable PPAs and on-site solar capacity, offering customers verified and transparent carbon-performance metrics consistent with international expectations for low-carbon aluminium.
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    • Longstanding member of the International Aluminium Institute (IAI)
    • IAI membership gives a voice on the global stage for ESG in the Aluminium Sector
    • Alba takes the leading role for the IAI project on “Integrated Sustainability Assessments”

  • CERTIFICATIONS

    Training Certifications
    NEBOSH
    Preventing Plastic Pollution Certification
    Environmental Sustainability Certification
    Basic Radiation Protection Officer (RPO)

    ESG-related Certifications

    ISO 14001
    ISO 45001
    ASI performance standard and chain of custody
    Five-star certification

    Ratings

    Ecovadis Platinumrating
    CDP rating of “B” in climate change andwater security
    Major collaborations with external bodies and entities, partnerships, associated outcomes e.g. knowledge-sharing activities