ASI AGM Week 2019

ASI Training – Part 2 – Chain of Custody Standard and Q&A

ASI Secretariat:  Krista West, Sam Brumale, Carolyn Muscat

Training continued. The second day includes lunch for participants.

ASI Secretariat:  Krista West, Sam Brumale

For those who are new to the AGM or would like to have an overview of what to expect.

Annual General Meeting – ASI Members only

• Formal proceedings
  • Welcome to Norway
  • Opening and welcome by Chair
  • AGM Video
  • Acknowledgement of newly elected Directors
  • Acknowledgement of newly elected Standards Committee members
  • ASI Board Chair report – Chair
  • Finance and Audit Committee report
  • Governance Committee report
  • CEO report – CEO
• Standards Committee Panel
  • The ASI Standards Committee discusses the standards work program, through questions from the moderator and the audience.

• Directors Panel
  • The ASI Board discusses ASI’s strategy and objectives, through questions from the moderator and the audience.

• Welcome – ASI CEO and Board Chair (5-10 minutes)
  • Introduction to ASI and objectives of AGM Week
  • Theme of the conference is ‘Implementation’
• ASI implementation around the world – how members have approached ASI Certification, what they have learned and what they have changed in practice. Moderator:  Sam Brumale (10 minutes each, 20 minutes Q&A)
  • Thomas Greigeritsch, Vice President Group Sustainability, Constantia Flexibles (Austria)
  • Abner Xie, Export General Manager, Nanshan Aluminium (China)
  • Shamus Donovan, Head of Environment and CSR, Alunorf JV (Germany)
  • Ken Kahler, Mine Manager and Traditional Owner/s, Gulkula Mining Company (Australia)
  • Steven Baker, Manager HSSEQ, Emirates Global Aluminium (UAE)
  • Fernando Wongtschowski, Marketing Manager, Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio (Brazil)
  • Sacha Brandt, Vice President, Hydro Extruded Solutions, (Netherlands)
  • Josef Schoen, CR Project Management, AUDI (Germany)

Several other speakers still tbc

• Top 3 implementation FAQ – Moderator:  Krista West (1 hour)
  • Aluminium: Due diligence by design. Safeguarding human rights throughout the value chain, Kendyl Salcito, Executive Director, NomoGaia and  Neill Wilkins, Project Manager Migrant Workers and Work With Dignity, Institute for Human Rights and Business
  • Biodiversity assessments in industrial settings —  (tbc)

• ASI’s outcomes and impacts – Moderator: Marieke van der Mijn (1 hour)
  • ASI outcomes – what do we know so far? Marieke van der Mijn, ASI Director of Impacts and Partnerships
  • The Aluminium Story – ASI in context, Pernelle Nunez, Manager – Sustainability, International Aluminium Institute (IAI)
  • Demonstrating impact – a research perspective, Penda Diallo, Lecturer, Cambourne School of Mines, University of Exeter

• Aluminium markets and customers – packaging (15 minutes each, 15 minutes Q&A) – Moderator: Krista West
  • Sustainability – Challenge and Opportunity for the Global Packaging Sector, Stefan Glimm, Director General, Global Aluminium Foil Roller Initiative (GLAFRI)
  • Aluminium for packaging can only be sustainable, Alexander Leutwiler, Procurement Group Manager, Nestlé Nespresso
  • Supply chain engagement, Anke Hampel, Director Global Procurement Foil and Ink, Tetra Pak
  • Partnerships for sustainability, Gerald Rebitzer, Director Sustainability, Amcor

• Aluminium markets and customers – sector perspectives – Moderator: Marieke van der Mijn (1 hour)
  • Material Change and the Responsible Minerals Initiative – Michele Bruelhart, Director of Innovations, Responsible Business Alliance
  • (Presentation title tbc) – James Nicholson, Head of Corporate Responsibility, Trafigura (TBC)
  • Responsible Sourcing, Georgina Hallet, Chief of Staff, London Metal Exchange (TBC)

• ASI Claims for Chain of Custody – interactive session – Moderators: Fiona Solomon and Sasha Courville
  • Overview of ASI Claims Guide – on-product and off-product
  • Table groups – discussion exercise

• Looking ahead – Moderator: Fiona Solomon
  • 2020 standards revision – speakers tbc (30 minutes incl Q&A)
  • IPAF report and 2020 meeting and activities – speakers tbc (30 minutes incl. Q&A)
  • Join us at the 2020 AGM in Yantai, Shandong province, China
• Closing thanks (ASI CEO and Chair)

• Site overview
• Health and safety briefing
• Logistics and timing

• Dinner speaker: Egil Hogna, Executive Vice President for Extruded Solutions, Norsk Hydro
• Dinner will be held in nearby marble caves:  www.berg-tatt.no

• Standards Committee members and invited participants only.