Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced that Ball BPSA has been successfully certified against ASI Performance and Chain of Custody Standards for responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of aluminium. Certification has been achieved all 15 of their manufacturing facilities in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Paraguay that produce beverage can bodies and/or ends, bringing the total number of Ball Corporation’s dual certified facilities to 38, worldwide.The ASI Certification program was developed through an extensive multi-stakeholder consultation process and is the only comprehensive voluntary sustainability standard initiative for the aluminium value chain. The ASI Performance Standard defines environmental, social and governance principles and criteria, with the aim to address sustainability issues in the aluminium value chain. It sets out 59 criteria under the three sustainability pillars of Governance, Environment and Social, which address key issues such as biodiversity, Indigenous Peoples rights, and greenhouse gas emissions. The plants have received Provisional Performance Standard Certification under the ASI Interim Policy regarding Audits, Audit-Related Travel and Coronavirus, which clarifies the reasonable accommodations that can be made to audit plans in consideration of the current COVID-19 situation.The ASI CoC Standard sets out requirements for the creation of a Chain of Custody for material that is produced and processed through the value chain into diverse downstream sectors. The implementation of ASI’s CoC Standard links verified practices at successive steps of the supply chain – certified under the ASI Performance Standard – to the products produced by ASI Certified Entities.The independent, third-party audit of the Ball BPSA facilities was carried out by DNV Business Assurance Services UK Ltd. The audit has been undertaken as a ‘desktop’ exercise, in accordance with ASI Interim Policy regarding Audits, Audit-Related Travel and Coronavirus, and included a remote review of relevant documentation with virtual site tours and interviews via video conferencing.
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced that Ball BPSA has been successfully certified against ASI Performance and Chain of Custody Standards for responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of aluminium. Certification has been achieved all 15 of their manufacturing facilities in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Paraguay that produce beverage can bodies and/or ends, bringing the total number of Ball Corporation’s dual certified facilities to 38, worldwide.The ASI Certification program was developed through an extensive multi-stakeholder consultation process and is the only comprehensive voluntary sustainability standard initiative for the aluminium value chain. The ASI Performance Standard defines environmental, social and governance principles and criteria, with the aim to address sustainability issues in the aluminium value chain. It sets out 59 criteria under the three sustainability pillars of Governance, Environment and Social, which address key issues such as biodiversity, Indigenous Peoples rights, and greenhouse gas emissions. The plants have received Provisional Performance Standard Certification under the ASI Interim Policy regarding Audits, Audit-Related Travel and Coronavirus, which clarifies the reasonable accommodations that can be made to audit plans in consideration of the current COVID-19 situation.The ASI CoC Standard sets out requirements for the creation of a Chain of Custody for material that is produced and processed through the value chain into diverse downstream sectors. The implementation of ASI’s CoC Standard links verified practices at successive steps of the supply chain – certified under the ASI Performance Standard – to the products produced by ASI Certified Entities.The independent, third-party audit of the Ball BPSA facilities was carried out by DNV Business Assurance Services UK Ltd. The audit has been undertaken as a ‘desktop’ exercise, in accordance with ASI Interim Policy regarding Audits, Audit-Related Travel and Coronavirus, and included a remote review of relevant documentation with virtual site tours and interviews via video conferencing.
