
Purifying the ‘miracle metal’: How to decarbonize aluminium
As demand for aluminium sets to increase, reaching the ambitious targets to decarbonize aluminium can be achieved by using technologies, in conjunction.
Ramon Arratia is the Global Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer at Ball Corporation.
He believes that real circularity with close to 100% recycling rates is possible if product design, policies and recycling infrastructure all aligned.
He is currently promoting satellite monitoring as the enabler for unprecedented transparency on GHGs including methane leakage detection and air pollution. This will disrupt ESG analysis by providing asset-level attribution without the need of corporate reporting. It will also provide the credibility needed for the carbon markets, nature-based solutions, net zero claims. It will provide unimpeachable data for the environmental litigation that is looming.