ASI – Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Certification Services

Introduction

The ASI certification enables businesses to meet evolving sustainability expectations across diverse industries such as automotive, packaging and construction, by facilitating compliance with EUDR and CS3D requirements.

Bureau Veritas is accredited to provide ASI certification services to help companies demonstrate responsible aluminum sourcing, production performance, promoting sustainable practices and stakeholder confidence. 

With our expertise, and global recognition, Bureau Veritas can seamlessly guide clients through the entire ASI Certification process, from gap assessments to final certification, ensuring responsible and sustainable aluminum sourcing and production practices.

The comprehensive certification encompasses assessments against two crucial standards: the Performance Standard, evaluating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices in aluminum production, and the Chain of Custody (CoC) Standard, ensuring traceability from raw materials to final products.

Aluminium industry footprint:

Challenges

As an industrial contributor to global emissions, data from the International Aluminium Institute indicates the aluminium industry accounts for approximately 2% of worldwide GHG emissions, underscoring its substantial responsibility in addressing climate change.

Aluminium manufacturers are confronted with critical challenges of reducing the carbon footprint in manufacturing processes to align with decarbonization efforts, ensuring responsible sourcing of raw materials, and enhancing supply chain transparency.

To align expectations of customers, investors and regulators for sustainable practices, the Aluminum Stewardship Initiative (ASI) is leading the charge to drive continuous improvement within aluminum production, usage, and recycling.

Critical use case

Bureau Veritas is providing ASI certification to a major aluminium packaging solutions provider for the beverage industry against ASI Performance and Chain of Custody standards across 25 facilities in Canada, Mexico, and the USA. This multi-year certification contract, valid until 2025, highlights the client's strong sustainability leadership, enabling transparent sourcing and supporting a global circular economy. Notably, the client's sustainability report highlighted this achievement, exemplifying their commitment to responsible aluminum supply chains.