Being a Good Neighbor

At Novelis, we are guided by our commitment to find new ways to create greater value for our stakeholders and society as a whole. Through Novelis Neighbor, we will invest in the wellbeing and vitality of the communities in which we do business through key initiatives.

The Novelis Neighbor program seeks to meet community needs through three areas of focus: Good Neighbor Giving, Employee Volunteerism and Global Recycling Education. Our corporate mission is to make the world lighter, brighter and better, and we are refreshing the Novelis Neighbor program focusing in on:

• Lighter Living extending our core value of “safety first” into our communities
• Brighter Futures addressing the need for more scientists and engineers by supporting math and science education
• Better Environment supporting recycling initiatives in communities around the world.
  
  

Since FY08, we have tracked our overall volunteer hours and donation amounts and have fostered the role of Novelis Neighbor “site champions”—those who have been trained on facilitating Novelis Neighbor activities and capturing data about their site’s participation and donations. Using the data entered by our Novelis Neighbor site champions, the company continues to look for ways to have a greater positive impact.

The Novelis Neighbor program was originally conceived in 2006, and we are continually enhancing the program to make it more comprehensive and aligned with our business strategy. For example, as one of the three key tenets of the Novelis Neighbor program is supporting recycling and the environment, in FY10, we donated $483,470 to school programs promoting recycling globally. The program is currently being redesigned to further align with our vision and corporate mission.

The revised program has committed $1.7 million for FY12 and $2 million for FY13 to be donated by Novelis. Employee donations and volunteer time will be in addition to this amount.

Employee Volunteerism

Novelis is proud to encourage our employees to invest their time and talents through volunteer service. To facilitate their efforts, Novelis helps identify and organize volunteer opportunities in support of organizations in the communities in which we operate.

Good Neighbor Community Grants for EHS Excellence

When our global sites meet our ambitious EHS targets, the community wins too. Novelis awards up to $5,000 in grants to sites that meet their goals ahead of schedule. The sites, in turn, award the grant to the local charity of their choice, thus working to make our communities “lighter, brighter and better.”

An example of how we extend our safety culture into the community is our Ulsan, Korea, facility’s support of Samsan Elementary School. In FY11, Ulsan received a Novelis $5,000 Gold Award and applied the grant to fund a safety education program at the school, strengthening a partnership that began in 2007. The program covers critical safety topics such as fire drills and responding to a typhoon.

Other sites have chosen to give their EHS grants to local fire departments, Red Cross chapters, and search and rescue organizations.