Alcoa’s Juruti Mining Project Seeking to Set Sustainability Benchmark

Alcoa's Juruti Mining Project in the Brazilian Amazon employs a sustainability model based on three fundamentals: respect for the environment, social responsibility, and economic success. The approach integrates a multi-stakeholder council (CONJUS), a system of sustainability indicators, and a development fund (FUNJUS) to manage local impacts and promote community development. Key initiatives include the 'Positive Agenda' for infrastructure projects and a commitment to revegetate mined areas with native species to minimize the project's footprint in the ecologically sensitive region.

• The 'Sustainable Juruti Program' is built on three core sustainability fundamentals: respect for the environment, social responsibility, and economic success.
• Alcoa implemented a three-pillar model for local sustainable development consisting of the Sustainable Juruti Council (CONJUS) for dialogue, a system of sustainability indicators to measure progress, and the FUNJUS development fund for community-proposed initiatives.
• To mitigate climate change impacts and protect the Amazon forest, Alcoa reduced the project's permanent footprint below the limits of its Installation License and committed to revegetating mined areas using native species.
• The Sustainable Juruti Council (CONJUS), established in February 2008, facilitates dialogue between the private sector (3 representatives), government institutions (3 representatives), and civil society (9 representatives).
• The 'Positive Agenda' fund financed several community infrastructure projects, including the Juruti Community Hospital, 16 classrooms in eight municipal schools, a legal complex with the municipality's first courthouse, and three deep water wells.
• Public perception of the mine was overwhelmingly positive, with IBOPE polls showing 89% positive views in early 2008 and 91% in 2010.

APA

Abdala, F., & Archell, L. (2010). Alcoa’s Juruti Mining Project Seeking to Set Sustainability Benchmark. World Resources Institute. https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2023-02/wrr-2010-11-question-8-response-3.pdf

Chicago

Abdala, Fabio, and Libby Archell. Alcoa’s Juruti Mining Project Seeking to Set Sustainability Benchmark. World Resources Institute, 2010. https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2023-02/wrr-2010-11-question-8-response-3.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{abdala2010alcoas, author = {Abdala, Fabio and Archell, Libby}, title = {{Alcoa’s Juruti Mining Project Seeking to Set Sustainability Benchmark}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2010}, url = {https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2023-02/wrr-2010-11-question-8-response-3.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }