We are delivering on our net-zero roadmap, decarbonizing our value chain from mine to components through: 

• Becoming a net-zero company 
• Deliver net-zero aluminium products to customers 
• Reduce and avoid emissions in society 

Net-zero Hydro

We are on track to reduce emissions from our own operations by 10% by 2025 and 30% by 2030 from a 2018 baseline, enabled by our technological roadmap. 

We are committed to net-zero emissions by 2050 or earlier. 

Net-zero products

We are developing technology to deliver net-zero aluminium to meet market expectations and enable customers to reduce their carbon footprint. 

Our main pathways to achieving our goals are growth investments in aluminium recycling and technological advances in primary aluminium production, such as carbon capture and storage and our proprietary HalZero technology.  

In 2022, we produced 100 tonnes of Hydro CIRCAL 100R using 100 percent post-consumer scrap with a carbon footprint below 0.5 tonne CO2 per tonne aluminium. This is a significant improvement, compared with the current 1.9 kg CO2/kg aluminium in Hydro CIRCAL extrusion ingot based on 75 percent post-consumer aluminium scrap, and the world average of 15.1 kg CO2/kg aluminium. Hydro will make key capacity investments over the medium term to ensure our recycling portfolio can facilitate the increasing demand for Hydro CIRCAL.

We are reducing greenhouse gas emissions in society at large through increased renewable energy production and replacing fossil fuels.

Milestones

We have established several milestones toward the overall ambition of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, including a 10 percent reduction by 2025 and a 30 percent reduction by 2030 from a 2018 baseline. Through responsible sourcing and production, we also aim to enable our customers to reduce their emissions through low-carbon and recycled aluminium products. 

One of the largest single projects that will help us accomplish our shorter-term goals is the fuel switch project at our Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil. 

We are replacing heavy fuel oil with liquid natural gas transported by ship to the Barcarena harbor. Not only will this help reduce our direct carbon emissions from energy use, it will help develop critical infrastructure that can benefit the entire region of Pará State.