Alcoa appoints chief sustainability officer

Alcoa has appointed Kevin J. Anton as chief sustainability officer, responsible for developing a strategy that integrates all of the company’s sustainability efforts.
Anton, who has led the Alcoa Sustainability Steering Committee for the past year, comes to his new role after serving as vice president, finance and strategy, for Alcoa Global Primary Products. He will remain a vice president of Alcoa and a member of the company’s executive council.

‘The environmental benefits of aluminum, such as light weighting and recyclability of our “miracle metal”, present tremendous opportunities for the aluminum industry,’ said Alcoa’s chairman and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld. ‘Alcoa is in a unique position to take a proactive sustainability approach and turn it into a competitive advantage. No one is more qualified than Kevin Anton to ensure that Alcoa capitalizes on those opportunities.’

Anton has worked for more than 30 years in the metals and mining industry and is the immediate past chairman of the US Aluminum Association. In his new role, he will be responsible for developing a sustainability strategy and action plan that coordinates the efforts of government affairs, environment, health and safety and Alcoa Technical Center, as well as Alcoa’s marketing, communications and philanthropic efforts.

‘Our vision is to make sustainability a prime driver of our business and a compelling part of the Alcoa brand,’ Kleinfeld said.

Before joining Alcoa, Anton held senior management positions at Alumax, serving as vice president and controller for its primary aluminum group and director of business planning. Alcoa acquired Alumax in 1998.