ICA worked with the UN Environment Program (UNEP) to form United for Efficiency (U4E), a public-private partnership focused on market transformations toward energy-efficient appliances and industrial equipment in developing countries and emerging economies. The partnership aligns with UN’s Sustainable Energy for All initiative. At the center of the program is mandatory minimum energy performance standards […]
Copper: Infinitely Recyclable
It is estimated that since 1900, two-thirds of the 550 million tonnes of copper mined is still in productive use. For recycling to be effective, innovation is needed. Endeavors supporting recycling can be implemented in new product design to facilitate end of life recovery and the industrial recycling processes to increase overall yields. The International Copper […]
Global Communications Podcasts
Global Communications has completed a series of podcasts on renewable energy for their Transforming the Future with Copper, a Metalmorphosis, program. The podcasts feature conversations with Ron Benioff, from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab, and Jose Briano, from Creara, a global consulting firm in Madrid, Spain. In the podcasts these international […]
Copper Makes the World Work Better
This video marks the start of our new image-building campaign entitled, Copper. Makes the World Work Better. The campaign delivers compelling evidence of copper’s unique role in sustainable development and how the copper industry is committed to positive actions addressing many of mankind’s greatest challenges. This video can be downloaded via the Image/Reputation Building section.