In the next 30 years, global demand for both aluminium and steel is likely to double. Against industry calls for a cleaner, more forward-looking supply-chain, however, the chairman and chief executive of GFG Alliance, Sanjeev Gupta, sees climate change as the key accelerator for a sustainability-led reinvention of the sector.
Delivering his welcoming address at this year's virtual LME Week seminar, Gupta cited the London Metal Exchange's recent efforts to build-in responsible sourcing across its processes, noting that growing demand needed a low-carbon supply."As with steel, aluminium is a sector where Europe can...