In a recent survey conducted by Capacent Gallup in Iceland for Alcoa Fjardaal and Landsvirkjun, over 81% inhabitants state they have positive attitudes towards Alcoa Fjardaral Operations and a little less than 75% inhabitants are positive attitudes towards Landsvirkjun Operations.

Alcoa has been named “Sustainable Company of the Year” in Brazil's Exame magazine's 2010 Sustainability Guide, the Company announced today. The annual guide, in its 11th edition, selects and recognizes the sustainable actions of 20 model companies every year. Exame's Sustainability Guide is Brazil´s most prestigious annual survey on corporate social responsibility.

Þessi þrjú orð voru vinsælust á fundi samráðshóps Sjálfbærniverkefnisins á Austurlandi þegar hópurinn hittist þann 10. júní síðastliðinn. Áskorun fundarins var að komast að samkomulagi um hverskonar ferli ætti að styðjast við þegar taka þarf ákvörðun um breytingar í verkefninu, t.d. breytingar á vísum og mælikvörðum. Spurt var: „Hvað þarf gott ferli að uppfylla?“