Environment and Energy

ResponsibleSteel Launches International GHG Emissions Standards

Written by Laura Miller

September 18, 2022

A group of European steel companies and nongovernmental agencies, members of the Austrian non-profit organization ResponsibleSteel, have come together to create international standards for greenhouse gas emissions as the industry works to decarbonize across the supply chain.

The ResponsibleSteel International Standard V2.0 will allow steel companies to clearly show how they are driving down GHG emissions, as well as the impacts of their mining, water use, labor rights, air pollution, and diversity.

ArcelorMittal, Tata Steel, US Steel, thyssenkrupp, POSCO, BlueScope, and voestalpine are among the companies that have adopted the standard.

The ResponsibleSteel members “worked together to produce a breakthrough standard. This means we now have a workable standard to certify steel products which meet the highest possible sustainability metrics,” said Gerry Tidd, chairman of ResponsibleSteel’s Board of Directors.

“The Standard sets a new high-water mark for steelmakers, their supply chain, and customers who want to address essential issues like biodiversity, GHG emissions, labour rights, water, and waste,” Tidd added.

“The Standard enables anyone that’s either buying or making steel to demonstrate they are not only driving down emissions but also thinking responsibly about impacts on people and nature right across the value chain,” commented ResponsibleSteel CEO Annie Heaton.

By Laura Miller, Laura@SteelMarketUpdate.com

Laura Miller

Laura Miller is a reporter and editor for Steel Market Update. She has held a variety of positions within the steel industry since 2007, including reporting and editing for Steel Business Briefing/Platts, the Association for Iron and Steel Technology, and Kallanish Commodities, as well as marketing for what was then known as ThyssenKrupp Steel USA (now AM/NS Calvert). After a five-year hiatus working across other industries, she returned to steel in 2021 and has covered the flat rolled, tubular, and trade areas of the industry. She is a member of the Association of Women in the Metal Industries and a past-president of the AWMI Pittsburgh Chapter. She holds a BA in Latin American Studies from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. She can be reached at laura@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7869.

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