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Nucor carbon targets certified by GSCC

Written by Ethan Bernard

January 17, 2025

Nucor’s “ambitious” carbon targets by the end of the decade and beyond have been certified by the Global Steel Climate Council (GSCC).

The Charlotte, N.C.-based steelmaker used a base year of 2023 for its science-based emissions targets (SBET). It set an SBET of 0.975 metric tons (mt) of CO2 emissions per mt of hot-rolled steel made by 2030.

In addition, Nucor set a long-term goal of 0.116 mt of CO2 emissions per mt of hot-rolled steel produced by 2050.

“Nucor is a global leader in sustainably produced, low carbon steel production, and they are proving that innovation and vision will drive the steel industry to meet the global community’s Net Zero by 2050 call to action,” GSCC Executive Director Adina Renee Adler said in a statement.

“We congratulate Nucor for investing in initiatives that will see the company meet the ambitious interim and long-term targets that the GSCC has certified,” she added.

Nucor’s targets conform to the GSCC Steel Climate Standard, adopted in August 2023, and were independently verified by sustainability standards firm SCS Global Services. Nucor’s long-term goal is beyond the GSCC Standard’s 2050 objective, according to the statement.

“These targets, and the certification provided by our partners at GSCC, further demonstrates Nucor’s leadership in providing American-made, low embodied carbon steel,” said Greg Murphy, Nucor EVP of business services, sustainability, and general counsel.

Recall that Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) in October became the first US steelmaker to be GSCC certified.

Ethan Bernard

Ethan Bernard is managing editor for Steel Market Update. He previously worked for American Metal Market as a copy editor in the New York office for two years, starting in 2008. Later, he copy edited AMM’s monthly magazine on a freelance basis from 2015 until 2017. With experience in financial copywriting and textbook publishing, he holds a BA in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley, and an MFA. in Creative Writing from New York University. He can be reached at ethan@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7871.

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