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ArcelorMittal strives to make steel production more sustainable and to minimise its environmental impact. As a leader in steel manufacturing, we are committed to making steel production more sustainable at every stage. In addition, 95% of our steel industrial operations now have ISO 14001 certification, an international standard for environmental management systems.
- Granite® is certified as a product not containing hexavalent chromium or heavy metals.
- R2P - Ready to Paint coating on thin gauge, the cold rolled product, is an efficient solution to reduce environmental impact at customer plants; for example, for door production.
- Insulated sandwich panels are contributing to energy efficiency in the most demanding buildings such as cold rooms for the food industry and supermarkets.
“Safe Sustainable Steel” makes up the core values of ArcelorMittal. As such, our innovative products and solutions for construction are continuously contributing to the reduction of environmental impacts on buildings throughout their life.
Environmental impacts
In 2012, the EU-28’s construction sector accounted for:
- 40% of the total final energy consumption
- 40% of CO2 Emission
- 30% of consumption of natural resources
- 30% of waste generation
- 20% of water consumption
Consequently, the EU commission has started to adapt the EU directive regarding environmental assessment - the EIA Directive.
Useful information
MoreAccording to the European Commission, "The newly amended Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive (2014/52/EU) entered into force on 15 May 2014 to simplify the rules for assessing the potential effects of projects on the environment. Member States have to apply these rules as from 16 May 2017 at the latest." (http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eia/review.htm)
The Holistic Environmental Impact assessment for buildings is defined by European Standard EN 15978 in the scope of CEN TC 350 work programme. It takes into account the full life cycle of the building, including end of life, recycling after demolition, and energy production at the building level.
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Low carbon emissions steel: EMW and ArcelorMittal begin cooperation
24 January 2023EMW Stahl Service GmbH and ArcelorMittal are joining forces on the road to decarbonisation. The world's leading steel manufacturer will supply the steel service centre in Neunkirchen, Germany with low CO2 emissions steel as well as certificates for CO2 savings starting in 2023. EMW aims to be climate-neutral by 2030 for scope 1 and 2. In Europe, ArcelorMittal aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 35 percent by 2030, and globally the group wants to achieve net zero by 2050.
Industry newsNew XCarb® video!
9 January 2023This short video explains how ArcelorMittal will achieve its climate action ambitions. For ArcelorMittal Europe, the ambition is to reduce Scope 1 and 2 CO2 emissions by 35% by 2030. To achieve this goal, it will take a combination of techniques. As you will see in this video, ArcelorMittal’s decarbonisation strategy is based on 3 main levers: Circular steel Innovative DRI Smart Carbon steelmaking
Corporate newsArcelorMittal resumes its PSIA challenge with paint suppliers
12 December 2022Sustainability was at the forefront of ArcelorMittal's Paint Sustainability Innovation Awards (PSIA) that have resumed this year after two years of interruption. Known since 2014 the as Paint Suppliers Innovation Awards, the name of the challenge has changed to reflect the growing importance of sustainability expected from our suppliers in their ideas.
Industry newsArcelorMittal Poland obtains ResponsibleSteel™ certification in first for Eastern Europe
29 November 2022ArcelorMittal Poland has received ResponsibleSteel™ certification following a successful audit carried out by DNV Poland which confirmed that the business fulfils the criteria required to earn certification against the ResponsibleSteel Standard. ArcelorMittal Poland is the first cluster of sites to be certified in Eastern Europe by ResponsibleSteel, the industry’s first global multi-stakeholder standard and certification initiative.
Corporate news
Low carbon emissions steel: EMW and ArcelorMittal begin cooperation
EMW Stahl Service GmbH and ArcelorMittal are joining forces on the road to decarbonisation. The world's leading steel manufacturer will supply the steel service centre in Neunkirchen, Germany with low CO2 emissions steel as well as certificates for CO2 savings starting in 2023. EMW aims to be climate-neutral by 2030 for scope 1 and 2. In Europe, ArcelorMittal aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 35 percent by 2030, and globally the group wants to achieve net zero by 2050.
XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steels
As part of their climate strategies, the two companies are expanding their partnership in 2023. EMW will receive XCarb® steel with a low carbon content from ArcelorMittal Commercial Germany. The XCarb® recycled and renewably produced steels are produced on the basis of scrap (70%) and renewable electricity (100%). The reduced carbon footprint is confirmed with an official Environmental Product Declaration (EPD). CO2 emissions per tonne of steel product are at 797 kg now, which is just around a third compared with the same steel product produced conventionally in a blast furnace (2.57 t CO2/t of steel). ArcelorMittal is offering EMW the XCarb® steel in the required quantities and is also providing technical support. EMW, in turn, will pass on the steel with production-related CO2 savings to its customers and end consumers.
"Our own ambitious goal is climate neutrality by 2030, and we have already launched numerous projects and activities in our organisation to achieve this. Equally important in this context, however, are the agreements with our long-standing partners such as ArcelorMittal on the purchase of low-CO2 steels in order to be able to cover the entire scope”, says EMW Managing Director Michael Mockenhaupt.
XCarb® green steel certificates
In addition to physically supplied steel, EMW will continue to purchase steel with XCarb® green steel certificates from ArcelorMittal, thus verifiably documenting CO2 reductions. The CO2 reduction in these certificates amounts to 2.11 t CO2/t steel and originates from breakthrough projects at blast furnaces. The CO2 savings are mass balanced on a central account and independently verified.
"We are pleased about the agreement with EMW and generally see an increased interest from our customers for climate-friendly products. Thanks to the XCarb® green steel certificates, customers who purchase our certificates can directly incorporate the CO2 savings into their Scope 3 and thus also achieve their sustainability goals," explains Jochen Grünewald, Managing Director of ArcelorMittal Commercial Germany.
EMW is a steel service centre within the globally operating Schaefer Group and supplies coils, slit strip, blanks, and circular blanks to the steel processing industry. The Siegerland-region-based company already provides an extensive range of CO2-reduced steels.
For its customers in the processing industry, EMW purchases, among other products, Magnelis® flat steels from ArcelorMittal, which are particularly resistant to corrosion and versatile when coated on both sides.
About EMW Steel Service Centre
As one of the largest mill-independent steel service centres in Europe, EMW supplies coils, slit strip, blanks, and circular blanks to the steel processing industry. Divided between the two sites in Neunkirchen (North Rhine-Westphalia) and Treuen (Saxony), EMW constantly stocks over 220 000 tonnes of thin sheet. Almost all marketable qualities are therefore available: standard and special grades, mainly hot-dip and electrolytically galvanised, cold-rolled, hot-rolled, and hot-dip aluminised. On six slitting lines, three multi-blanking lines, two cut-to-length lines, and one cut-to-length line, EMW processes sheets in the thickness range from 0.4 to 6 mm with coil weights of up to 32 tonnes. A comprehensive package of automotive and industrial grades, high-strength steels, and enamelling grades, as well as a high-performance organisation for transport logistics, are among the company's particular specialities. EMW's quality guarantee, process reliability, and environmental protection are ensured by certifications in accordance with DIN ISO 9001:2008, IATF 16949:2016, and ISO 14001:2004. EMW is a division of the internationally successful SCHÄFER WERKE group of companies based in Neunkirchen.
More information: https://www.emw-stahlservice.de/en/
XCarb® towards carbon neutral steel
XCarb® is a trademark registered by ArcelorMittal that represents the clear path taken by the company towards the decarbonisation of the steel production process and the ambitious goal of zero emissions by 2050.
XCarb® will ultimately bring together all of ArcelorMittal’s reduced, low, and zero-carbon products and steelmaking activities, as well as wider initiatives and green innovation projects, into a single effort focussed on achieving demonstrable progress towards carbon neutral steel.
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ArcelorMittal Europe Communications
Constructalia
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New XCarb® video!
This short video explains how ArcelorMittal will achieve its climate action ambitions. For ArcelorMittal Europe, the ambition is to reduce Scope 1 and 2 CO2 emissions by 35% by 2030. To achieve this goal, it will take a combination of techniques. As you will see in this video, ArcelorMittal’s decarbonisation strategy is based on 3 main levers:
- Circular steel
- Innovative DRI
- Smart Carbon steelmaking
XCarb® towards carbon neutral steel
XCarb® is a trademark registered by ArcelorMittal that represents the clear path taken by the company towards the decarbonisation of the steel production process and the ambitious goal of zero emissions by 2050.
XCarb® will ultimately bring together all of ArcelorMittal’s reduced, low, and zero-carbon products and steelmaking activities, as well as wider initiatives and green innovation projects, into a single effort focussed on achieving demonstrable progress towards carbon neutral steel.
ArcelorMittal has developed two decarbonised production routes (the Smart Carbon route and the innovative DRI route) and is deploying these low-emission technologies across Europe.
Alongside the XCarb® brand, ArcelorMittal has launched three XCarb® initiatives:
- XCarb® green steel certificates: These allow customers to reduce their or their customers' scope 3 emissions. They can be purchased directly from ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products in conjunction with a corresponding steel order.
- XCarb® recycled and renewably produced: This is applied to steels produced in an electric arc furnace (EAF) using scrap and 100% renewable electricity.
- XCarb® innovation fund: ArcelorMittal also continues to invest in companies developing breakthrough technologies that will accelerate the steel industry’s transition to carbon neutral steelmaking.
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ArcelorMittal Europe Communications
Constructalia
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ArcelorMittal
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ArcelorMittal resumes its PSIA challenge with paint suppliers
Sustainability was at the forefront of ArcelorMittal's Paint Sustainability Innovation Awards (PSIA) that have resumed this year after two years of interruption. Known since 2014 the as Paint Suppliers Innovation Awards, the name of the challenge has changed to reflect the growing importance of sustainability expected from our suppliers in their ideas.
Innovation for sustainable organic coated steels
"Retaining our leadership position in pre-painted steels requires exploring innovative concepts making organic coated steel more sustainable. While cost-effectiveness and societal impact remain major pillars of sustainability, environmental differentiation and, more precisely, decarbonisation efforts from our paint suppliers are even more expected", explained Jean-Luc Thirion, head of Flat Products Research and Development at ArcelorMittal in his keynote speech during the ceremony. He continued: "Just like the XCarb® steel substrates that we produce today, we need to extend this concept to organic coated steel dedicated to the construction and industry sectors. For that, innovation is required from our suppliers to lower coatings' emissions."
Introducing the keynote speech part of the ceremony, Eric Niedziela, VP Climate Action Europe and chairman of ArcelorMittal France, explained ArcelorMittal's commitments and roadmap to decarbonise steelmaking and provided an insight into the political and economic contexts in which we navigate to make our journey to zero a reality.
Promising ideas for the future
The recently completed 2022 edition of the PSIA has enabled identification of promising ideas.
The scope of the submissions included:
- All product end-uses and market segments
- All components of pre-coated steels that include but are not limited to:
- product (paint, varnish, laminate film, thin organic coating, surface treatments)
- process (technology, measurement tools, etc.)
- tools to quantify the sustainability improvement (models, methodology, etc.) - Coil coating business specific to North America and Europe
Judging panel members from various ArcelorMittal departments in Europe and Canada – research and development, purchasing, and marketing – have designated the three following winners from the 12 companies shortlisted:
- Henkel for the quality of their submissions and presentation. Henkel is an industry leader and a great partner in the field of metal coating.
- Mäder for the alignment of their submission with ArcelorMittal's sustainability targets. This is a great success for their first participation.
- PPG for their proposal dealing with better performance during the use phase of buildings - an excellent way to combine innovation and sustainability.
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ArcelorMittal Europe Communications
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ArcelorMittal
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ArcelorMittal Poland obtains ResponsibleSteel™ certification in first for Eastern Europe
ArcelorMittal Poland has received ResponsibleSteel™ certification following a successful audit carried out by DNV Poland which confirmed that the business fulfils the criteria required to earn certification against the ResponsibleSteel Standard. ArcelorMittal Poland is the first cluster of sites to be certified in Eastern Europe by ResponsibleSteel, the industry’s first global multi-stakeholder standard and certification initiative.
ResponsibleSteel™ certification
The audits are designed to verify that a steel site’s activities meet a set of rigorously defined requirements, which auditors validate not only on the basis of received documents but also via a number of interviews with internal and external stakeholders. They take into account a broad range of social and environmental criteria split into 12 principles. Social aspects include: business integrity, relations with employees and communities, human rights, and labour rights. Environmental criteria cover climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, water management, waste and noise emissions, and biodiversity.
In July 2021, ArcelorMittal announced that its plants in Belgium (Geel, Genk, Gent, and Liège), Luxembourg (Belval, Differdange, and Rodange) and Germany (Bremen and Eisenhüttenstadt) were the first steel plants globally to be independently audited and found to meet the standards required for ResponsibleSteel.
In May 2022, the company’s sites in its Asturias Cluster in Spain and ArcelorMittal Méditerranée in France achieved ResponsibleSteel™ certification. In June, France Nord also gained certification, covering its sites in Dunkerque, Mardyck, Desvres, Montataire, Florange, Mouzon, and Basse-Indre.
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ArcelorMittal
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