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Performance
As a member of IBU, Institut für Bau und Umwelt, ArcelorMittal has decided to implement a large programme of construction product EPDs in order to demonstrate their best in class performances.
Among our large product offer, product and solution EPDs already include:
- Organic coated steels, such as the Granite® range. All Granite® products are produced heavy metal free.
- European sections range.
- Construction solutions like mineral wool sandwich panels.
- Combination of high strength steels and Magnelis® for best in class guardrail systems.
Other construction product & solution EPDs will also become available in the coming months.
Sustainable design and material selection for sustainable construction is already of major importance for designers, which is why ArcelorMittal is willing to demonstrate the key assets of its construction products.
Solutions by
ApplicationProduct sustainability
ArcelorMittal’s core values consist of “Safe Sustainable Steel”. Therefore, it is of major importance for us to provide steel products and solutions that take into account sustainability performances.
Useful information
MoreThe United Nations’ 1987 Brundtland Commission Report “Our Common Future” states the following: Well-designed ecosystem conservation contributes to the predominant goals of sustainable development in a number of ways… And thus, the sustainability development concept was born.
As a matter of fact, a sustainable product focusses on its global environmental footprint, which means balancing economic, ecological, and technical factors. Carbon emissions, recycled content, and also resource efficiency must be considered at every stage of a modern construction.
The EPD, Environmental Product Declaration, established in accordance with European standards enables the assessment and declaration of a product's environmental impact throughout its life cycle.
Establishing a construction product's life cycle means that companies must look at the entire ‘life’ of a product (known as the “cradle to grave” approach) including: raw material extraction, manufacturing, distribution, erection on site, the use phase of the building, as well as end of life, including dismantling and recycling.
This holistic approach is complex as there are many stages that need to be measured and parameters that need to be considered. It is well acknowledged that steel is one of the most sustainable materials for construction, as well as being the most effectively recycled.
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ResponsibleSteel™ deployment of the Sustainable Development Europe programme
Driving the responsible production and sourcing of steel, ResponsibleSteel™ is the steel industry’s first global multi-stakeholder standard and certification initiative. ArcelorMittal has played a pivotal role in establishing this standard since 2015, and this pertinent work continues.
What is ResponsibleSteel™?
ResponsibleSteel™ is a not-for-profit organisation developing sustainability performance standards and an independent third-party certification programme for the steel value chain. At its heart, it is a multi-stakeholder collaboration between business and civil society. This ground-breaking initiative now involves over 70 members and associates, made up of companies and civil society organisations from around the world.
Alan Knight, Head of Sustainable Development at ArcelorMittal, notes: “Responsible production techniques and high ethical and business standards are becoming increasingly important to our customers, and ultimately to their customers and consumers. We want to get to a point where steel users and purchasers have total confidence in their choices.”
Our approach
We know the importance of creating a standard to ensure that steel industry customers – and thereby consumers – can be confident that the steel they use has been sourced and produced responsibly at every stage.
By creating a multi-stakeholder forum to build trust and achieve consensus, ResponsibleSteel™ aims to enhance the responsible sourcing, production, use, and recycling of steel through the development of standards, certification, and related tools.
In November 2019, ResponsibleSteel™ published a performance standard for steel making sites, and in 2020 we considered how it handles raw materials and other supply chain issues. Members using the standard will be able to gain competitive advantage by using the standards to inform customers of the credibility and rigour that has gone into auditing their social and environmental performance.
The ResponsibleSteel™ performance standard – with 12 environmental, social, and governance principles - was published in November 2019.
ArcelorMittal has been a driving force in the creation of ResponsibleSteel™ and is represented on the Board of Directors. In developing the ResponsibleSteel™ standard, ArcelorMittal has been working with other steel companies such as Blue Scope, Voestalpine, and Aperam, together with a range of stakeholders across the steel value chain: Anglo American; automotive makers Daimler and BMW; civil society organisations Mighty Earth, IUCN, and the Climate Group; the bank HSBC, and the global union IndustriAll.
Having run pilot audits across key sites in 2018 and 2019 whilst the standard was in development, ArcelorMittal began the process of certifying various sites across the group in 2020, including the ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products division.
The ResponsibleSteel™ principles
Principle 1. Corporate Leadership
Principle 2. Social, Environmental, and Governance Management Systems
Principle 3. Occupational and Community Health and Safety
Principle 4. Labour Rights
Principle 5. Human Rights
Principle 6. Local Communities
Principle 7. Stakeholder Engagement and Communication
Principle 8. Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Principle 9. Noise, Emissions, Effluents, and Waste
Principle 10. Water Stewardship
Principle 11. Biodiversity
Principle 12. Decommissioning and Closure
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Steligence® webinar 5 May: Discover Magnelis®
Join Steligence® for this free English-language webinar on Wednesday 5 May 2021 at 13.00 CET.
Topic: Looking for flat steels highly protective against corrosion for your building? Discover Magnelis®
Presenter: Jérôme Guth, ArcelorMittal Europe - Flat Products
Click here to register.
Raw materials play a fundamental role in the long-term durability and safety of buildings. Quality raw materials increase lifetime, reduce maintenance costs, and help prevent early and major repairs.
Magnelis® protects against corrosion three times better than galvanised steel, is easy to process (profiling, bending, cutting), has a lower environmental impact, and is available in a wide range of thicknesses and high strength steel grades.
In this free webinar, Magnelis® performances with facts and figures will be presented, including field test results in various environments. Its many applications and the value this product can bring to your building projects will be covered.
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Introducing ArcelorMittal’s XCarb™ recycled and renewably produced
XCarb™ is the new brand name for ArcelorMittal’s ongoing global programme of steelmaking innovation targeted at carbon neutral steel by 2050. The initiatives that are part of XCarb™ aim to reduce the carbon footprint of ArcelorMittal and of our customers.
The XCarb™ recycled and renewably produced initiative
One of the first initiatives from ArcelorMittal Europe – Long Products is XCarb™ recycled and renewably produced.
The label is applied to our steels produced with 100 per cent recycled content and using energy which only comes from renewable sources. Steel produced by ArcelorMittal Europe – Long Products under our XCarb™ recycled and renewably produced label is audited and certified by an independent third-party.
Purchasing our XCarb™ recycled and renewably produced steel allows you to reduce the global CO2 footprint of your projects, products, and finished goods. To calculate the total CO2 impact of your products, our customers can use the figures reported in the EPD - they are independently certified by a third-party.
For more information
ArcelorMittal Europe - Long Products customers can contact their local support team for more information about XCarb™ recycled and renewably produced steel.
You can also click here for the full list of contacts.
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The XCarb™ green steel certificate initiative
One of the first initiatives is XCarb™ green steel certificates from ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products. The certificates are issued by ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products and are based on CO2 savings which have been assured by DNV, an independent body. The savings are calculated in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol for Project Accounting.
Purchasing an XCarb™ green steel certificate officially passes the CO2 savings achieved by ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products to our customer. This enables the customer to report a corresponding reduction in their Scope 3 CO2 emissions in accordance with the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard.
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Towards carbon neutral steel: ArcelorMittal launches XCarb™
Moving closer to delivering on a 2050 net-zero commitment, ArcelorMittal has recently launched XCarb™ - an umbrella under which we can gather all of our efforts as we move towards carbon neutral steel.
What is XCarb™?
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. Click here to read more.
Accompanying the launch of XCarb™ are the first three initiatives:
1. XCarb™ green steel certificates
XCarb™ green steel certificates will enable us to support our customers as they seek to reduce their Scope 3 emissions.
Across our ArcelorMittal Europe - Flat Products operations, we are investing in a broad range of initiatives to reduce carbon emissions from the blast furnace. These initiatives range from our flagship Smart Carbon projects, such as Torero (transforming biomass into bio-coal to replace the use of coal in the blast furnace) and Carbalyst® (capturing carbon-rich blast furnace waste gas and converting it into bio-ethanol, which can then be used to make low-carbon chemical products) to capturing hydrogen-rich waste gases from the steelmaking process and injecting them into the blast furnace to reduce coal use.
These effort-intensive investments result in considerable CO2 savings, which can be passed onto customers in the form of the steel industry’s first-ever certification scheme.
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2. XCarb™ recycled and renewably produced
XCarb™ recycled and renewably produced has been designed for products made via the Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) route using scrap steel. Recycled and renewably produced means that the physical steel was made with recycled material (scrap) using renewable electricity, giving it an extremely low CO2 footprint that can be as low as approximately 300kg of CO2 per tonne of finished steel when the metallics are 100% scrap. This customer offer is for both flat and long products. The electricity used in the steelmaking process is independently verified, with a Guarantee of Origin given that it is from renewable sources.
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3. XCarb™ innovation fund
The XCarb™ innovation fund will invest up to 100 million USD annually in groundbreaking companies developing pioneering or breakthrough technologies that will accelerate the steel industry’s transition to carbon neutral steelmaking. To be eligible for funding, companies will have to be developing technologies which support ArcelorMittal on its journey to decarbonise. The technology also needs to be commercially scalable.
Click here to read more.
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