Sustainable steel - worldsteel latest
The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has published steel industry's sustainability performance via its sustainability indicators.
Southwark Street station, London, UK
© Gordon Williams/UnsplashThe publication, Sustainable steel- Indicators 2020 and steel applications, focuses on three key steel applications from a life cycle perspective -automotive, construction and packaging.
worldsteel uses eight indicators to measure key aspects of the steel industry's economic, environmental and social sustainability performance. A total of 104 steel companies representing 1.1bln t of crude steel production contributed data, this covers nearly 60% of global crude steel production.
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Environmental performance |
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Indicator |
Unit |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
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CO2 emissions |
Tonnes CO2/tonne crude steel cast |
1.84 |
1.81 1.83 |
1.83 |
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Energy Intensity |
GJ/tonne crude steel cast |
19.85 |
19.54 |
19.84 |
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Material efficiency |
% of materials converted to products & co-products |
96.49 |
96.33 |
97.49 |
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Environmental management systems (EMS) |
% of employees & contractors working in EMS-registered production facilities |
96.55 |
97.08 |
97.15 |
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Social performance |
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Lost time injury frequency rate |
Injuries/million hours worked |
0.97 |
0.84 |
0.83 |
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Employee training |
Training days/employee |
6.26 |
6.36 |
6.89 |
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Economic performance |
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Investment in new processes and products |
% of revenue |
5.76 |
6.10 |
7.07 |
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Economic Value Distributed |
% of revenue |
95.36 |
93.84 |
98.02 |
