Author: Ali Hasanbeigi, Ph.D. and Adam Sibal
Iron and steel manufacturing is one of the most energy-and carbon-intensive industries worldwide. The global steel industry emitted around 3.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) in 2019. This accounts for around 7% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and 11% of global CO2 emissions.
In decarbonizing the global steel industry, standards, protocols, initiatives, and government policies have a significant role to play. In recent years, major growth has been seen in the number of standards, protocols, initiatives, and policies focused on decreasing the emissions from iron and steel production.
Recently, we published a report, “What is Green Steel?”, that aims to bring together a summary of 26 major standards, protocols, initiatives, and government policies focused on reaching the goal of green/low-carbon steel production and decarbonization of this sector.
The infographic below highlights some of the key aspects of the study and its recommendations.
To read the full report and see complete results and analysis of this new study, Download the full report from this link.
You can watch the recording of the webinar from this link.
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