Sustainability

Stainless steel is essential to building a world that lasts forever. Amidst the need to combat climate change, we are leading the way into a new age of industrial evolution with our sustainable stainless steel.

We are setting an industry standard with the lowest carbon footprint in the industry and high recycled content in our material. Our commitment goes beyond steel: through innovation and partnerships, we pioneer materials and technologies that power tomorrow.

Sustainability leadership with ambitious targets

Smart decarbonization

Our target is to reduce emission intensity across Scopes 1, 2, and 3 by 42% by 2030, using 2016 as the baseline. By 2024, we have already achieved a 32% reduction compared to 2016 levels.
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Leading with circularity

We aim to maintain over 90% recycled material content annually and reach a slag utilization rate of 90% by 2030. In 2024, we achieved a recycled material content of 95% and a slag utilization rate of 88.6%.
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People drive our success

Our goals include ensuring a minimum of 30% diverse leadership, achieving a sense of belonging score above 80% in employee surveys, and maintaining equal pay. In 2024, 10 out of 12 management teams had at least 30% diversity and the gender pay ratio stood at €0.996 for women to every €1 earned by men.
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World-class safety performance

Our long-term vision is zero accidents. In 2024, our total recordable incident frequency (TRIF) was 1.5 per million working hours.
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Sustainability in supply chain 

Our vision is to accelerate the green and just transition across the value chain with our suppliers. Our target is to have 100 % of targeted supplier spend covered by the Supplier Code of Conduct by 2030. 
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Working towards a world that lasts forever

Sustainability at the heart of industrial evolution

Stainless steel is the silent force shaping the future of modern society – it is essential to achieving a clean transition as it enables to pioneer solutions that are made to last even in the toughest of environments.

We help our customers to advance toward a more sustainable future. We are setting an industry standard with the lowest carbon footprint in the industry and high recycled content in our material. Our commitment goes beyond steel: through innovation and partnerships, we pioneer materials and technologies that power tomorrow.

 

Sustainability strategy

Stainless steel as a sustainable material

White paper

The Evolution of Materials: Stainless Steel Insights 2025

As technologies morph and political winds shift, one constant runs through every scenario: societies will still need vast expanses of resilient, low-impact infrastructure and energy.

Learn more on how to combat the cost of corrosion from our latest white paper.

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