U. S. Steel Unlocks New Environmental Data for Customers with EPDs on Flat-Rolled Coil Products Melted at Big River Steel Works
14 July 2023 - 4:14AM
Business Wire
Environmental Product Declarations reaffirm the
company’s commitment to sustainability
Today, United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) (U. S. Steel)
announced environmental product declarations (EPDs) across three
key offerings including Hot-Rolled, Cold-Rolled and
Corrosion-Resistant flat-rolled products where the steel has been
melted at Big River Steel Works. The EPDs provide quantifiable,
independent, and audited environmental data on these core products.
These enhanced disclosures are valid for five years and equip U. S.
Steel customers with objective information about the lifecycle
impacts and emissions of steel products, enabling them to select
more sustainable products for their manufacturing. These EPDs
represent a step forward in the journey to measure our product
carbon footprint.
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“We are thrilled to have secured EPDs on our three major
flat-rolled steel coil products, representing all products melted
at Big River Steel Works. This development unlocks substantial
value to our customers who want to be more informed about their
supply chain’s environmental impact,” said Kenneth E. Jaycox,
Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer for U. S. Steel.
“Presenting transparent and data-backed validation of our products
empowers our customers to make more informed and sustainable
decisions.”
Certified and audited by the American Society for Testing and
Materials, these EPDs provide a more holistic story of the
environmental impact of each product in a single, comprehensive
report to better inform transparent, sustainable decision-making.
For example, they include information about a product’s impact on
global warming potential, smog creation and water usage.
As outlined in the company’s 2022 Environmental, Social and
Governance (ESG) Report, sustainable steel is essential to lowering
greenhouse gas emissions and underpins critical green technologies.
U. S. Steel is focused on reducing emissions in meaningful ways and
delivering profitable, differentiated, and sustainable steel
solutions to create a greener planet that is Best for All®.
More information on Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs)
can be found here.
Founded in 1901, United States Steel Corporation is a leading
steel producer. With an unwavering focus on safety, the company’s
customer-centric Best for All® strategy is advancing a more secure,
sustainable future for U. S. Steel and its stakeholders. With a
renewed emphasis on innovation, U. S. Steel serves the automotive,
construction, appliance, energy, containers, and packaging
industries with high value-added steel products such as U. S.
Steel’s proprietary XG3® advanced high-strength steel. The company
also maintains competitively advantaged iron ore production and has
an annual raw steelmaking capability of 22.4 million net tons. U.
S. Steel is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with
world-class operations across the United States and in Central
Europe. For more information, please visit www.ussteel.com.
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