Open Forum 2022 - worldsteel.org

Åsa Ekdhal, Head, Environment and Climate Change, worldsteel

The focus of the global climate debate has broadened and moved to sectors of the economy other than energy and transport. The steel industry now finds itself at the centre of the efforts to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement.

The Open Forum, an event to be held annually going forward, aims to engage with stakeholders in the steelmaking ecosystem, including equipment manufacturers, suppliers, international organisations and academia, and to discuss issues related to the steel industry’s decarbonisation transition.

worldsteel’s first Open Forum was held in Brussels, Belgium on 4-5 October 2022. The programme is available here. The presentations can be downloaded below.

Presentations

Day 1 – Tuesday, 4 October:

1. Opening session

worldsteel's climate strategy, Andrew PURVIS (worldsteel) (pdf | 1.76 MB)

2. Pathway to Paris

IEA's perspective on the steel industry transformation, Dr Peter LEVI (IEA) (pdf | 570.68 KB) Mission Possible Partnership net-zero steel sector transition strategy, Alasdair GRAHAM (Net-Zero Steel Initiative) (pdf | 725.26 KB)

3. Implementation and activities

ArcelorMittal, Javier BONAPLATA (pdf | 3.85 MB) China Baowu, Guodong XIAO (pdf | 6.67 MB) Ovako, Katarina KANGERT (pdf | 5.40 MB)

4. Partnerships for transformation

BHP, Dr Fiona WILD (pdf | 1.14 MB) OGCI Climate Investments, Dr Matthew HARWOOD (pdf | 1.13 MB) Woodside Energy, Neil KAVANAGH (pdf | 3.62 MB)

Day 2 – Wednesday, 5 October:

1. Tracking the transition

The Net-zero Steel Pathway Methodology Project, Edward HEATH-WHYTE (Liberty Steel UK) (pdf | 1.92 MB) The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), Karl DOWNEY (SBTi) (pdf | 3.18 MB) The Net-Zero Industry Tracker, Harsh Vijay SINGH (World Economic Forum) (pdf | 1.37 MB) Accelerating sector transitions through stronger international collaboration, Dr Peter LEVI (IEA) (pdf | 795.14 KB)

2. Raw materials and energy requirements

The steel industry's decabonisation quest, Malan WU (Wood Mackenzie) (pdf | 1.59 MB) Reaching zero with renewables, Dolf GIELEN (IRENA) (pdf | 3.32 MB)

3. Shaping the market for low-carbon steel

An introduction to low-carbon steel, Clare BROADBENT (worldsteel) (pdf | 1.39 MB) SteelZero, Jen CARSON (The Climate Group) (pdf | 5.82 MB) Shaping the market for low-carbon steel: ResponsibleSteel, Annie HEATON (ResponsibleSteel) (pdf | 3.34 MB) Sustainable STEEL Principles, Erik VAN DOEZUM (ING) (pdf | 1.50 MB)

Sajjan Jindal, Chairman and Managing Director, JSW Steel Limited, worldsteel Chairman 2021-2022 makes video broadcast at Open Forum 2022