Blog: COP26 – Steel in the Glasgow Breakthroughs Programme

8 November 2021

Andrew Purvis, Director, Safety, Environment and Technology at worldsteel, discusses what is probably the most important new high-level initiative presented at COP26, ‘The Breakthrough Agenda’, launched by the UK Presidency. Read more

Blog: COP 26 – the last best chance?

4 November 2021

Andrew Purvis, Director, Safety, Environment and Technology at worldsteel is in Glasgow at COP26 and will keep us up to date with discussions or decisions being made affecting the steel industry. This is one of a series. Read more

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Blog: Low-carbon development at HBIS

18 June 2021

Like other steel producers around the world, HBIS recognises that the steel industry’s contributions to climate change are under scrutiny. worldsteel and HBIS Chairman YU Yong outlines HBIS' plans for low-carbon development. Read more

Blog: What we mean when we talk about low-carbon steel

12 April 2021

Where are the lines drawn between the expressions net-zero steel, zero-carbon steel, green steel and low-carbon steel? Here we clarify what we mean when using these terms. Read more

Blog: Accelerating decarbonisation

22 December 2020

worldsteel advocates the need for a three-track parallel approach to accelerate decarbonisation. In his blog, Andrew Purvis, worldsteel Director, Safety, Technology and Environment, discusses what this involves. Read more

Blog: Climate – How the steel industry is coping with water scarcity

23 September 2020

Water is vital to make steel. worldsteel Head of Environment and Climate Change, Åsa Ekdhal, discusses how the steel industry is managing water use. Read more