Related standards and methodologies

Steel Standards Principles

An agreement on the need to establish common methodologies to measure the steel industry’s greenhouse gas emissions.

ISO 20915:2018 - Life cycle inventory calculation methodology for steel products

This document specifies guidelines and requirements for conducting life cycle inventory (LCI) studies of steel products reflecting steel’s capacity for closed-loop recycling.

ISO 14040:2006 - Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Principles and framework

ISO 14040:2006 describes the principles and framework for life cycle assessment (LCA) including: definition of the goal and scope of the LCA, the life cycle inventory analysis (LCI) phase, the life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) phase, the life cycle interpretation phase, reporting and critical review of the LCA, limitations of the LCA, the relationship between the LCA phases, and conditions for use of value choices and optional elements.

This publication was last reviewed and confirmed in 2022.

CARES

An independent provider of assured certification for the constructional steels industry whose schemes incorporate human rights, labour rights and environmental standards.

CARES is a worldsteel member.

Global Steel Climate Council (GSCC)

The GSCC argues that a single global standard for measuring carbon emissions is required, one that does not differentiate between steel production routes as the sector as a whole has one goal: compliance with the Paris Agreement. Differentiation allows non-EAF producers to claim that their products are ‘green’ or low-emissions even though their products have a significantly higher carbon footprint than those made by EAF producers. As such, The Steel Climate Standard is described as technology-agnostic.

The GSCC is a worldsteel member.

ResponsibleSteel

ResponsibleSteel is a certification initiative for steel producers. Producers must show that they have met certain criteria as outlined in the standard’s thirteen principles, which include corporate governance, safety and health, and climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. The latest standard, version 2.0, was released in September 2022.

Responsible Steel is a worldsteel member.