Industry Commitment

The steel industry has a standing commitment to sustainability, which is
backed by significant investment in new technologies to improve energy
efficiency, reduce carbon emissions and heighten productivity.
In fact, our industry has achieved a 33 percent reduction since 1990 in
energy intensity per ton of steel shipped. We have been a leader in
reducing energy intensity in the steel manufacturing process and
correspondingly reducing greenhouse gas emissions through recycling and
process innovation.
The steel industry has further committed to achieving a 10 percent
increase in sector-wide average energy efficiency by 2012, using a 2002
baseline of approximately 14 million BTU per ton of steel shipped as
part of the DOE's Climate VISION Program. Our industry is well on its
way to achieving this goal, with 7.4 percent improvement from 2002 -
2003.
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QUICK LINKS
Steel Recycling
Institute
North American
Steel-The Environmentally Preferred Material brochure
The Inherent Recycled Content of Today’s
Steel
Steel Recycling Fact Sheet
AISI Public Policy Agenda
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