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.

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