OUR GREENHOUSE PERFORMANCE

OUR GREENHOUSE PERFORMANCE

Steelmaking generates greenhouse gas emissions, mainly carbon dioxide, both directly when making iron and steel, and indirectly through the use of electricity and gas. BlueScope Steel’s total Scope 1 (direct emissions) and Scope 2 (indirect emissions from consumption of purchased electricity, heat or steam), raw steel production output and greenhouse gas intensity are depicted here.

 

In the last five years, BlueScope Steel’s total global greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 and Scope 2) have fluctuated between 14.8 and 15.3 million tonnes (CO2 equivalent) per annum.

Despite increases in production output over the past five years, incremental energy and greenhouse gas efficiency improvements have maintained the global greenhouse gas intensity for the Company at approximately 2.2 tonnes (CO2 equivalent) of GHG emissions per tonne of raw steel manufactured.

The Company remains committed to reducing the greenhouse gas intensity of our operations and continuously improving our environmental footprint.