ISSF Releases Stainless Steel Industry C0₂ Industry Emissions and Related Data

Over the last few decades carbon dioxide emissions have been recognized as a major concern in our society.  As a direct consequence, new environmental policies have been established to control and measure C0₂ emissions. The stainless steels industry, just like any other industry, quantifies and communicates its C0₂ emissions.

In this report the The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) clarifies what emissions exist and where they originate from.  In orderto achieve these objectives, ISSF has quantified the CO2 emissions from the following three sources.

• Scope 1 Emissions which covers direct emissions from business-owned or business-controlled emission sources.
• Scope 2 Emissions which covers indirect emissions from the generation of purchased electricity, steam, heating and cooling consumed by the reporting company.
• Scope 3 Emissions which are associated with the extraction, preparation and transport of ores and the subsequent production and transport of ferro-alloys including the electricity needed for these processes.

The full report can be viewed and downloaded on the ISSF website here.

About the ISSF

The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) is a non-profit research organisation, which serves as the world forum on various aspects of the international stainless steel industry. ISSF was founded in 1996.