Since 2021, the Steel Division has been supplying its customers with CO2-reduced steel—the greentec steel Edition. Although produced with fewer emissions it is by no means a lesser version of other voestalpine steels. Instead, it is several steps ahead. And as voestalpine steel, it offers the same, unique performance.
Even metallurgists are unlikely to be able to differentiate low-emission steel from regular steel because the greentec steel Edition secures its sustainability advantage through changes in the production route.
The manufacturing process is further enhanced for this special steel edition. Some of the measures taken include:
The optimized process currently reduces CO2 emissions by around ten percent over steel produced in the conventional way.
The emissions savings are allocated to the steel based on an allocation model: The CO2 savings demonstrably achieved in the production process are credited to an account. voestalpine experts calculate the scale of the savings using the internationally recognized ISO 14064-2 standard. These credits can then be allocated to selected product quantities. Customers who buy greentec steel Edition products from voestalpine receive a declaration guaranteeing their carbon footprint. And the carbon footprint of greentec steel Edition products is lower than usual thanks to the optimized and more sustainable production route.
voestalpine has the LRQA Group, a global leader in this certification area, verify that all emission savings are calculated accurately and that all CO2 account entries are correct.
Since the end of 2021, the voestalpine Steel Division has been offering all flat steel and heavy plate products with a carbon-reduced footprint.
The use of greentec steel Edition products in the rail sector delivers a multiple sustainability advantage. On top of the advantages inherent in this low-emission mode of transport, there is an additional benefit from deploying greentec steel Edition TransAnt freight cars. For example, the Polish freight car rental company EUROWAGON is using 25 new wagons in the TransAnt lightweight design.
Other greentec steel Edition products have also been supplied to:
This demonstrates that greentec steel Edition products are suitable for a wide range of applications. But as different as the customers and their industries are, they are all united in their desire to offer more environmentally friendly products with the help of voestalpine steel produced with fewer emissions.
And anyone who would like to take a look at our CO2-optimized steel is invited to visit the newly opened Raiffeisen Arena in Linz. The facade of the new soccer stadium is made from the greentec steel Edition of colofer® strip steel.
Within the framework of our focus greentec steel, we provide an overview of our concrete steps on the way towards long-term green steel production and the innovative processes we are using on this way. We provide information about the challenges we face and the breakthrough technologies we are already researching today in order to achieve our goal of steel production with net zero CO2 emissions by 2050.
Die voestalpine ist ein weltweit führender Stahl- und Technologiekonzern mit kombinierter Werkstoff- und Verarbeitungskompetenz. Die global tätige Unternehmensgruppe verfügt über rund 500 Konzerngesellschaften und -standorte in mehr als 50 Ländern auf allen fünf Kontinenten. Sie notiert seit 1995 an der Wiener Börse. Mit ihren Premium-Produkt- und Systemlösungen zählt sie zu den führenden Partnern der Automobil- und Hausgeräteindustrie sowie der Luftfahrt- und Öl- & Gasindustrie und ist darüber hinaus Weltmarktführer bei Bahninfrastruktursystemen, bei Werkzeugstahl und Spezialprofilen. Die voestalpine bekennt sich zu den globalen Klimazielen und verfolgt mit greentec steel einen klaren Plan zur Dekarbonisierung der Stahlproduktion.
