Greensteel

The steel for our GreenSteel products is produced using a process that emits less CO₂ than conventional steel production. Our steel supplier Voestalpine has implemented the following measures in steel production:

• More scrap iron instead of raw ore
• Less coke in the processes
• More green electricity for melting steel

With all these measures, our supplier now produces 10% less CO₂ than with conventionally produced steel – these are real reductions in the production process, rather than offsetting. These methods for reducing CO₂ emissions lead to higher costs at the steelworks, which are reflected in the price of materials. The reduced CO₂ is allocated to the steel sold using an accounting model, which for us means the purchase price for CO₂-reduced titanium steel is slightly higher than for conventionally produced steel. GreenSteel offers exactly the same material quality.

We certify on your order confirmation and on the invoice that you have purchased a GreenSteel product. On request, we can send you a copy of the certificates from our steel supplier Voestalpine. These certificates show how much CO₂-reduced steel Schmidlin has purchased and how large its CO₂ footprint is. The emissions reductions are calculated in accordance with the established ISO 14064-2 and EN 15804+A2 standards and verified by an independent testing institute.

By 2027, our steel manufacturer Voestalpine aims to reduce its CO₂ emissions by a total of 30% compared to the baseline year. Over the coming decades, it aims to gradually reduce CO₂ emissions to zero. To do this, it has introduced the following measures:

• In the blast furnace, hydrogen produced from green electricity is increasingly being used instead of coke
• More and more green electricity is being used to melt the steel.