UK’s largest steel producer Tata Steel has announced to commit its Port Talbot site in South Wales to become accredited to ResponsibleSteel. The company is also to formally adopt Science Based Targets with respect to its programme of emission reductions and net zero aspirations. Tata Steel’s Chief Commercial Officer Mr Anil Jhanji, announced the decision during his keynote speech to industry peers last week at UK Metal Expo exhibition at Birmingham’s NEC. He said: “We are on a journey to decarbonize, to make a better world for the future. These commitments to ResponsibleSteel and SBTi are a clear statement to the world and to our customers that we mean business. This will include decarbonizing every aspect of our business from our procurement of raw materials and energy, to our iron and steelmaking at Port Talbot and through our downstream coating, tube-making and further processing operations, and logistics.”He said “We have always valued collaborations with our customers, suppliers and academic experts, as well as independent bodies and groups such as ResponsibleSteel and the Science Based Targets initiative.”He added “It is important that we not only continue on our journey to reduce our emissions and reach net-zero carbon by 2045, but also to do so in a validated way, measuring our progress according to robust and agreed measurement processes. We firmly believe signing up to such partnerships will help us achieve those goals.”The Science Based Targets initiative is driving ambitious climate action in the private sector by enabling companies to set science-based emissions reduction targets. Science-based targets show companies how much and how quickly businesses need to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to prevent the worst impacts of climate change, leading them on a clear path towards Decarbonisation. By guiding companies in science-based target setting, SBTi enables them to tackle climate change while seizing the benefits and boosting their competitiveness in the transition to a net-zero economy.Not-for-profit organization ResponsibleSteel is the industry’s first global multi-stakeholder standard and certification programme.
UK’s largest steel producer Tata Steel has announced to commit its Port Talbot site in South Wales to become accredited to ResponsibleSteel. The company is also to formally adopt Science Based Targets with respect to its programme of emission reductions and net zero aspirations. Tata Steel’s Chief Commercial Officer Mr Anil Jhanji, announced the decision during his keynote speech to industry peers last week at UK Metal Expo exhibition at Birmingham’s NEC. He said: “We are on a journey to decarbonize, to make a better world for the future. These commitments to ResponsibleSteel and SBTi are a clear statement to the world and to our customers that we mean business. This will include decarbonizing every aspect of our business from our procurement of raw materials and energy, to our iron and steelmaking at Port Talbot and through our downstream coating, tube-making and further processing operations, and logistics.”He said “We have always valued collaborations with our customers, suppliers and academic experts, as well as independent bodies and groups such as ResponsibleSteel and the Science Based Targets initiative.”He added “It is important that we not only continue on our journey to reduce our emissions and reach net-zero carbon by 2045, but also to do so in a validated way, measuring our progress according to robust and agreed measurement processes. We firmly believe signing up to such partnerships will help us achieve those goals.”The Science Based Targets initiative is driving ambitious climate action in the private sector by enabling companies to set science-based emissions reduction targets. Science-based targets show companies how much and how quickly businesses need to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to prevent the worst impacts of climate change, leading them on a clear path towards Decarbonisation. By guiding companies in science-based target setting, SBTi enables them to tackle climate change while seizing the benefits and boosting their competitiveness in the transition to a net-zero economy.Not-for-profit organization ResponsibleSteel is the industry’s first global multi-stakeholder standard and certification programme.
