Green steel for lower-carbon steel structures

No – World Steel is a fabricator. We source plate, sections and hollow sections from mills with verified low-carbon data and certifications, fabricate them under our certified quality systems and document the carbon of the steel package.

Most often EAF hot-rolled sections and plate with product EPDs, steel from ResponsibleSteel-certified sites, and coated sheet with EPDs for the envelope. Availability depends on the section range, the market and the programme – we propose options with each quotation.

An EPD is verified life-cycle data for a product – its real footprint. A mass-balance certificate allocates a steelmaker’s company-wide reductions to a product and does not change its EPD value. Rating tools and Buy Clean limits use EPDs.

Not by itself. Core site certification covers responsible production across 13 principles; only “ResponsibleSteel Certified Steel” carries a decarbonisation Progress Level from 1 to 4.

For fabricated hot-rolled sections the limit is 1,080 kg CO2e/t with a facility-specific EPD; EAF mills with published EPDs below that value can meet it. We confirm the mill and EPD before quoting.

Yes – fabricated structures under CN 7308 are CBAM goods. Importers need the embedded emissions of the steel; we provide the mill data for the declaration.

Often, depending on the mill and market. Reducing tonnage through design optimisation usually saves more carbon per dollar, so we do both.