Salzgitter AG

PIONEER IN CERTIFIED GREEN STEEL PRODUCTS

Salzgitter AG has established itself as a leader in industrial transformation, offering a range of environmentally sustainable steel products under the SALCOS® brand. These products are physically CO2-reduced and meet the LESS category C standard, ensuring both environmental and commercial benefits for customers.

These products have a certified Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) and an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD). An EPD is a standardised environmental product declaration, verified by independent third parties, that provides transparent and comparable information about the environmental impact of a product throughout its entire life cycle.

This commitment to transparency enables us to provide our customers with the support they need to achieve their own sustainability goals.

Certifications & Management Systems

Should you have any questions regarding sustainability or certificates, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Feel free to contact us.

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LESS label and EPD for our subsidiary Peiner Träger GmbH for its SALCOS® green steel products.

OVERVIEW OF IMPORTANT
SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATES

LESS - Low Emission Steel Standard

The Low Emission Steel Standard (LESS for short) classifies steel products up to the hot-rolled product as "low emission" or "near zero" steel. The classification is based on the proportion of scrap used in the manufacturing process and the CO2 intensity of the tonne of hot-rolled steel produced. The standard is managed by LESS aisbl, an independent, non-profit organization based in Brussels.

SALCOS® green steel products from the Salzgitter Group meet at least class C of this standard. Products certified according to this standard also receive independent Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) verification.

Further information on LESS and our green steel products can be found here.

The sliding scale creates threshold values according to which the hot-rolled steel product can be classified into different emission categories. Category C is only possible by switching to sustainable production technologies such as DRP, EAF and the use of renewable energies.

The categories indicate the transformation ambition in the production process. Conventional steel production in an integrated steel mill is generally in category D or E. SALCOS® products are at least in category C or better.

The vertical axis indicates the CO2 emissions up to the hot-rolled product of a reference production. With the help of adjustment rules, the emissions of the SALCOS® hot-rolled strip are converted to this reference and enable classification. The result should not be confused with the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF).

The horizontal axis shows the proportion of scrap used in the production of the steel product. The reason for this is that the use of scrap on the one hand significantly reduces CO2 emissions, but on the other hand there are restrictions on the availability of scrap, for example. By categorising them depending on the scrap content, the different steel production routes can be compared in their transformation ambition.

EPD - Environmental Product Declaration

The Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) is a type of environmental label that provides documentation of a construction product's environmental impact throughout its entire life cycle. The programme is based on international standards and is checked and verified by independent third parties. 

An EPD is a comprehensive document that contains quantitative data on a range of environmental indicators, including the life cycle assessment, emissions, energy consumption, and recyclability. It is therefore a central data basis for the sustainability assessment of buildings and enables precise calculation of a building's total emissions. This approach fosters transparency along the entire value chain, ensuring the comparability of construction products.

Green steel products of the Salzgitter Group

LEADING THE TRANSFORMATION WITH SALCOS®

With SALCOS® Structural Steel, you can rely on a green steel product with clear and transparent properties in your construction project that makes a real contribution to decarbonisation through physical CO2 reduction. Find out more about the Salzgitter Group's green steel products.

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