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The latest news, insights, and resources from the forefront of steel decarbonization.
- PUBLIC POLICY
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- Jul 16, 2025
IDAA Verified Steel: Clearly Defined
In response to the EU’s Industrial Decarbonization Accelerator Act, this paper urges policymakers to adopt the GSCC Steel Climate Standard as the official benchmark for defining and supporting low-emission steel.
- PUBLIC POLICY
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- Jul 5, 2025
Strategic Public Procurement: Defining Climate Value in Steel
This position paper calls on the EU to integrate a binding, science-based definition of green steel into procurement directives to drive decarbonization in strategic industrial sectors.
- PUBLIC POLICY
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- Jul 5, 2025
A Single Framework for Defining Low Emission Steel
This paper outlines why a technology-neutral, science-based standard—like the GSCC Steel Climate Standard—is essential for defining low emission steel and ensuring a fair global decarbonization path.
- PRESS RELEASE
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- Jul 1, 2025
GSCC Certifies First Low Emission Hot-Rolled Steel Products: from ASA and SDI
The GSCC has certified the first low-emission hot-rolled steel products from ASA and SDI, setting a new benchmark for climate-aligned steel under its rigorous Steel Climate Standard.
- INTERVIEW
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- May 6, 2025
A Global Standard for Green Steel: GSCC’s Adina Renee Adler Joins the Green Steel Challenge
GSCC Executive Director Adina Renee Adler joins the Green Steel Challenge podcast to discuss how the Steel Climate Standard turns emissions accounting into measurable, technology-neutral action for real decarbonization.
- PRESS RELEASE
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- Apr 30, 2025
GSCC Certifies AFV Beltrame Group’s Science-Based Emission Reduction Targets
The Italian steel group is the first producer in Europe to receive the prestigious certification.
- PRESS RELEASE
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- Apr 23, 2025
GSCC Certifies Arkansas Steel Associates’ Science-Based Emissions Targets
The Global Steel Climate Council (GSCC) has certified Arkansas Steel Associates' science-based emissions targets, recognizing the company’s commitment to producing low-carbon steel. This milestone underscores ASA's leadership in delivering verified climate action and driving decarbonization across the steel industry.
- INTERVIEW
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- Apr 17, 2025
The Neglected Side of Steel Decarbonization: Electric Steelmakers and Their Message for a Fair Green Steel Definition
In epico’s "Green Steel Dialogues," GSCC Executive Director Adina Renee Adler highlights the need for a single, technology-neutral framework that ensures fairness for electric steelmakers and drives authentic progress toward net zero.
- INTERVIEW
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- Apr 10, 2025
GSCC Executive Director Adina Renee Adler Sits Down With GMK Center To Discuss the GSCC’s Approach to Real Steel Sector Decarbonization
GSCC Executive Director Adina Renee Adler speaks with GMK Center about how the GSCC’s globally applicable Steel Climate Standard is driving real, transparent decarbonization across the steel industry.
- PRESS RELEASE
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- Feb 3, 2025
GSCC Publishes 2024 Annual Report
The Global Steel Climate Council (GSCC) has released its 2024 Annual Report, highlighting significant growth, the implementation of the Steel Climate Standard, and the certification of the first Science-Based Emissions Targets (SBETs). The report underscores GSCC’s leadership in advancing steel decarbonization and shaping global policy discussions.
- PRESS RELEASE
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- Jan 16, 2025
GSCC Certifies North America’s Largest Steel Producer – Nucor
The Global Steel Climate Council (GSCC) has certified Nucor, North America's largest steel producer, for its ambitious science-based emissions reduction targets, highlighting GSCC's commitment to advancing low-carbon steel technologies globally.
- PRESS RELEASE
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- Nov 15, 2024
GSCC Celebrates Two Years of Steel Decarbonization Ambition, Action & Results
The Global Steel Climate Council (GSCC) is celebrating two years of advancing carbon reduction and low-emission technology in the steel industry worldwide.
- PRESS RELEASE
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- Nov 7, 2024
GSCC Publishes Label for Steel Climate Standard Certified Products
The Global Steel Climate Council (GSCC) published its labeling design for certified products in line with the Steel Climate Standard.
- PRESS RELEASE
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- Oct 10, 2024
World’s First GSCC Certified, Science-Based Emissions Targets Set by a Steel Producer – Steel Dynamics, Inc.
The Global Steel Climate Council (GSCC) has certified the first steel producer’s Corporate Average Steel Emissions Intensity (CASEI) base year emissions and Science-Based Emissions Targets (SBET).
- PRESS RELEASE
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- Sep 27, 2024
GSCC Publishes Label for Certified Science-Based Emissions Target
The Global Steel Climate Council® (GSCC®) published its labeling design for a certified Science-Based Emissions Target in line with the Steel Climate Standard.
- PRESS RELEASE
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- May 7, 2024
GSCC®’s Steel Climate Standard Endorsed by the UK’s Largest Infrastructure Companies
The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) and the UK Minister for Industry and Economic Security last week launched an initiative for the UK’s leading construction firms to make a series of pledges under the “Five Client Carbon Commitments” towards a Net Zero future.
- PRESS RELEASE
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- May 1, 2024
Applications Now Accepted for Approval of Certification Bodies by the Global Steel Climate Council
The Global Steel Climate Council (GSCC®) is now accepting applications from organizations that provide third-party verification and validation services to become approved certification bodies for the Steel Climate Standard.
- PRESS RELEASE
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- Apr 9, 2024
GSCC® Joins Worldsteel Association
The Worldsteel Association today announced the Global Steel Climate Council (GSCC®) was elected as an Associate Member of the organization.
- BLOG
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- Feb 29, 2024
Decarbonizing Steel is a Climate Imperative and an Economic Necessity
Executive Director Adina Renee Adler discusses low carbon steel in a sustainable global economy and why GSCC® members are leading the industry toward decarbonization.
- PRESS RELEASE
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- Dec 4, 2023
Global Steel Climate Council Announces Appointment of Executive Director
The Global Steel Climate Council (GSCC®) announced today the appointment of Adina Renee Adler as Executive Director. Adina is a seasoned advocate for competitive, low carbon manufacturing and the circular economy.
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- Aug 3, 2023
Low-carbon coalition publishes a global steel standard to measure and report carbon emissions
Industry group publishes its protocol for a single low-carbon steel standard.
- PRESS RELEASE
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- Nov 17, 2022
New steel coalition promotes a transparent and climate-focused standard to measure and reduce carbon emissions
The GSCC® — is challenging the “sliding scale” proposal that the United States and European Union are considering as they negotiate a new emissions standard for steel production.