GSCC Member Forum
26-28 October 2025 | Detroit, Michigan
GSCC Members, Associate Members and partners across the value chain are once again coming together for discussion and collaboration to drive our leadership on steel industry decarbonization. As the coalition faces policy and regulatory headwinds, we remain fully committed to pursuing Net Zero by 2050 goals as outlined in the Paris Climate Agreement. But it is more critical than ever for GSCC members to integrate efforts towards the organization’s strategic mission and actively engage with industry partners. Please join us for a closed, in-person meeting to discuss these issues.
Event Agenda
The GSCC Member Forum will be taking place at the The Dearborn Inn in Dearborn, MI (just outside of Detroit). Please use this link to book your hotel room. And as the agenda develops, check back to this page for more details.
October 26, 2025
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2 hoursRegistration Table is OpenHospitality Room Lobby
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1 hourWelcome Cocktail ReceptionHospitality RoomShow Description
Join us for welcome drinks and networking to kick off the forum.
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1 hour, 30 minutesNetworking DinnerHospitality RoomShow Description
Join us for a welcome dinner to kick off the forum.
October 27, 2025
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1 hourRegistration and Continental BreakfastHospitality Room
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30 minutesWelcome Remarks & Update on EU Advocacy InitiativeShow Description
Speaker: Adina Renee Adler, GSCC Executive Director
We will welcome attendees and get the meeting started with an update on a key advocacy initiative the GSCC is implementing to head off a potentially business-threatening policy decision in the EU.
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30 minutes"State of GSCC" Report & Meeting Scene-setterShow Description
Speaker: Jeff Hansen, GSCC Board Chair & VP Sustainability for Steel Dynamics
Within three years, the GSCC has grown in membership and integrity in the community of steel decarbonization initiatives and standards. We will review our successes so far, the organization’s vision for the next 2-3 years and set the scene for the day and a half dialogue to help further drive the GSCC’s strategic plan.
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30 minutesDiscussionShow Description
Moderator: Adina Renee Adler
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1 hourPresentation on the outlook of the global steel industry’s decarbonization pathway considering economic, technology and political trendsShow Description
Speaker: James Moss, Partner with First River Consulting and Co-Host of the Green Steel Challenge Podcast (invited)
Policymakers and the global community have placed high expectations on the steel industry to ambitiously cut emissions by 2050. Is it feasible given current economic, technology and political trends and the status of technological development as well as over-all future cycles?
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30 minutesCoffee Break
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1 hour, 15 minutesMember Round-Robin on Decarbonization Progress and ChallengesShow Description
Moderator: Inken Ehlers, GSCC Director of Sustainability
Every member shares the progress they are making to implement the Steel Climate Standard along with lessons learned and bottlenecks faced that can be shared with the group.
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1 hour, 15 minutesNetworking LunchHospitality Room
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1 hour, 15 minutesTaking the GSCC to the Next LevelShow Description
Moderator: Joe Quinn, Executive Director of the Center for Strategic Industrial Materials
What more can and should the GSCC be doing to grow and elevate the organization’s status and increase our relevance and influence? Help us identify the greatest headwinds to member success, and the strategies we need to enhance advocacy, membership recruitment and publicity. These elements will inform the development of the organization’s 2026 Strategic Plan and our planned activities for the next 1-3 years.
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15 minutesShort Break
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1 hour, 30 minutesNetworking Roundtable with Suppliers Partnership for the EnvironmentShow Description
Moderator: Dan Cooper, Director of the Global CO2 Initiative, University of Michigan (invited)
A unique opportunity to exchange insights with automotive OEMs and parts suppliers about current and future low emission steel supply and demand opportunities.
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1 hour, 30 minutesNetworking Reception with Suppliers Partnership for the EnvironmentHospitality Room
October 28, 2025
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1 hourRegistration and Continental Breakfast
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15 minutesMorning Welcome and the Day’s ReviewShow Description
Speaker: Adina Renee Adler
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1 hour, 15 minutesScience-Based Emission Target (SBET) and Product Certifications: Getting StartedShow Description
Moderators: Wendy Merz, GSCC Project Manager at Trinity Consultants; Sara Cupp*, Steel Dynamics; Joe Maiale*, Nucor; Adina Renee Adler, Inken Ehlers
You’re committed to implementing the Steel Climate Standard and to submitting your baseline Corporate Average Steel Emissions Intensity (CASEI) and SBETs within two years of commencing membership – but sometimes that first step is difficult. We will walk through the steps and calculation methodology and be available to answer questions.
*Member of the GSCC Technical Committee
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1 hourThe Steel Climate Standard: Upcoming 5-Year ReviewShow Description
Moderators: Wendy Merz, Trinity Consultants; Inken Ehlers, Adina Renee Adler
It is common practice for international standards to undergo reviews at least every five years, and the Steel Climate Standard will begin its process in 2026. We will brief Members on what that process entails and seek ideas on how to improve the Standard.
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45 minutesCoffee Break
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1 hourGlobal, Regional and National Stocks of ScrapShow Description
Speakers: Marcel Genet, Founder of Laplace Conseil (invited); Philip Bell**, President of Steel Manufacturers Association; and David Wagger, Chief Scientist at Recycled Materials Association* (invited)
There are competing narratives about whether or not there is a scrap shortage, how that will impact on decarbonization strategies and how the GSCC should respond. The Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA), with the support of Marcel Genet and his firm, Laplace Conseil, along with the Recycled Materials Association (ReMA) have tracked data and commissioned reports that support the thesis of sufficient supply, and they will share their findings to kick off discussion on a GSCC strategy.
*Member of the GSCC Technical Committee
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15 minutesMeeting Wrap-UpShow Description
Speaker: Adina Renee Adler
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1 hourLunch & Farewell