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We are very proud to announce that Arabian Gulf Steel Industries LLC (AGSI) has officially joined the Emirates Green Building Council! This partnership reinforces our commitment to sustainable practices in steelmaking and our shared vision for advancing green practices in the built environment. We are eager to work together with the fellow members and broader community to accelerate the decarbonization of the industry and leading the way towards The UAE's Net Zero 2050 Vision. As a Carbon Neutral Steel Plant, we are proud to be pioneering the change and making an impact the region's steel and construction industries. #Sustainability #GreenBuilding #AGSI #netzerosteel

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Highy relevant to those in the steel value chain, those with Scope 3 targets and those under growing pressures to set targets. Also relevant to those subject to the upcoming CBAM carbon pricing regime, whether directly or indirectly. Ignacio Rabsiun Aramburu Silvian Baltac Abdul'Aziz A. Aliyu will provide you with some deep insights

"Public procurement is a useful tool to sustain demand of decarbonised #constructionmachinery in Europe" - this was the key takeaway from the EFM debate held in the European Parliament on 19th November. Hosted by MEP Sara Matthieu & with MEP Jeannette Baljeu and MEP Radan Kanev among the speakers, the event focused on how the EU procurement legislation can support sustainable construction and the carbon neutrality transition. This is in the context of the upcoming revision of the 2014 directives. DG GROW's Jugatx Ortiz González delivered a presentation on the process and the timeline of this revision process, which will be a key legislative file under the political leadership of incoming Commission VP Stéphane Séjourné. Our member company Volvo Construction Equipment was the industry supporter of this event and was represented at its highest level by President Melker Jernberg, who delivered a keynote speech about the company's engagement towards carbon-neutral machinery and called for supportive policies for the industry. Speaking at the event our SG Riccardo Viaggi recognised how demand should be supported by public tendering, most of all in contrast with the increasing supply of decarbonised solutions by CECE member companies. Riccardo reminded policymakers that all their decisions should be technology-neutral and support European industry, while delivering better value for taxpayers' money. He concluded by reminding attendees that sustainability considerations in award criteria can already be used by public tenderers under the current regulation. However this is not done because of a lack of professionalism and skills in most of the tendering authorities, which open them up to lawsuits and delays in awarding contracts based on the most economically advantageous tender.

National legislation is only a matter of time – whole life carbon limits already exist in parts of Northern Europe, and the UK won’t be far behind. In the meantime, local standards, public scrutiny and sustainability commitments from major industry players are driving action now. Embodied carbon is becoming a consideration, and the supply chain needs to respond. How? By offering lower-carbon products wherever possible, supported by robust data that substantiates their sustainability credentials. This all begins with EPDs, the Environmental Product Declarations that enable embodied carbon comparisons between construction products. It’s time for these third-party verified documents to become a hygiene factor for the construction industry. There are complexities to navigate. Not all EPDs are made equal, and that can make it challenging to effectively compare products from different manufacturers. The entire supply chain will need to adapt. We’ll play our part by providing EPDs for our full product range, to the latest standard – and creating resources to help customers and branch staff get up to speed. The prize is worth it. A lower-carbon construction industry, with the products and insight it needs to build low-carbon buildings. The UK deserves nothing less, says #BMBI Expert Neil Hargreaves of Knauf Insulation UK & Ireland. Read #BMBI Expert Neil Hargreaves of Knauf Insulation UK & Ireland comment: https://bit.ly/4el0ye5 Download the full BMBI Q1 2024 Report: https://bit.ly/3VyT93E #BMBI #BuildersMerchants #EnergyEfficiency #Insulation

We are very proud to announce that Arabian Gulf Steel Industries LLC (AGSI) has officially joined the Emirates Green Building Council! This partnership reinforces our commitment to sustainable practices in steelmaking and our shared vision for advancing green practices in the built environment. We are eager to work together with the fellow members and broader community to accelerate the decarbonization of the industry and leading the way towards The UAE's Net Zero 2050 Vision. As a Carbon Neutral Steel Plant, we are proud to be pioneering the change and making an impact the region's steel and construction industries. Anna Griffin Deepak Bhandari Gyaneshwar Tripathi Anna M. Irina Tadello #Sustainability #GreenBuilding #AGSI #netzerosteel #carbonneutrality

I am happy to share that the OECD report "Addressing steel decarbonisation challenges for industry and policy" – is finally out. It is based on work by Cécile SEGUINEAUD, Danhak Gu, Masanobu Nakamizu, Valentina Ventricelli, Michele Rimini, Tara Hermans, Anthony de Carvalho, Stephan Raes, Jens Lundsgaard and me. In this report, we outline steel companies’ decarbonisation strategies and implementation, discuss remaining challenges in reaching all the way to the Paris Agreement’s target of net-zero emissions, and provide some insights on how policies can be developed to further enhance the decarbonisation of the steel industry. The key policy insights can be summed up as: 🚀 Policy approaches will have to adapt with rapid advances in low-carbon steelmaking ⛓️ Coordination of value chains is a key enabler for low-carbon steelmaking 🌐 International cooperation should be enhanced 📈 Competitiveness of low-carbon steel will require pricing and/or direct market-shaping 🏭 Avoiding excess capacity while enabling low-carbon steel requires a more rapid exit of emission-intensive plants   https://lnkd.in/dbugVhuk

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 : 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 by World Trade Organization Tenth Triennial Review Proposal from the United States 2. #Proposal 2.1. The United States proposes to hold a #thematicsession that would explore the #landscape of #standards and #methodologies for measuring greenhouse gas (#GHG) #emissions in the #steel #sector and the #steel #industry, including #organizations that have signed onto the Steel Standards Principles. The intent is to; ☑ increase #awareness of the #impetus for the #development of these various approaches to measuring #greenhousegas emissions in the #steelsector; ☑ learn about #similarities and #differences among the different #approaches; and ☑ increase the understanding of the connection of these #initiatives to the global #tradingsystem, generally, and the various #instruments of the #WTO, specifically the #TBT Agreement and the Six Principles. 2.2. #Topics could include: 🔴 A brief #overview of the #steelindustry, including reviewing aspects of the #production stages and #supplychain that contribute greenhouse gas emissions; 🔴 #Presentations on #national and #regional #policies and #regulations focused on direct emissions #reduction by steel #producers and indirectly via #emissions reductions in industries that consume steel, given by select #Members; The following #submission, dated 31 May 2024, is being circulated at the #request of the #delegation of the #UnitedStates. The link is here: https://lnkd.in/du2EgMTA

𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 by SteelRadar Stephan Raes, Head of Structural and Industry Policy Division at OECD - OCDE Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation, delivered a keynote speech on the #decarbonization of the #steelindustry at the European Green Steel Summit. Raes' #presentation focused on the #goals of reducing the #environmentalimpact of #steel production and accelerating the #decarbonization of the #industry.   Highlights of Raes' speech included introducing the OECD - OCDE's work on the decarbonization of steel, common #challenges facing the #steelindustry and company #strategies to overcome these challenges. The speech addressed the current #policy #framework of the steel sector, which accounts for a significant share of global #emissions, with a focus on #mapping and #analyzing decarbonization policies. Finally, Raes concluded his speech with the progress made in #decarbonizing the steel industry, but stressed that significant challenges remain. She stressed that #policies for #decarbonization of the steel industry play a #critical role and that more efforts are needed and that the #steelsector must work harder to achieve #climategoals.   The full article link is here: https://lnkd.in/djsBzXca