Life cycle assesment of steel product

[Company / organization] Nippon Steel Corporation

start date (planned), etc.

Already implemented

description of technology and business model

We took the lead in developing a methodology to calculate the recycling effect of steel scrap into an international standard (ISO 20915) in cooperation with worldsteel, and into a domestic standard (JIS Q 20915) in cooperation with the Japan Iron and Steel Federation.

We submit the environmental impact data (Life Cycle Inventory) of our steel products based on the above standards to worldsteel and the The Japan Iron and Steel Federation, and have contributed to the establishment of their LCI databases for a wide range of product types.

achievements and targets

We have disclosed theLCI of our products under EcoLeaf certification (first time in the brst blast furnace steel producers in japan) to meet the requests for the data by steel cusumers.

We are explaining LCA through videos and learning cartoons to promote understanding of LCA among a wide range of people.

・ISO 20915、JIS Q20915 certification (November 2018、June 2019, as JISF）

・The 16th LCA Japan Forum Award (January 2019, as JISF)

・The 16th LCA Japan Forum Award (Encouragement Award) (January 2020)

・EcoLeaf　Environmental Label certification

　･Ten H-shaped steel products （December 2019～March 2020)

　・Tinplate, Tin-free steel, and Laminated steel sheets（October 2020）

　・Seamless OCTG and Linepipe, HFW (High-frequency welded) OCTG and Linepipe (April 2021)