Economy
June 16, 2020
U.S. Steel’s “Sustainability” Efforts Go Beyond the Environment
Written by Tim Triplett
The term “sustainability” is most often associated with environmentalism. True to the word, U.S. Steel’s 2019 Sustainability Report details the steelmaker’s mission to reduce its global greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity by 20 percent over the next decade. But what makes a company’s success “sustainable” over the long term goes far beyond environmental considerations, said U.S. Steel President and CEO David Burritt. The recently released report delves deeply into the many aspects that define sustainability at U.S. Steel: safety, governance, ethics, innovation, environment, people and community. “We have sustained our business for nearly 120 years through wars, pandemics and economic expansion and collapse. U.S. Steel will be there to sustainably produce the next generation of steel for the next generation of people,” he said.
U.S. Steel is an integrated manufacturer of flat-rolled and tubular steel products with major production operations in the United States and Europe and annual raw steel production capability of 22 million net tons. U.S. Steel supplies customers throughout the world, primarily in the automotive, consumer, industrial, and oil country tubular goods (OCTG) markets.
