Environmental Considerations

Coping with Climate Change

Nippon Steel recognizes climate change as a priority problem that threatens survival of the human race. Adverse climate change would also severely affect our business environment and earnings. In order to make our operation sustainable, we strive to curb impacts of climate change by promoting energy conservation, CO₂ emission reduction, and improvement in energy efficiency throughout the entire supply chain, from manufacturing to transportation, and at the stage of final use of products.

Nippon Steel Carbon Neutral Vision 2050
- A Challenge of Zero-Carbon Steel -

Nippon Steel adopts our own new initiative “Nippon Steel Carbon Neutral Vision 2050 – A Challenge of Zero-Carbon Steel”, as a part of our widespread efforts toward achieving a decarbonized society. we will consider and implement various measures as a top priority management issue in order to continue to lead the world's steel industry.

■Our CO₂ emissions reduction scenario

■Our roadmap of CO₂ emissions reduction measures

Nippon Steel Group’s energy-derived CO₂ emissions

Result of CO₂ emissions intensity increased from the previous year to 2.09 t-CO₂/ton in fiscal 2020 as production output declined partly due to COVID-19, however CO₂ emission dropped by about 29% relative to fiscal 1990 to 76million tons (preliminary).

Notes:
Values in the above graph are the total of corporations consisting of Nippon Steel, associated EAF mills (Osaka Steel, Sanyo Special Steel, Nippon Steel Stainless Steel, Oji Steel, and Tokai Special Steel, Nippon Steel Structural Shapes , Tokyo Kohtetsu ), Nippon Coke & Engineering and three Sanso Center companies

*A provisional value based on the assumption that the CO₂ level in a unit of purchased electricity in FY2020 is the same as in FY2019.