Saarstahl Ascoval systematically pursues its strategy for transparency and sustainable management:
more environmental product declarations published

An EPD transparently presents all relevant environmental impacts and provides clear information about the product’s environmental influences. The entire life cycle is considered, from raw material extraction to recycling. The Saarstahl products included S-PURE+ Wire Rod, S-PURE+ Bar Steel and S-PURE+ Bloom all feature impressively low CO2 intensity – compared to the blast furnace route, they cut CO2 emissions by around 70 %.

Saarstahl Ascoval is Europe’s market leader for low-CO₂ rail steel. Customers include rail network operators such as SNCF, Société des Grands Projets (SGP), RATP (Paris Metro), SBB (Switzerland), ÖBB (Austria) and Network Rail (UK). Supplying the innovative, low-CO₂ steel for the rail industry – developed in collaboration with customers – has already cut CO₂ emissions by almost 2 million tons.

“Saarstahl Ascoval is a trailblazer for CO₂-reduced rail steel in Europe. With the new EPDs, we are affirming this aim as well as our strategy to continuously reduce our carbon footprint,” explained Dennis Stindt, Président Directeur General of Saarstahl Ascoval. “We are now extending this successful model to other steel sectors such as energy, defense and the automotive industry as a means of contributing further to the sustainability goals of the major industrial players.”

“With the publication of the new EPDs, the Saarstahl Group is expanding its range of verified sustainability information. In doing so we are systematically pursuing our strategy for transparency and sustainable management. This fits with the gradual transformation of our companies to climate-neutral steel production,” explained Jonathan Weber, Chief Transformation Officer at Saarstahl. “For our customers, the new declarations mean that they not only receive products with a reduced carbon footprint but also the full transparency they require to achieve their own sustainability goals.”

The EPDs are publicly available on the website of the Institut Bauen und Umwelt e. V. (IBU), among others.