AM/NS India accelerates circularity and low-carbon emissions steelmaking

ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) has published its Sustainability Report for FY2024-2025, which has set out the measurable progress it is making on its commitment to decarbonisation, circularity, and communities’ empowerment. The report also underscores that AM/NS India’s efforts to cut CO₂​ emissions and embrace circularity are aligned with global standards such as Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 2021, European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), Integrated Reporting (IR) & Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting (BRSR). 

Mr. Dilip Oommen, Chief Executive Officer, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India), said: “Sustainability is integral to our business strategy, promoting innovation, contributing to national climate action goals, and ensuring the well-being and safety of our employees, and all other stakeholders. The past financial year has marked a turning point in our sustainability journey as we made steady progress on our strategic intent to continue producing high-quality and low-carbon emissions steel, more responsibly. Under the theme ‘From Green Promise to Green Action’, the report details measurable advancements we made in sustainability across our operations, value chain, and communities.” 

Operational Milestones: 

·         Low-carbon emissions steelmaking progress: CO₂ emissions intensity has been reduced by 2.2% from 2021 baseline. Since 2015, AM/NS India reduced more than one-third CO₂ emissions intensity. The company is currently recognised as one of India’s lowest carbon-emitting integrated steel producers (14% lower than the national average).

·         Renewable energy integration: 26% of the organisation's total electricity consumption has been sourced from renewable energy. The notable boost in renewable energy was realised when the company flagship plant in Hazira, Gujarat, started receiving clean energy from about a 1-GW hybrid renewable energy project in Andhra Pradesh. The $0.7 billion project, developed by AM Green Energy (part of ArcelorMittal, one of our parent companies), represents the company’s commitment to decarbonisation.

·         Water resource management: Zero liquid discharge has been achieved across the company operations in India; 350 million litres of rainwater has been harvested.

·         Circularity: Nearly 4.1 lakh tonnes of steel scrap has been utilised in the financial year, resulting in 5.7% of scrap mix in steel production. A scrap processing plant in Khopoli, Maharashtra, accelerated this circularity in its supply chain, bringing AM/NS India closer to its 10 % scrap mix target by 2030. 

The report details how the company is pursuing green hydrogen and carbon capture to pave the way for next-generation steelmaking. AM/NS India collaborated with ArcelorMittal’s XCarb™ India Accelerator program (in which IIT Madras was also involved) and interacted with 50 start-ups focusing on decarbonisation technologies. Out of them, three companies were awarded seed funding by ArcelorMittal to spur innovation. 

CSR initiatives:

 The company has touched over 2.5 million lives so far in about 210 villages across the nation. Some of the key initiatives that generated considerable impact in the FY 24-25. 

·         Skill Development (Daksh): 1,578 youth were trained; 911 successfully placed.

·         Health (Aarogya): 0.66 million beneficiaries afforded better access to healthcare.

·         Livelihoods (SAFAL): Sustainable Agriculture For Alternative Livelihood (SAFAL) programme led to a 20% increase in farmer incomes.

·         Environment & Energy (Green & Ujjwala): Afforestation and solar infrastructure initiatives.