17. January 2024
Rosenfeld
SÜLZLE Stahlpartner is a member of ResponsibleSteel
Cooperation for a sustainable steel industry
Since January 2024, SÜLZLE STAHLPARTNER has been the first reinforcing steel dealer and bending company in Germany to become an active member of the multi-stakeholder initiative ‘ResponsibleSteel’. The aim of this global initiative is to ensure environmentally friendly and socially responsible steel production along the entire value chain.
SÜLZLE Stahlpartner is aware of its responsibility and has therefore taken a close look at its carbon footprint. Climate-relevant emissions are regularly analysed and reduced. As one of the leading steel traders in Germany and a pioneer in the industry, the company wants to offer its partners and customers the opportunity to purchase CO2-reduced steel.
‘Our membership in ResponsibleSteel demonstrates what drives us every day: we want to be a driver of innovation in our industry and actively address important sustainability issues relating to the supply chain and production processes.’
Heinrich Sülzle, managing director
To this end, the company has created automated, digitised and coordinated production and logistics processes at several locations in recent years. Sustainable, resource-efficient and employee-friendly.
The upstream supply chain is also a focus. Most of the reinforcing steel is sourced from suppliers who use electric steel production, which already means a reduction in the carbon footprint of around 70% compared to conventional blast furnace production. And this is from specially selected suppliers. As a result, the carbon footprint can be reduced by a further 30% compared to the standard for electric steel production.
Logistics to the construction site, largely carried out by the company’s own modern fleet of trucks, is constantly being optimised. This will continue in the future with AI-supported route planning, tracking tools, fuel reduction and investments in sustainable drive systems, among other things.
In the future, it will be possible to process and deliver CO₂-reduced reinforcing steel according to customer requirements – via clear batch tracking and batch separation, even on a project-specific basis.
More about ResponsibleSteel:
ResponsibleSteel™ is the first global multi-stakeholder standard and certification initiative for the steel industry and steel supply chain to promote responsible steel production and sourcing. Certification according to the ResponsibleSteel™ standard certifies that the organisational unit complies with the 12 defined principles. Social and environmental criteria are addressed and assessed along the entire value chain, ranging from climate change, natural resource management and water management to compliance with human and labour rights. The certification offers credible transparency and traceability.
More information at: https://www.responsiblesteel.org/
