The World Steel Association (worldsteel) launched the Steel in a Sustainable World series of CEO Insights, aimed at highlighting the role of the global steel industry in creating a sustainable future for the planet. CEOs from seven leading steel companies around the world have shared their Insights on the future of steel and its role in sustainable development. Focusing on the seven industry sustainability principles as laid out in the Sustainable Development Policy, the CEOs share their views on steel and its role in global sustainable development. The seven CEOs are:

The first Insight and CEO film will be published to highlight the steel industry’s environmental standards, demonstrating the ways in which technology drives the development of a sustainable society. The CEO Insights and films will be published weekly as part of worldsteel’s commitment to supporting sustainability across the global industry.

Edwin Basson, Director General of worldsteel, said: “These CEO Insights are a tremendous way of demonstrating our members’ commitment to the future of steel, and its role in protecting the future of our planet. We are very proud of the efforts being made across the industry to foster a sustainable future for generations to come.

As an industry, our belief is that sustainable development must meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. We are committed to a vision in which steel is recognised as a key element in a sustainable world. The properties of steel alone demonstrate its significance in this area – steel is 100% recyclable and is in fact the most recycled material in the world.

These Insights and films capture exactly the areas we need to focus on to become ever stronger, ever more transparent, and ever more able to deliver sustainable development for our future. I am immensely grateful to the CEOs for lending their time and demonstrating their commitment to embedding sustainability into all future planning across the industry.”

worldsteel, Brussels