The UN Sustainable Development Goals

At SSAB, we focus on the following UN Sustainable Development Goals.

SSAB strives for inclusive leadership and a workplace where all employees feel a sense of belonging and have equal opportunities to contribute and succeed. Gender equality is an important area in diversity, with a particularly focus on increasing the share of women in managerial positions.
SSAB has zero tolerance of all forms of discrimination.

SSAB requires our suppliers to respect human rights and prohibit discrimination.
SSAB participates in several networks aimed at increasing diversity in the steel industry, such as Female Leader Engineer, Tekniksprånget, Women in Tech, Inklusiiv, and the Association of Women in the Metal Industries.
At SSAB Luleå, specific measures have been introduced to ensure a safe work environment for pregnant and nursing women.

As one of the world's most advanced steelmakers, SSAB is pushing the boundaries of innovation with steels with virtually zero fossil CO₂ emissions. This innovation strengthens competitiveness and adds value in a resource-intensive industry, with a much lower environmental impact.
SSAB supports labor rights and safe working environments, which are integral parts of the company's Code of Conduct. Our goal is to become the world's safest steel company.

In 2021, SSAB produced the world's first fossil-free steel using HYBRIT technology, a breakthrough that significantly reduces CO₂ emissions while maintaining the same high quality as traditional steel.
The SSAB Code of Conduct addresses areas such as health and safety, the environment, human rights and business ethics, and forms the basis for SSAB's commitments and policy documents in these areas. Work-place safety is an integral part of SSAB's operations.

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

SSAB strives to increase resource efficiency by differentiate through superior customer experience.
SSAB steel makes products stronger, lighter and increases productivity. In doing so, SSAB can lower the energy consumption meanwhile generating higher productivity for customers.
SSAB supports industrial processes with cleaner and more sustainable technologies.

Upgrading from standard to high-strength steel allows for lighter, more durable products with the same performance. This is resulting in improved fuel efficiency, extended service life, and fewer emissions during use. Since most of a product's environmental impact occurs in its use phase, these upgrades deliver meaningful climate benefits.

SSAB strives for efficient use of raw materials and energy. With overall improved material efficiency, we get more out of less material, resulting in improved efficiency in the use of natural resources.
Reduce waste generation by effective and increased use of own residuals as feedstock in own production.
SSAB is transforming the steel industry by creating a fossil-free value chain and making low-emission steel available on the market. This transformation is made possible through close collaboration with leading companies across sectors.
SSAB's Supplier Code of Conduct encourages suppliers to take measures to reduce environmental impact and to work to improve air, water and soil quality.

Ferrous materials are recycled back into production, reducing the need for virgin raw materials. Steel slag is reused within blast furnaces and sold externally for cement production, road construction, and agricultural soil improvement. Other by-products as benzene, sulfur, and coal tar are utilized in the chemical industry.
The transformation to fossil-free steelmaking involve major changes in raw material use since coal and coke will be phased out. Today, SSAB promotes material efficiency through heat recovery, the use of process gases, and optimized input use.
Through collaboration, SSAB accelerate the commercial adoption of fossil-free steel. SSAB Zero is being integrated into diverse applications, from heavy vehicles to construction and industrial equipment.

Sustainability is integrated into SSAB's overall business strategy. The company aims to deliver sustainable, industry-leading profitability through innovative products with increased customer value, while reducing environmental impact.
SSAB aims to largely eliminate carbon dioxide emissions from its own operations by around 2030. This requires transforming the entire product portfolio into products with a low carbon footprint.
In 2024, SSAB became one of the first steel companies worldwide to receive validated greenhouse gas reduction targets under the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) steel sector guidance.

Sustainability work is implemented across all divisions and subsidiaries and is based on a materiality analysis, which also includes the fossil-free customer offer. Already in 2021, SSAB produced and delivered the world's first decarbonized steel to a customer.
SSAB's near term, climate target is to reduce absolute scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions 48% by 2033 from a 2018 base year.
From a societal perspective, meeting SSAB's climate targets will make a major contribution to national climate targets in Finland and Sweden. Achieving these climate goals will also drive technological innovation that support the global transformation of the entire steel industry.