Greening Steel : Pathway to Sustainability event by MoS

The Ministry of Steel organized the event called “Greening steel : Pathway to Sustainability” on 10th September in New Delhi. In this event members from different ministries, academia, think tank, field specialists have participated to discuss the agenda of the meeting.

Agenda of the event

A Panel discussion session on ‘Leadership and Innovation: Driving the Green Steel Transition’ for sustainable steel production.

Notable presence

Shri H. D. Kumaraswamy (Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries)

Report released in the event

• Greening the Steel Sector in India: Roadmap and Action Plan
• In this report it covers the comprehensive strategy for decarbonizing the Indian steel sector.

Focus areas

• Current State and Challenges
• Key levers of decarbonization
• Technological Innovations
• Policy Frameworks
• Future Outlook
• Roadmap and Action Plan

Beneficial for the environment

• As India is targeting to achieve its Net Zero emissions goals for 2070, according to this report the Ministry of Steel is committed to adopting the action plan and strategies to lower the carbon emissions as mentioned in Nationally Determined Commitments (NDCs).
• This report will play a huge role in the transformation of the Indian manufacturing steel industry.

Why Green steel

As the present day earth faces several climate change related impacts, production patterns need to be changed in a sustainable way to reduce carbon emissions. In which steel manufacturing can play a pivotal role by producing sustainable production of steel will help to reduce the impact of climate change.