A case-study summary of how SIJ Group achieved ResponsibleSteel Core Site Certification for its SIJ Acroni and SIJ Metal Ravne sites in 2024, outlining key actions, challenges, and benefits.

A summary of how ResponsibleSteel certification provides investors with reliable sustainability metrics and site-level assurance.

A summary of how certification supports buyers in assessing steelmakers’ sustainability performance and managing supply-chain risks.

A summary of ResponsibleSteel’s four-level framework for increasing supply-chain transparency and responsible sourcing of input materials.

A summary of ResponsibleSteel’s scrap-variable decarbonisation framework used to measure and reward progress toward near-zero steel.

A summary of the 13 ESG Principles that underpin the ResponsibleSteel International Production Standard.

A summary of the two types of ResponsibleSteel certification and how sites progress toward Certified Steel.

A summary of ResponsibleSteel’s role as a global multi-stakeholder initiative driving the socially and environmentally responsible production of steel.

Efforts to increase alignment and enable interoperability between frameworks and standards are encouraging comparisons and estimations of equivalency. Conversion between jurisdictional standards is likely to become necessary to facilitate fair terms of trade. A framework is needed to shape how interoperability should support credible claims and trusted data for comparison and equivalency. This document provides such a framework, including the principles and procedures to be observed.

These Terms of Reference (ToR) provide an overview and framework of the process for the standard revision of the ResponsibleSteel International Production Standard.