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ResponsibleSteel for Investors
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June 27, 2025
2025
ResponsibleSteel for Investors
A summary of how ResponsibleSteel certification provides investors with reliable sustainability metrics and site-level assurance.
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Finance
ResponsibleSteel for Buyers
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June 30, 2025
2025
ResponsibleSteel for Buyers
A summary of how certification supports buyers in assessing steelmakers’ sustainability performance and managing supply-chain risks.
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Steel buyers
The Materials Sourcing Progress Levels
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January 31, 2025
2025
The Materials Sourcing Progress Levels
A summary of ResponsibleSteel’s four-level framework for increasing supply-chain transparency and responsible sourcing of input materials.
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Upstream materials suppliers
Steelmakers and processors
Input material programmes
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The Decarbonisation Progress Levels
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September 23, 2024
2024
The Decarbonisation Progress Levels
A summary of ResponsibleSteel’s scrap-variable decarbonisation framework used to measure and reward progress toward near-zero steel.
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Steelmakers and processors
Steel buyers
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ResponsibleSteel's 13 Principles
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February 7, 2025
2025
ResponsibleSteel's 13 Principles
A summary of the 13 ESG Principles that underpin the ResponsibleSteel International Production Standard.
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Auditors
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Finance
Input material programmes
Understanding ResponsibleSteel Certification
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September 23, 2024
2024
Understanding ResponsibleSteel Certification
A summary of the two types of ResponsibleSteel certification and how sites progress toward Certified Steel.
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Auditors
Certification bodies
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Finance
Input material programmes
Introduction to ResponsibleSteel
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January 31, 2025
2025
Introduction to ResponsibleSteel
A summary of ResponsibleSteel’s role as a global multi-stakeholder initiative driving the socially and environmentally responsible production of steel.
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Auditors
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Civil society organisations
Finance
Input material programmes
ResponsibleSteel Guide for Buyers
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November 25, 2025
2025
ResponsibleSteel Guide for Buyers
A summary of how certification supports buyers in assessing steelmakers’ sustainability performance and managing supply-chain risks.
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ResponsibleSteel Guide for Investors
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May 8, 2025
2025
ResponsibleSteel Guide for Investors
This guide outlines how ResponsibleSteel certification can support investors in evaluating a steelmaker's management of sustainability topics.
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ResponsibleSteel's 13 Principles
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February 7, 2025
2025
ResponsibleSteel's 13 Principles
A summary of ResponsibleSteel's 13 Principles for the responsible sourcing and production of steel.
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Understanding the Materials Sourcing Progress Levels
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January 31, 2025
2025
Understanding the Materials Sourcing Progress Levels
This two-pager outlines ResponsibleSteel's approach to responsible sourcing, explaining how the Materials Sourcing Progress Levels work.
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Introduction to ResponsibleSteel
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January 31, 2025
2025
Introduction to ResponsibleSteel
This two-pager outlines the purpose of ResponsibleSteel and how we drive our mission with the support of our membership and our standards and certification programme.
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