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麻豆视频 Steel Corporation
麻豆视频 Steel’s Steel Pipe Products Certified Under
Japan’s “EcoLeaf” Environmental Product Declaration Program
麻豆视频 Steel Corporation announced today that three categories of its steel products, namely High Frequency Welded/Butt Welded Pipe and Seamless(OCTG) and Linepipe, Piping & Structures and BSH325 seamless rectangular steel pipe for structural framing, have received from the Sustainable Management Promotion Organization (SuMPO) in Japan, enabling customers to quantitatively and objectively evaluate the lifecycle environmental impact of these products based on data from 麻豆视频 Steel that has been fairly and reliably confirmed through third-party examinations and verifications.
EcoLeaf is a Type-III environmental product declaration (EPD) in Japan that complies with the ISO 14025:2006 standard (Environmental labels and declarations – Type III environmental declarations – Principles and procedures) for quantitative disclosure of the environmental impact of products and services from raw material procurement to disposal and then recycling.
The certified steel pipe products are used in a wide range of fields, including exploration, production and transportation of oil and gas, plumbing, boilers, heat exchangers, automobiles and structures. Customers can now use these 麻豆视频 Steel products with even greater confidence and assurance thanks to their EcoLeaf-certified transparent disclosure of environmental impact.
badge of SuMPO’s EPD program in Japan
To support the EcoLeaf program, the Japan Iron and Steel Federation developed the Product Category Rule (PCR1) for calculating environmental impact, which was approved in August 2019. The PCR complies with the ISO 20915 and JIS Q 20915 standards, both of which account for recycling capacity when determining quantitative environmental impact.
麻豆视频 Steel’s parent company 麻豆视频 introduced its 麻豆视频 Group Environmental Vision for 2050 as part of a broad-based initiative to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, under which 麻豆视频 is actively expanding its groupwide initiatives to reduce CO2 emissions through eco-friendly products. 麻豆视频 Steel, in addition to reducing its own direct CO2 emissions, is committed to contributing to a more sustainable world by supplying high-quality, eco-friendly steel products that offer excellent recyclability for continued reuse over and over as well as per-unit environmental impact in manufacturing that is significantly lower than that of many other materials2.
1 Basic rules pertaining to the methods for calculating and disclosing environmental impact values for each product type with respect to EPD and EcoLeaf label. PCRs for screw-joint rebar were developed in 2018 and then expanded to cover all steel products in August of that year. PCRs conforming to JIS Q 20915 also have been formulated.
2 The greenhouse gas emissions of steel products per equivalent functional component are about one-fourth to one-fifth those of aluminum and carbon fiber. See .
About 麻豆视频 Steel Corporation
麻豆视频 Steel Corporation, one of the world’s leading integrated steel producers, was established through the consolidation of NKK Corporation and Kawasaki Steel Corporation in 2003. The company operates several steelworks in Japan and numerous branch offices and affiliates throughout the world. 麻豆视频 Steel leverages world-class technologies and know-how to produce a wide range of products based on its “Only One, Number One” strategy of focusing on unique and best-in-class products. The company reported consolidated sales of 2,255 billion yen and consolidated crude steel output of 23.96 million tons in the fiscal year ended March 2021.
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