Mumbai, swa news : Tata Steel has been recognised as a Steel Sustainability Champion 2025 by worldsteelfor the eighth consecutive year, reaffirming the Company’s commitment to sustainable development and adherence to global standards.Tata Steel has been a champion every year since the programme’s launch in 2018. The recognition highlights Tata Steel’s leadership in the steel industry through its sustainability-driven initiatives and responsible business practices.
Tata Steel is among a select group of steel-producing companies that have been named 2025 Steel Sustainability Champions at worldsteel’s Special General Meeting (SGM) of the Board of Members held today in Sydney, Australia.
On receiving the recognition,T. V. Narendran, CEO & Managing Director, Tata Steel, said: “We are honoured to be recognised once again as a Steel Sustainability Champion by the World Steel Association.This achievement reflects our continued commitment to sustainable steelmaking, integrating cutting-edge technologies and responsible business practices to reduce environmental impact. We remain dedicated to driving innovation, improving resource efficiency, and contributing meaningfully to a greener and more resilient future for the steel industry.”
To qualify as a Sustainability Champion, companies must meet stringent criteria including signing the worldsteel Sustainability Charter and demonstrating commitments to environmental responsibility, social impact, and governance excellence.
The evaluation process considers key sustainability indicators such as material efficiency, environmental management systems, lost time injury frequency rate, employee training, investments in innovative processes and products, and economic value distribution. Additionally, companies must provide Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) data to worldsteel’s data collection programme.
Tata Steel has been a foundational participant in worldsteel’s Climate Action programme and continues to be recognised as an accredited Climate Action member. The Company has developed expertise in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), a critical tool for measuring the carbon footprint of its products throughout their entire lifecycle, from raw material extraction to end-of-life recycling. Tata Steel also maintains a long-standing record of annual disclosures to CDP, achieving a strong A- rating for its climate disclosure in 2023.
As part of its ongoing sustainability efforts, Tata Steel has pioneered several key initiatives to reduce its carbon footprint. In FY25, Tata Steel India created Carbon Bank, a virtual repository of CO2, a first by any company in India. The Company plans to introduce new low-carbon offerings to its customers in the future using this repository, following the worldsteel’s Chain of Custody methodology. In 2025, Tata Steel became India’s first steel company to demonstrate end-to-end capabilities to develop steel pipes for the transportation of hydrogen. The Company was also the first Indian steelmaker to introduce biochar into its production processes to lower carbon emissions. In 2024, Tata Steel became the first Indian steel company to perform fullladen leg on B24 biofuel for its raw material shipment.
About worldsteel
The World Steel Association (worldsteel) is one of the largest and most dynamic industry associations in the world, with members in every major steel-producing country. worldsteel represents steel producers, national and regional steel industry associations, and steel research institutes. Members represent around 85% of global steel production.
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About Tata Steel
- Tata Steel group is among the top global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of 35 million tonnes per annum.
- It is one of the world’s most geographically diversified steel producers, with operations and commercial presence across the world.
- The group recorded a consolidated turnover of around US$27.7 billion in the financial year ending March 31, 2024.
- A Great Place to Work-CertifiedTM organisation, Tata Steel Limited, together with its subsidiaries, associates, and joint ventures, is spread across five continents with an employee base of over 78,000.
- Tata Steel has announced its major sustainability objectives including Net Zero by 2045.
- The Company has been on a multi-year digital-enabled business transformation journey intending to be the leader in ‘Digital Steel making’. The Company has received the World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse recognition for its Jamshedpur, Kalinganagar, and IJmuiden Plants. Tata Steel has also been recognised with the ‘Digital Enterprise of India – Steel’ Award 2024 by Economic Times CIO.
- The Company has been recognised with the World Economic Forum’s Global Diversity Equity & Inclusion Lighthouse 2023.
- The Company has been a part of the DJSI Emerging Markets Index since 2012 and has been consistently ranked among the top 10 steel companies in the DJSI Corporate Sustainability Assessment since 2016.
- Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur Plant is India’s first site to receive ResponsibleSteelTM Certification. Subsequently, its Kalinganagar and Meramandali plants have also received the certification. In India, Tata Steel now has more than 90% of its steel production from ResponsibleSteelTM certified sites.
- Received Prime Minister’s Trophy for the best performing integrated steel plant for 2016-17, 2025 Steel Sustainability Champion recognition from worldsteel for eight years in a row, 2023 Climate Change Leadership Award by CDP, Top performer in Iron and Steel sector in Dun & Bradstreet’s India’s top 500 companies 2022, Ranked as the 2024 most valuable Mining and Metals brand in India by Brand Finance, ‘Most Ethical Company’ award 2021 from Ethisphere Institute, and ‘Best Corporate for Promotion of Sports’ recognition at the Sportstar Aces Awards 2024.
- Received the 2023 Global ERM (Enterprise Risk Management) Award of Distinction at the RIMS ERM Conference 2023, ‘Masters of Risk’ – Metals & Mining Sector recognition at The India Risk Management Awards for the eighth consecutive year, and ICSI Business Responsibility and Sustainability Award 2023 for its first Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR), Excellence in Financial Reporting FY20 from ICAI, among several others.
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