White paper

Decarbonisation of the Steel Industry: Medium-Term Goals and Immediate Gains for the Construction Sector

This white paper, Decarbonisation of the Steel Industry: Medium-Term Goals and Immediate Gains for the Construction Sector, provides a practical, construction-focused overview of how steel decarbonisation is being addressed today and how it is expected to develop in the medium term. Developed through the 2025 Sustainability Initiative Programme Partnership with the Council on Vertical Urbanism, it focuses on measures already in use, alongside realistic pathways for further progress.

The publication explores immediate opportunities to reduce embodied carbon in buildings through electric arc furnace steel, circular material use, and efficiency gains, while also assessing the medium-term potential of emerging solutions such as hydrogen-based steelmaking and carbon capture.