Sustainable and Enduring Business
Operate and transform our business for long-term success with good governance, capital discipline, customer focus and innovation.
Steel is an essential material for modern society and a critical enabler of sustainable development. Strong, durable and totally recyclable, steel is a material of choice for buildings, infrastructure, light weight transport, clean energy production and transmission, and many other uses.
As we are one of the largest global producers of metal coated and painted steel building products, sustainability is key to what BlueScope makes and how we operate. Our commitment to sustainability is a fundamental theme in Our Purpose, and central to Our Bond and Our Strategy.
Steel is a critical enabler of the achievement of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a call for global action that aligns with our efforts to drive sustainable business outcomes. Read more on how we identify our material sustainability topics, and how they align to the relevant SDGs.
Integrating sustainable practices throughout our entire value chain defines the way BlueScope develops, manufactures and sells steel products and solutions, while building our own resilience and capacity to drive a sustainable future. To learn more about how we enable and govern sustainability.
Our five sustainability outcomes reflect the sustainability challenges and opportunities that matter most to our stakeholders and our success. Read more in the sections below.
Our approach to sustainability underpins the strength of our business, taking a balanced view of business objectives, broader trends and stakeholder interests. Our approach begins with Our Purpose, Our Bond and Our Strategy. Together, these elements define the way BlueScope develops, manufactures and sells steel products and solutions, while building our own resilience and capacity to drive a sustainable future. BlueScope’s commitment to sustainability is led from the top, and reflected in the Company's governance standards.
We regularly review our material sustainability topics to understand what matters most to our stakeholders and to inform our strategic approach. This review process supports the development and validation of our five sustainability outcomes. In pursuit of these outcomes, we strive to create strength along the steel value chain every day, for years to come.
BlueScope supports the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a call for global action that aligns with our efforts to drive sustainable business outcomes. See how we have aligned our sustainability outcomes to relevant SDGs here.
Read more in the sections below. You can also refer to our latest Sustainability Report.