CSR & Environment

Developing revolutionary manufacturing technologies

R&D for environmental preservation

We are challenging ourselves in areas that will help resolve environmental problems, working through both our production activities and our products.

Environmental Approach

Research for a new future

In cooperation with the industry as a whole, we are working to develop a revolutionary new steelmaking technology that will greatly reduce CO2 emissions.

Sumitomo Metals' Four Actions for a Better Environment

  • Reducing the environmetal impact of our production processesReduce CO2 emissions from energy sources by 8.7% from 1990 levels.
  • Reducing environmeutal impacts through our productsContribute to reducing 220 million tons of CO2 emissions worldwide
  •  Invent a new steelmaking technology that is revolutionaryDevelop future technologies that will deliver dramatic reductions in environmental impacts.
  • Transfer technologies overseas to make steel more eco-friendlyUtilize the environmental technologies of the Sumitomo Metals Group around the world.

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