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Australia takes the lead on responsible steel certification
March 8, 2016
Australia takes the lead on responsible steel certification
By Paul Wallace, The Fifth Estate
Tuesday 8 March 2016
The global steel industry this week converged on Sydney to lay the foundations for a new global certification scheme that has been five years in the making.
To be launched in 2017, the Responsiblesteel scheme will extend well beyond environmental criteria to take into account ethical and community considerations as well as reporting, product design and biodiversity.
Through the newly formed not-for-profit Steel Stewardship Council (an offshoot of the Steel Stewardship Forum), the scheme has been driven by Australian industry, despite its minnow status in terms of steel production globally.
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