Green Steel: Our Pathway to Carbon Neutrality
Steel production accounts for approximately 8% of global CO₂ emissions. thyssenkrupp is investing in direct reduction ironmaking (DRI) technology using hydrogen as the reducing agent — replacing the blast furnace route with a process that produces water vapour rather than CO₂.
Conceptual rendering of the tkH2Steel® direct reduction plant at Duisburg, Germany.
thyssenkrupp's hydrogen-based DRI programme is in active development and commissioning phase. Current commercial steel production still relies predominantly on blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) routes with associated CO₂ emissions. "Green" or "low-carbon" product designations are applied to specific product lines and production batches where the carbon accounting methodology (mass balance or product-specific allocation) has been independently verified by a third party. We do not apply general green labelling to our full product portfolio without verified evidence. Customers requiring documented low-carbon steel supply should contact our technical team to discuss available allocation options and chain-of-custody documentation.