General Announcement::Target for CO2 emission reduction
August 19, 2021 at 05:34 pm EDT
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August 19, 2021
JSWSL: SECT: MUM: SE: 2021-22
To,
1.
National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.
2.
BSE Limited
Exchange Plaza, 5th Floor
Corporate Relationship Department
Plot No.C/1, G Block
First Floor, New Trading Ring
Bandra-Kurla Complex
Rotunda Building, P J Towers
Bandra (East), Mumbai 400 051
Dalal Street, Fort
Tel: (022) 26598100-14 / 66418100
Mumbai 400 001
Fax No.: (022) 26598120
Tel: 91-22-22721233/4,91-22-66545695
Symbol: JSWSTEEL
Fax No.: 91-22-22721919
Kind Attn.: President (Listing)
Security Code: 500228
Kind Attn: The General Manager (CRD)
Dear Sir/Madam,
Sub: Target for CO2 emission reduction
In compliance with applicable Regulations, if any, of the Securities Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we hereby inform you that on a review of the decarbonisation pathway for JSW Steel, the Business Responsibility/Sustainability Reporting Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, vide its resolution dated 19 August 2021 has set a target of achieving CO2 emissions of 1.95 tCO2e per tonne of steel by Fiscal 2030, which is a 23% reduction from FY20 and 42% reduction from the base year of 2005. The target set for CO2 emissions includes direct emissions (Scope 1) and energy indirect emissions (Scope 2) from its operating integrated steel plants at Vijayanagar, Dolvi and Salem and follows the Sustainable Development Scenario (SDS) pathway for Indian Steel Industry as proposed by the International Energy Agency (IEA) Iron and Steel Technology Road Map with an objective to reduce 60% of CO2 emissions by
2050.
You are requested to take the same on record.
Yours faithfully,
For JSW Steel Limited
Lancy Varghese
Company Secretary
Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited
11 North Buona Vista Drive, #06-07, The Metropolis Tower 2, Singapore 138589
Hotline: (65) 6236 8863
Fax: (65) 6535 0775
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JSW Steel Limited is one of India's leading manufacturers of steel products. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- sale of steel products (98.3%): hot-rolled and cold rolled steels, bare and pre-painted steels, reinforcing bars, galvanized steels, wire, special steels, etc. for the automotive, machinery and construction sectors;
- other (1.7%).
At the end of March 2022, the group had 17 production sites in India (14), the United States (2) and Italy.
India accounts for 68.7% of sales.