Sustainability Roadmap 2020

Since the implementation of our five-year Sustainability Roadmap 2016-2020, an important milestone in Qatar Steel’s sustainability journey, that outlines our performance targets to be achieved during these five years, we continue to build upon the progress achieved in the past years, across six thematic objectives that sets a clear path to improve the sustainability of the company. Qatar Steel’s new Sustainability framework along with the updated roadmap are going to be developed further by the end of 2020 in line with the corporate objectives with “Building the Future ” as the core and through benchmarking with respect to other steelmaking industries and their performances.

Six thematic objectives:

Sustainability Roadmap Objective	Progress in 2020
Sustainable steel supplier of choice in the region	Qatar Steel successfully received the “QATAR QUALITY MARK” license from Qatar General Organization for Standardization, Quality & Conformity Department, for production of Reinforcing Steel Bars conforming to QS BS 4449:2005, Grade B500B, for the sizes 8mm to 40mm.Qatar Steel is the first integrated steel plant and large-scale organization in Qatar that has fulfilled the criteria for obtaining “QATAR QUALITY MARK” license. Qatar Steel added one more product to its portfolio by producing billet conforming to Malaysian Standard SIRIM and this product was successfully certified by SIRIM QAS INTERNATIONAL SDN. BHD. The Quality Assurance Laboratory of Qatar Steel is now accredited by TURKAK (Turkish Accreditation Institution, Turkey), in accordance with ISO/ IEC 17025 -2017, for Chemical and Mechanical testing of carbon steel used for reinforcement of concrete. TURKAK is a signatory to the European cooperation for Accreditation and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC). This accreditation enables us to further maintain our reputation as a company that follows the highest standards in product quality in comparison to peer companies. Qatar Steel became the first company in the Middle East and one of the four companies in the world to achieve “1 Rosette” rating for our good performance, granted by the authority of UK CARES under sustainable construction steel certification scheme, for the production of continuous cast steel billets and hot rolled steel bar for the reinforcement of concrete.
Breakthrough low carbon footprint steel industry	As part of a new project initiated in January 2020, Qatar Steel has started a different system based on Qatar Petroleum’s (QP) methodology for calculating GHG emissions for Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, using the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, EU Emissions Trading System as well as Kahramaa’s emission factors. Qatar Steel has successfully completed the initial verification process by SGS, UK of its GHG reporting and accounting in November 2020 and received verification certificate from SGS UK. The average GHG emission from Scope1 and Scope 2 has been found to be around ~1.23 MT CO2/MT steel production which is below the world average of 1.85 (according to World Steel Association standards). 21 new gas detectors were installed in all the sensitive areas of the natural gas line of the reheating furnace for early detection of any gas leakage.
World-class energy consumption rates for the steel industry	Qatar Steel is exploring the possibility of undertaking a collaborative feasibility study for renewable energy projects, such as installing a solar power plant to reduce the natural gas consumption onsite.
Leader in recycling and reusing among companies in the Qatar’s energy and industry sector	490,771 MT of recycled material was used as input material. Average % of scrap recycled as feed mix in EAF increased to 33% in 2020 compared to 17 % in 2019. Began a segregation waste programme in both the office and plant areas to divert recyclable waste from the source point to recyclers. Color coded containers- blue, yellow, green, brown and black – meant for collecting wood, plastic, domestic, general and paper wastes respectively have been set up across the company premises. A total of 1,055 metric tons of plastic and paper waste has been collected by recyclers.
Zero-harm culture and performance	Internal Process Safety gap analysis was completed in 2020 with the analysis showing 82% compliance with OSHA 14 elements PSM program. External PSM assessment conducted by Qatargas Subject Matter Expert in Q4 of 2020 and by QP-MIC PSM working group in Q1 of 2021 which provided recommendations on process safety culture improvement and on individual Qatar Steel PSM elements respectively. A PSM roadmap has been established following recommendations from these external PSM assessment. Achieved a “best ever” total of 10 Million working hours without a LTI (employees and contractors), as well as a LTIFR of 0 for 2020.
Leading water management practices for Qatar and the steel industry internationally	Qatar Steel is in the process of construction of a Near Zero Liquid Discharge (NZLD) plant which will significantly reduce the amount of Treated Industrial Water (TIW) and brine discharges into the sea during plant operations.

Highlights

S. No	Objective	Baseline/Target	UOM	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
1	Sustainable Steel Supplier of Choice in the Region	10 New Products to be developed by end of 2020 including high Strength Rebar, Wire Rods and others	Number	3	2	1	2	1
2	Breakthrough Low Carbon Footprint for the Steel Industry	1.51 tons of CO2 per ton of Molten Steel produced	Tons of CO2/Ton of Steel	1.34	1.31	1.33	1.30	0.93
3	World Class Energy Consumption Rates for the Steel Industry	14.9 GJ/tonne of Molten Steel Production	GJ/T	15.57	14.92	15.27	15.27	11.5
4	Leader in Recycling and Reusing Among Companies in the Qatar Energy and Industry Sector	Q-Companies By-Products Recycled (10,000 T)	Ton	145	13,067	9,589	4,648	3,660
		% of Scrap used as Input Material (10.9 %)	%	14.93	15.09	16.20	17.13	33.30
		QS-By-Products Recycled/Sold for further processing (48 %)	%	–	83	59	69	62
5	Zero Harm Culture and Performance	Zero LTIFR (QS Employees)	No	0.51	1.07	0.53	1.06	0
5	Zero Harm Culture and Performance	Zero LTIFR (Contract Employees)	No	1.96	1.14	0.48	0.18	0
6	Leading Water Management Practice for Qatar and the Steel Industry Internationally	Near zero m³ process wastewater discharged to sea	m³	767,678	708,174	622,320	716,311	222,795
		88% recycling rate of processed water	%	16.50	31.69	35.90	21.00	28.17
		0.66 water intensity (m³ freshwater / tonnes of molten steel consumed)	m³/T	0.59	0.61	0.57	0.60	0.59