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Starting from scrap : The key role of circular steel in achieving climate goals
Report | Starting from scrap The key role of circular steel in achieving climate goals. This report aims at highlighting the role circularity can have in the fast decarbonization of the steel...
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Starting from scrap: transition to low-carbon steel can go faster with...
Starting from scrap: transition to low-carbon steel can go faster with increased use of second-hand metal New research by Sandbag indicates that a better use of end of life steel objects would help to...
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European Scrap Steel Floats Away Under Carbon Market Incentives
European Scrap Steel Floats Away Under Carbon Market Incentives According to Shipbreaking Platform, a Brussels-based NGO campaigning for the environmental and human rights issues linked to...
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2nd ETS trilogue: EU institutions agreed on almost nothing, except on perpetuating free allocation for the steel giants The second ETS trilogue took place last week on October 11th. Tabled proposals...
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Mind the Scrap: Ignoring Embedded Emissions Puts the CBAM at Risk
Mind the scrap: ignoring embedded emissions puts the CBAM at risk Sandbag’s submission to DG TAXUD’s Informal Expert Group on the Analytical Methods for the Monitoring, Reporting, Quantification and...
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From Process to Product: A Fix to the Allocation of Free Emission Permits to...
From Process to Product: A Fix to the Allocation of Free Emission Permits to Industry On 18 April 2023, Sandbag presented to the European Commission’s Expert Group on Climate Change Policy a proposal...
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Free Allocation Needs to Incentivise Circularity for the EU to Reach Net Zero
Free allocation needs to incentivise circularity for the EU to reach net zero Open letter: Free allocation needs to incentivise circularity for the EU to reach net zero To: DG CLIMA – Mr Heiko...
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Flat Steel in the Free Allocation Regulation
Flat Steel in the Free Allocation Regulation Following the revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) Directive in April 2023, the European Commission was mandated to review the Free Allocation...
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European Commission lets recycled steel down in regulation proposal
Sandbag and 12 other organisations – representing important environmental NGOs, think tanks and the European recycling industry – have co-signed a letter addressed to Members of the European...
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Updating of the EU ETS free allocation rules: Polluting for free during a...
Update of the EU ETS free allocation rules: Polluting for free during a climate crisis In this joint op-ed, first featured in Carbon Pulse, Sandbag policy officer Aymeric Amand and Carbon Market...
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From Niche to Mainstream: Shaping Demand for Green Steel
From Niche to Mainstream: Shaping Demand for Green Steel This report on the demand for green steel examines the impact of steel production using low-carbon technologies further down the value chain....
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CEPS-Sandbag Joint Op-Ed – The EU should lead the green steel race… Or it...
CEPS-Sandbag Joint Op-Ed – The EU should lead the green steel race… Or it could be left behind in the dust A wave of low-carbon steel projects should be launched across the EU by 2030 but how...
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Report – A Scrap Game: Impacts of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
Report - A Scrap Game: Impacts of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) was formally adopted on 17 May 2023, two years after the initial proposal by...
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Closing the CBAM scrap loophole – A critical move for climate & competitiveness
Closing the CBAM scrap loophole – A critical move for climate & competitiveness This joint op-ed by Norsk Hydro, Alcoa, Bellona Europe and Sandbag was published by Carbon Pulse. The EU’s Carbon...
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Steel and CCS/U
Steel and CCS/U Decarbonisation potential, costs, and bottlenecks Carbon capture, storage and/or utilisation (CCS/U) technologies are often touted as a ‘catch all’ solution for the decarbonisation of...
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A closer look at 2023 emissions: steelmaking caused a quarter of industry...
This brief analyses 2023 emissions under the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), using the latest data available from the EU Transaction Log (EUTL). It particularly focuses on the iron and steel...
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Metallurgical flexibility: Enabling the aluminium and steel sectors for...
Electrification and flexibility are critical to decarbonising both industrial and electricity systems. But what happens when we combine the two? Industrial flexibility will play an increasingly...
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Free Allocation Needs to Incentivise Circularity for the EU to Reach Net Zero
Free allocation needs to incentivise circularity for the EU to reach net zero Open letter: Free allocation needs to incentivise circularity for the EU to reach net zero To: DG CLIMA – Mr Heiko...
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Towards a minimum recycled steel content in passenger cars: setting an...
The EU has around 286 million motor vehicles, and every year, 6.5 million of these are scrapped. If the steel scrap from these end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) is not managed well, valuable resources are...
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