Optemis, is our ambition for the planet to become a carbon neutral steelmaker by 2045.
A brighter, cleaner future.
Optemis is our journey towards a carbon-neutral, circular world.
While the critical role of steel to help build the net zero world of the future is clear – renewable energy projects, electric vehicles and sustainable buildings to name just a few – we recognise the current steel making process creates substantial CO2 emissions.
Tata Steel’s UK business is committed to reducing its emissions, with the ambition of achieving CO2-neutral steel making by 2045 and achieving at least a 30% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030 (compared to 2018 levels). To achieve this we are looking at a range of technology options and are holding detailed discussions with the UK Government.
To reach carbon-neutrality by 2045 we have to fundamentally transform our iron and steel production processes which will take a number of years to complete. In the meantime we are not sitting idle. Instead, we are working on a large number of projects to make reductions in CO2 emissions as part of our push towards carbon neutral steel production. Each of these will help us to further reduce our carbon emissions.
The challenge of meeting society’s demands for net-zero carbon steel making is huge. But our company has a long history of meeting such challenges in a responsible way and we believe passionately in steel’s vital role in society’s low-carbon future.
At the same time, we are focused on making the production process more sustainable and making CO2 neutral with hydrogen.
In the Netherlands we will be making green steel in a clean environment no later than 2030. This is 10 years earlier than we first had anticipated.
In order to realise this switch to hydrogen in the next 10 years, intensive cooperation with local, regional and national governments and other partners is crucial.