- Johnson Controls has launched a closed-loop steel recycling
partnership program with Nucor in the US
- The program will salvage nearly 100% of secondary scrap
steel at major Johnson Controls facilities in the US, amounting to
thousands of tons per year, repurposing it as low-embodied-carbon
steel.
- Johnson Controls sources over 70% of steel in the US and 45%
globally from recycled materials, as part of its program to reduce
embodied carbon across its product portfolio.
MILWAUKEE, April 20,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), a
global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, today
announced the launch of a program for recycling steel, through a
collaboration with Nucor Corporation, the largest steel producer
and recycler in North America.
Johnson Controls is engaged globally to use
our purchasing power to accelerate the adoption of near net zero
steel.
Over 70% of Johnson Controls steel purchases in the US and 45%
globally are manufactured from recycled scrap materials. The
program with Nucor will recycle nearly 100% of that secondary scrap
steel again, amounting to thousands of tons each year, at major
Johnson Controls manufacturing sites in the US. Nucor will remelt
the scrap steel using electric arc furnace (EAF) technology, which
generates approximately 75% less emissions than traditional blast
furnace manufacturing. The remelted steel will be sold back to
Johnson Controls for use in manufacturing. This closed-loop
recycling process is a highly efficient form of circularity that is
especially well suited to metals like steel, which retain their
robust material structures through multiple rounds of recycling and
repurposing.
Johnson Controls is engaged globally to use our purchasing power
to accelerate the adoption of near net zero steel, including being
a founding member of the First Movers Coalition, an organization
initiated by the US State Department and the World Economic
Forum.
"With our smart building technology trifecta – energy-efficient
equipment, clean electrification, and systemic digitalization – we
have already reached the point of being able to help customers
reduce building operational emissions to net zero," says
Katie McGinty, Vice President and
Chief Sustainability and External Affairs Officer at Johnson
Controls. "However, embodied carbon emissions in hard-to-abate
sectors like steel are much more challenging. We are unravelling
the complexities of embodied carbon, by addressing the challenge
from different angles: from low-carbon steel purchases to steel
recycling, material recycling, and overall product footprint
reduction. This partnership with Nucor will allow us to accelerate
upstream decarbonization significantly through the further
recycling of thousands of tons of steel every year. We are excited
not only about the immediate resource and emissions reductions, but
also about the long-term ripple effect this closed-loop recycling
partnership will have for resource, energy and emissions
savings."
"We are excited to work more closely with Johnson Controls and
build on our longstanding relationship by developing this recycling
program," said Noah Hanners,
Executive Vice President of Raw Materials for Nucor Corporation.
"Nucor pioneered the use of EAF technology in the late 1960s, and
we are now one of the cleanest, most sustainable steel producers in
the world. We formed Nucor Industrial Recycling to work with our
steel customers to find new and better ways to return steel scrap
directly from manufacturing facilities to our steel mills for
re-melting to make new steel products. This closed-loop recycling
program is a great example of how we work with our customers to
improve resource efficiency in the steel supply chain."
Johnson Controls Recognition for ESG &
Sustainability:
- Ranked on 2023 Global 100 Listing of the World's Most
Sustainable Corporations by Corporate Knights
- World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere for the 16th
time
- In 2022:
- Distinguished as a Global Climate Leader by the Climate
Disclosure Project
- Awarded platinum sustainability rating by EcoVadis, placing it
in top 1% of companies evaluated
- Named as Microsoft's Global Sustainability Changemaker
- Fortune Change the World list
- Fortune Most Admired Companies
- Forbes Best Employers for Diversity
- 100 Best Corporate Citizens by 3BL Media for the 17th year in a
row
- AAA rating by MSCI for the fourth year in a row
- ESG Industry Top Rated by Sustainalytics
- ISS Prime Corporate ESG Performance, #1 in our GISC
industry
- Named to Financial Times European Climate Leaders list
- Received HRH The Prince of Wales' Terra
Carta Seal
To read more about Johnson Controls commitment to
sustainability, please visit:
https://www.johnsoncontrols.com/corporate-sustainability/environment.
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About Nucor
Nucor and its affiliates are manufacturers of steel and steel
products, with operating facilities in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Products produced include: carbon and
alloy steel -- in bars, beams, sheet and plate; hollow structural
section tubing; electrical conduit; steel racking; steel piling;
steel joists and joist girders; steel deck; fabricated concrete
reinforcing steel; cold finished steel; precision castings; steel
fasteners; metal building systems; insulated metal panels; overhead
doors; steel grating; and wire and wire mesh. Nucor, through The
David J. Joseph Company and its affiliates, also brokers ferrous
and nonferrous metals, pig iron and hot briquetted iron / direct
reduced iron; supplies ferro-alloys; and processes ferrous and
nonferrous scrap. Nucor is North
America's largest recycler.
About Johnson Controls
At Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), we transform the environments
where people live, work, learn and play. As the global leader in
smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, our mission is to
reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places and
the planet.
Building on a proud history of nearly 140 years of innovation,
we deliver the blueprint of the future for industries such as
healthcare, schools, data centers, airports, stadiums,
manufacturing and beyond through OpenBlue, our comprehensive
digital offering.
Today, with a global team of 100,000 experts in more than 150
countries, Johnson Controls offers the world's largest portfolio of
building technology and software as well as service solutions from
some of the most trusted names in the industry.
Visit www.johnsoncontrols.com for more information and follow
@Johnson Controls on social platforms.
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