ArcelorMittal launches new season of ‘Futurising’ podcasts
Season
hosted by broadcaster and applied futurist Tom Cheesewright
and features conversations with members of
ArcelorMittal’s executive leadership team about
the company’s climate action strategy
and progress
21 November 2022
ArcelorMittal (the ‘Company’) has today launched a new four-part
series of its ‘Futurising’ podcast that focuses on the future of
the steel industry and the challenges and opportunities facing
ArcelorMittal as it transitions to low-carbon steelmaking, and
ultimately net zero.
Available now on Spotify and YouTube, the podcasts see Tom
Cheesewright discuss ArcelorMittal’s goals to decarbonise by 2050
with members of the Company’s executive management team who are
intimately involved in shaping and supporting aspects of the
Company’s vision to reach net zero.
Tom is an applied futurist, broadcaster, keynote speaker and
author of Future-Proof Your Business. Using his insights into the
future of technology, finance, cities, business and culture, he
helps organisations to respond to our changing world with
innovation, much like ArcelorMittal.
The launch of the podcast is part of a wider conversation around
ArcelorMittal’s decarbonisation efforts and ties in with the
Company’s target to reduce the carbon intensity of the steel it
produces by 25% by 2030, and to reach net zero by 2050. The steel
industry is experiencing a period of significant and urgent
transition as the reduction of carbon emissions becomes an
immediate priority.
Episode 1 of the four-part series is available now, with further
episodes released weekly, every Monday.
Episode 1,
featuring Nicola
Davidson, VP,
head of corporate communications and corporate
responsibility and Brad Davey,
EVP, head of corporate business
optimisation
In this episode, Tom discusses with Nicola and Brad not just the
scale of the challenge facing the steel industry, but the
opportunities they believe decarbonisation presents and the
critical role of steel in helping the world reach net zero. They
convey with infectious optimism the confidence they have in
ArcelorMittal ability to deliver against the targets the Company
has set, and its ambition to lead the steel industry’s transition.
They also share their insights into the steps the Company is taking
to address the barriers to its transition.
Episode 2,
featuring Pinakin
Chaubal, VP,
chief technology officer
(episode available on 28
November)
Tom discusses with Pinakin the technical challenges behind
producing low-carbon emissions – and ultimately net zero – steel,
and the broad range of technologies the Company is developing and
deploying to meet that challenge. Pinakin talks about how the
Company is leaving no stone unturned in its technology development,
and why different low-emissions steelmaking technologies might
ultimately be appropriate in different parts of the world.
Episode 3, featuring Manfred Van Vlierberghe,
VP, CEO ArcelorMittal Belgium
(episode available on 5
December)
This episode focuses on the urgency of the net zero challenge,
and the very real need to make progress this decade. Manfred talks
about the work underway in Ghent, where new and innovative
technologies are already being deployed to decarbonise the plant’s
raw material supply chain and production processes, and about real
steps, happening today, that show the path to a decarbonised steel
industry.
Episode 4, featuring James
Streater, head of sustainable
development (episode available on
12 December)
James talks about the broader societal implications of the net
zero transition – what will happen to the jobs, the communities and
the economies of those reliant on the supply chains and processes
that we leave behind in the race to decarbonise? He talks about the
need for a Just Transition, the principle and practices of what
this means, and the complexities of ensuring that no-one is left
behind.
Commenting, Nicola Davidson, said:
“What a lot of people don't understand is just how critical
steel is for the energy transition and for the development of a
low-carbon economy. All the solar farms, the wind farms, the
electric vehicles, the low-carbon buildings – all of those are
going to have steel at their core. There's a real opportunity for
steel in a low-carbon economy and that's why it's even more
imperative that we manage to decarbonise and reach net zero.”
ENDS
About ArcelorMittal
ArcelorMittal is the world's leading steel and
mining company, with a presence in 60 countries and primary
steelmaking facilities in 16 countries. In 2021, ArcelorMittal had
revenues of $76.6 billion and crude steel production of 69.1
million metric tonnes, while iron ore production reached 50.9
million metric tonnes.
Our purpose is to produce ever smarter steels
that have a positive benefit for people and planet. Steels made
using innovative processes which use less energy, emit
significantly less carbon and reduce costs. Steels that are
cleaner, stronger and reusable. Steels for electric vehicles and
renewable energy infrastructure that will support societies as they
transform through this century. With steel at our core, our
inventive people and an entrepreneurial culture at heart, we will
support the world in making that change. This is what we believe it
takes to be the steel company of the future.
ArcelorMittal is listed on the stock exchanges
of New York (MT), Amsterdam (MT), Paris (MT), Luxembourg (MT) and
on the Spanish stock exchanges of Barcelona, Bilbao, Madrid and
Valencia (MTS).
For more information about ArcelorMittal please
visit: http://corporate.arcelormittal.com/
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