Sustainability Language

Standards & schemes · Certification scheme

ResponsibleSteel

ResponsibleSteel International

01

What is it?

Certification scheme issued or operated by ResponsibleSteel International.

Regulatory recognitionRecognised in steel procurement and auto-sector sourcing policies

02

Which version is current?

Profile version 2. Official information last verified 24 August 2026.

03

Who and what does it cover?

Geography
Global
Sectors
Steelmaking and input mining
Scope
Site
04

What does it require?

Site-level standard for responsible steel production (International Production Standard v2.1.1, October 2024): 13 principles and ~400 auditable requirements across governance, climate, water, biodiversity, labour rights and communities; Progress Levels enable Certified Steel product claims; 80+ certified sites in 19 countries.

What it does not demonstrateThe scheme does not by itself prove that a particular product, site or organisation holds a current certificate; its scope and validity must be checked.

05

How is conformity assessed?

Accredited third-party site audits against 13 principles; progress levels toward Certified Steel

Grievance mechanism—

06

Who makes the decision?

ResponsibleSteel International

Assurance arrangementAccredited third-party site audits against 13 principles; progress levels toward Certified Steel

07

Chain of custody

Not specified in this profile

ISEAL membershipISEAL community member

08

Conditional relationships

Claims it may support

A relationship does not mean that the standard proves or validates every use of a claim.

Low-emission steel” / “green steelMay support · Requires a current valid certificate within the scheme's scope; certification supports but does not by itself prove the claim — wording must reflect certified scope and assurance level.see standards.last_verified
09

Legal context

Laws referencing it

No reviewed law references are published.

10

Dictionary

Dictionary concepts

No reviewed dictionary cross-link is published.

11

Version record

What has changed

  1. Version 2Initial profile published after recorded site-owner/editor review of the complete standards batch.
  2. Version 1Initial private editorial draft imported from the reviewed standards handover.
12

Challenge or improve

Have evidence, context or a correction?

Every suggestion is checked by an editor before it changes this profile.

Suggest a correction

Last verified 24 August 2026. This neutral profile is informational and does not recommend, rank or endorse the standard.