Operations

INDEPENDENT STEEL SUPPLIER

Steel is essentially a sustainable material with a very long life span. It is the world’s most recycled material and fossil-free steel production imposes demands on further recycling. Climate change and environmental degradation are a threat to the continued stability and development of the EU and the world. The EU has set a target to become the world’s first climate-neutral region in 2050. To achieve this goal, the EU’s Green Deal framework has been launched. The framework includes a number of directives that will affect all people and businesses in Europe, directly or indirectly.

For BE Group, it is important to adapt its operations and offering to the regulations that are being implemented. This requires the company to have a strategy that is not only effective in the short term but also designed to hold in the medium to long term. The purchasing organization must be aware of the impact of the different options and salespeople must be able to provide customers with the information they need to make informed material choices, where price may not always be the most important factor.

Sustainable steel

BE Group works to eventually be able to offer a complete range of sustainable steel. As an independent steel distributor, BE Group has a major responsibility to contribute to the green transition in the sector and the company sees increased interest from customers in materials with a lower carbon footprint. During the year, the following initiatives were taken to increase the offering:

Co-operation agreement has been signed with leading steel producer AFV Beltrame regarding their new product line of steel bars and profiles, the carbon-neutral Chalibria
Our joint venture ArcelorMittal BE Group SSC AB maintains warehousing and BE Group distributes ArcelorMittal’s low carbon XCarb hot-rolled steel
An agreement has been signed with SSAB regarding the distribution of fossil-free steel in the Finnish market
BE Group has signed an agreement with H2 Green Steel
Discussions are being held with several European steel producers on future partnerships

EPD - ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION

In Sweden and Finland, the Group works continuously with available EPDs, both new ones and updating existing ones. EPD stands for Environmental Product Declaration and is a certified summary of the climate impact a product has throughout its life cycle. From primary raw materials, via production, transport and use, to recycling or “end of life” in other ways. Visit www.begroup.se and www.begroup.fi for more information regarding the available EPDs.