US Steel Green Certification Is First for Carbon-Heavy Industry

United States Steel Corp. unveiled on Tuesday its first steel product certified as sustainable under the global ResponsibleSteel standard.

The certification from ResponsibleSteel, a UK-based nonprofit, attests that the steel made at US Steel‘s Big River facility in Osceola, Ark., is created using raw materials that meet certain criteria on sourcing and production.

It comes as US Steel is attempting to sell itself for $14 billion to Nippon Steel Corp. The deal is being reviewed by the Treasury Department, but has drawn national scrutiny concerns from President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, and opposition from former ...