All schemes

Responsible Steel

Held and in scope

Profile

  • Self-description: "ResponsibleSteel is a global multi-stakeholder standard and certification initiative working to accelerate the industry's transition to net zero while ensuring consumers can be confident that the steel they use has been sourced and produced responsibly."
  • Aim: "We aim to be a driving force in the socially and environmentally responsible production of net-zero steel, globally."
  • Sectors: steel. Geography: global.
  • Source: responsiblesteel.org/about, accessed 2026-08-27. Founding date not stated on the page.

Authored profile, compiled 2026-08-27. Every self-description is quoted from the body's own website or its own published document, with the source against the quote.

Operator
ResponsibleSteel
Requirements held
418
Documents held
6
Market side
Supply
Namespace
schemes

Scheme website

Standards held

StandardVersionStatusPublishedRequirements
Interpretation Climate Transition Plans Dec 5not recordedcurrentnot recorded20 of 22 held
ResponsibleSteel Certification for SitesV2.0currentnot recorded11 of 25 held
ResponsibleSteel International Production Standard2.1.1current2024-10265 of 270 held
RS 13 Principlesnot recordedcurrentnot recorded12
RS Standards Guidance and Annexes v1.4not recordedcurrentnot recorded0 of 89 held

Requirements counts the clauses in the product view. Where a standard holds more, the rest fall on a service, a company or a project rather than on a product.

Recognition

Who recognises this scheme4

Recognised byReferenceWhat is recognisedConditions
Recognised by Green Building Council of Australia — Green Star Responsible ProductsScore Checker as at 2026-09-13Responsible Products ValueResponsible Products Score Checker · ResponsibleSteel International Production Standard v1.1 (Core - Site) · RPV 10-14 as at 2026-09-13Band 10-14. Value not published: no public source found stating this figure.
Recognised by Green Building Council of Australia — Green Star Responsible ProductsScore Checker as at 2026-09-13Responsible Products ValueResponsible Products Score Checker · ResponsibleSteel International Production Standard v2 (Core - Site) · RPV 10-14 as at 2026-09-13Band 10-14. Value not published: no public source found stating this figure.
Recognised by Green Building Council of Australia — Green Star Responsible ProductsScore Checker as at 2026-09-13Responsible Products ValueResponsible Products Score Checker · ResponsibleSteel International Production Standard v2.1.1 (Core - Site) · RPV 10-14 as at 2026-09-13Band 10-14. Value not published: no public source found stating this figure.
Recognised by Green Building Council of Australia — Green Star Responsible ProductsScore Checker as at 2026-09-13Responsible Products ValueResponsible Products Score Checker · ResponsibleSteel International Production Standard v2.1.1 (Steel - Progress) · RPV 10-14 as at 2026-09-13Band 10-14. Value not published: no public source found stating this figure.

All recognition edges and their terms

Read the 418 requirements held for Responsible Steel

Counts on this page are generated from build 2026-10-05-0439.