The Company's industrial assets are certified in accordance with international environmental standards ISO 14001 and ISO 45001. Interpipe's facilities also comply with the standards set out in the Law of Ukraine on Air Protection and Order No. 108 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine, taking into account the requirements of the State Sanitary Rules.
Interpipe regularly invests in maintaining high environmental standards at its operations. In 2019–2020, the Company allocated UAH 197.5 million for environmental protection measures. The main activities include the following:
Interpipe pays particular attention to compliance with environmental regulations and standards.
INTERPIPE's Environmental Policy was approved by the resolution of the Board of Directors of INTERPIPE HOLDINGS PLC HE 396228 dated 06.03.2025.
Interpipe is one of the leaders in industrial sector decarbonisation in Ukraine and Europe.
We started fighting climate change and reducing CO2 emissions before the early 2010s, when we decided to close down our dirty open-hearth steel production. In 2012, Interpipe launched an innovative electric steel-melting complex that has minimal greenhouse gas emissions.
Interpipe Steel is the largest environmental investment in the Ukrainian industry since the country's independence, worth around $1 billion.
Built in accordance with the most stringent environmental requirements of the European Union, Interpipe Steel's electric steel-melting complex is a true flagship of green metallurgy in Ukraine. With emissions of less than 300 kg of CO2 per tonne of steel, our plant is among the best in the European steel industry in this respect.
Currently, out of the 3 known steelmaking technologies, only electrometallurgy allows us to meet the standards of the European Green Deal, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030. The launch of Interpipe Steel to replace the outdated, environmentally unfriendly open-hearth production reduced CO2 emissions by 10 times, natural gas consumption by 8 times and harmful substances by 2.5 times.
From then onwards, every investment project of the Company has always had an environmental component. For example, further reduction of CO2 and other harmful substance emissions, waste management and improving energy efficiency at production.
Currently, our CO2 emission reduction rates are already exceeding the European Green Deal targets for 2030.
The main factors contributing to our low carbon footprint are our own electric steel production, using scrap metal as the main raw material for decarbonisation and the use of low-carbon electricity.
In 2024 Interpipe reduced specific CO2 emissions per ton of seamless pipes and railway products by 61% and 46%, respectively, compared to 2010 levels. So, Interpipe's specific GHG emissions reduction rates are one of the best in the industry and fully aligned with the European Green Deal goal for 2030 - to reduce emissions by 55%.
By 2030, Interpipe plans to reduce specific CO2 emissions per ton of seamless pipes and railway products by 26% and 25%, respectively, compared to 2023 levels.
Interpipe is committed to energy efficiency at production. The Company's industrial assets are certified in accordance with international energy management system standard ISO 50001.
The company regularly invests in energy efficiency projects. For example, in recent years, Interpipe's assets had the following:
Interpipe promotes sustainable development principles and supplies products for environmentally friendly alternative energy projects. For example, the Company supplied pipe products for the construction of the following power plants:
