Tata Steel recognised as Steel Sustainability Champion by worldsteel for the ninth consecutive year

Mumbai, April 15, 2026

Mumbai, April 15, 2026: Tata Steel has been recognised as a Steel Sustainability Champion 2026 by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), marking the ninth consecutive year that the Company has received this prestigious recognition.

The Steel Sustainability Champions programme acknowledges worldsteel member companies that demonstrate outstanding commitment and action towards sustainable development through active participation in worldsteel’s sustainability initiatives. Tata Steel is one of the only two companies that have been recognised every year since the programme’s launch in 2018.

Commenting on the recognition, T. V. Narendran, CEO and Managing Director, Tata Steel, said: “At Tata Steel, sustainability is embedded in the way we operate - from improving resource efficiency and advancing low-carbon technologies to creating long-term value for communities and stakeholders. Being one of the only two companies to be recognised as Steel Sustainability Champions for the ninth consecutive year is a strong validation of our commitment to responsible and sustainable steelmaking.”

The recognition highlights Tata Steel’s continued efforts to embed sustainability across its operations, including initiatives to enhance resource efficiency, reduce emissions, and adopt innovative technologies that support the transition to low-carbon steelmaking.

To qualify as a Sustainability Champion, companies must meet stringent criteria, including signing the worldsteel Sustainability Charter and demonstrating strong performance across key sustainability indicators. These include material efficiency, environmental management systems, safety performance, employee training, investments in innovative technologies, and economic value distribution. Companies must also submit Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) data to worldsteel’s global data collection programme.

Tata Steel is also an active participant in worldsteel’s Climate Action programme and continues to advance initiatives aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of its products and processes. The Company has been working on several technology and process innovations to support the global steel industry’s transition to a low-carbon future.

Disclaimer

Statements in this press release describing the Company’s performance may be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable securities laws and regulations. Actual results may differ materially from those directly or indirectly expressed, inferred or implied. Important factors that could make a difference to the Company’s operations include, among others, economic conditions affecting demand/ supply and price conditions in the domestic and overseas markets in which the Company operates, changes in or due to the environment, Government regulations, laws, statutes, judicial pronouncements and/ or other incidental factors.

For queries and information

Sarvesh Kumar,
Chief Corporate Communications, Tata Steel,
E-mail : sarvesh.kumar@tatasteel.com

About Tata Steel

Tata Steel group is among the top global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of 35 million tonnes per annum.
It is one of the world's most geographically diversified steel producers, with operations and commercial presence across the world.
The group recorded a consolidated turnover of around US$26 billion in the financial year ending March 31, 2025.
A Great Place to Work®-certified organisation, Tata Steel Limited, together with its subsidiaries, associates, and joint ventures, is spread across five continents with an employee base of over 76,000.
Tata Steel has announced its major sustainability objectives including Net Zero by 2045.
The Company has been on a multi-year digital-enabled business transformation journey intending to be the leader in ‘Digital Steel making’. The Company has received the World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse recognition for its Jamshedpur, Kalinganagar, and IJmuiden Plants. Tata Steel has also been recognised with the ‘Digital Enterprise of India – Steel’ Award 2024 by Economic Times CIO.
The Company has been recognised with the World Economic Forum’s Global Diversity Equity & Inclusion Lighthouse 2023.
The Company has been a part of the DJSI Emerging Markets Index since 2012 and has been consistently ranked among the top 10 steel companies in the DJSI Corporate Sustainability Assessment since 2016.
Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur Plant is India’s first site to receive ResponsibleSteel^TM Certification. Subsequently, its Kalinganagar and Meramandali plants have also received the certification. In India, Tata Steel now has more than 90% of its steel production from ResponsibleSteel^TM certified sites.
Received Prime Minister’s Trophy for the best performing integrated steel plant for 2016-17, 2025 Steel Sustainability Champion recognition from worldsteel for eight years in a row, CDP 2024 ‘Supplier Engagement Assessment’ Leader, Top performer in Iron and Steel sector in Dun & Bradstreet's India's top 500 companies 2022, Ranked as the 2024 most valuable Mining and Metals brand in India by Brand Finance, ‘Most Ethical Company’ award 2021 from Ethisphere Institute, and ‘Best Corporate for Promotion of Sports’ recognition at the Sportstar Aces Awards 2024.
Received the 2023 Global ERM (Enterprise Risk Management) Award of Distinction at the RIMS ERM Conference 2023, ‘Masters of Risk – Risk Technology’ recognition at The India Risk Management Awards, and ICSI Business Responsibility and Sustainability Award 2023 for its first Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR), Excellence in Financial Reporting FY20 from ICAI, among several others.

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