Trailer Design Guideline > Future proof your business
Lower carbon footprint
Eliminating CO₂ gas emissions is critical to slowing global warming. The electric, biofuel and low-emission trucks of the future will produce very low carbon emissions during operation
The large lifetime emissions are caused by the embodied carbon footprint – the emissions from the extraction and transportation of raw materials in the truck and trailer. For a trailer, more than 70–90% of this footprint comes from steel.
To minimize your carbon footprint, there are three steps you can take:
1. Use better steel
SSAB’s blast furnace-based production is among the most CO2-efficient in the world, reducing the carbon footprint of our own products as well as those of our customers. This gives both us and our customers a competitive advantage. On ssab.com, you can download our environmental product declarations (EPD).
2. Use steel better
SSAB is the world leader in high-strength steel. Stronger steel saves weight. This means lighter trailers and stronger products, which in turn reduces the impact on the environment.
3. Go emission-free
SSAB is the world’s leading steel producer of emission-free steel. SSAB Zero™ is a steel made from recycled steel and produces largely zero carbon emissions during steel production, without mass allocation of emission reductions or carbon offsets. SSAB Fossil-Free™ steel is manufactured using revolutionary HYBRIT® technology, which replaces coal with hydrogen in the iron ore reduction process. The byproduct of this process is water instead of carbon dioxide. Find out more about how the groundbreaking technology was developed, how it works, the benefits of fossil-free SSAB steel and why it is a sustainable steel at www.fossilfreesteel.com.
SSAB is happy to support you in calculating your carbon footprint and be your discussion partner in developing a future-proof business.
The steel material and production of the trailer are the pre-dominant sources of carbon footprint. Upgrading from standard steel to Strenx® high-strength steel with SSAB Zero™ or SSAB Fossil-free™ steel enables a very low carbon footprint (illustrative).
The information in this report is only applicable to SSAB’s products and should not be applied to any other products than original SSAB products.
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