19 juni 2025
Partnership and collaboration as key to lower CO₂ emissions
What happens when companies join forces to reduce CO₂ emissions? A lot of good. Real reductions in emissions often come through smart and effective partnerships. Our partnership with Outokumpu and Jensen Metal clearly demonstrates this in action.
Reducing CO₂ takes partnership
In an era where sustainability and CO₂ reduction are high on the agenda, the collaboration between Outokumpu, Jensen Metal, and Damstahl serves as a concrete example of how partnerships are crucial for driving the green transition in our industry. The cooperation between Finland, Denmark, and Latvia illustrates how strategic alliances can optimize logistics, minimize environmental impact, and enhance competitiveness in the food and pharmaceutical sectors in Europe.
Outokumpu's commitment to sustainability
The Finnish steel producer, Outokumpu, is accelerating the green transition as the global leader in sustainable stainless steel. The company is committed to reduce emission intensity by 42% by 2030 – resulting in 32% reduction by the end of 2024, compared to baseline 2016. Outokumpu’s stainless steel has up to 75% lower carbon footprint than the global industry average, due to their own ferrochrome production, high recycled material rate, and the use of low carbon electricity. This makes them an attractive choice for companies looking to reduce their climate impact.
Damstahl as a strategic distributor
As the new wholesale distributor of Outokumpu's products, Damstahl has played a central role in bringing these sustainable solutions to the market. By offering stainless steel with an exceptionally low CO₂ footprint, Damstahl has enabled its customers to strengthen their market position and meet the growing demands for sustainability from end customers. Jensen Metal Latvia is a concrete example of such a customer.
Damstahl has been collaborating closely with Jensen Metal on sustainability initiatives, including mapping out CSRD compliance and exploring options to offer their customers’ products with a reduced CO₂ footprint. Jensen Metal has shown great initiative by reaching out to Damstahl to learn more about these possibilities.
Through the partnership with Damstahl and Outokumpu, our customer in Latvia has gained access to materials that not only meet high-quality standards but also contribute to a significant reduction in the company's CO₂ footprint. This has given Jensen Metal a competitive advantage with their own customers within the food and pharmaceutical industries in Europe, where sustainability is a crucial factor in supplier selection.
Optimization of logistics and CO₂ reduction
The geographical location of the three companies enables an efficient and low-emission supply chain. Damstahl serves as the central distributor in Denmark and maintains warehouse facilities in Liepaja, Latvia. This setup allows for the transportation of stainless steel from Outokumpu's facilities in Finland to our customer's production plant in Latvia. This optimized logistics structure not only supports environmental goals but also improves delivery times and cost efficiency.
In this process, documentation for both our customers and our customers’ end customers is created by using Damstahl's Climate Calculator. This digital tool automatically generates detailed CO₂ statistics at the line level, which are required by the basic concepts of sustainability for documentation purposes. This ensures full transparency in the supply chain and supports our customers in their efforts to become preferred suppliers to companies with high sustainability requirements.
A model for future partnerships
This collaboration highlights how we as companies can come together to achieve common sustainability goals and help establish a new benchmark for responsible production and distribution within the industry.
As the demand for CO₂-reduced products rises among customers and end-users, this collaboration emphasizes the significance of partnering with suppliers who are dedicated to a low-emission future. These alliances are beneficial not only for the companies involved but also for society as a whole.
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Outokumpu Circle Green®
In addition to Outokumpu's standard materials, Outokumpu has developed the groundbreaking Circle Green products. Outokumpu's Circle Green products lead the industry as the world's first ‘towards zero-emission’ stainless steel offerings, setting the standard with the lowest carbon footprint in the industry - a reduction of up to 93 % when compared to the industry average. The Circle Green products have a carbon footprint of down to 0.5 tCO₂-eq/t of stainless steel.
Additionally, Outokumpu is the first stainless steel producer in the world to provide Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) certificates using a third party-verified methodology
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