Swedish company Stegra announced the signing of two agreements with Microsoft, covering both the supply of steel with an almost zero level of emissions and the purchase of certificates of environmental attributes (EAC). Steel will be produced at the Stegra flagship plant in Boden in the north of Sweden, an object designed to reduce emissions by 95% compared to traditional domain production.
Microsoft's desire to create stable processing centers Data
Steel, supplied as part of the transaction, will be integrated into the components used in the construction of Microsoft data processing centers, directly reducing the embodied carbon in one of the fastest growing business segments Companies.
Microsoft leaders emphasized that the implementation of "Green" began to be crucial for reducing the emissions of SCOPE 3 along the entire supply chain:Jennifer Whitzel, Corporate Corporate Vice President for Design, Construction and Procurement: “Integration of steel with an almost zero level of emissions into the construction of our data center is a critical step forward in reducing the embodied carbon on a scale.”
Melanie Nakagava, Director for Sustainable Development: "Eacs will help Eacs will help Eacs Signalize demand and ensure project financing for global production of green steel. ”
Implementation of the EAC in the steel sector
Microsoft will purchase environmental certificates associated with the production of Stegra. This is the first time that Eacs was used in the steel sector, a model previously used by Microsoft in
