One of the most important forums in the steel industry, The International Conference on Energy and Material Efficiency and CO2 Reduction in the Steel Industry (EMECR) has the Brazil as the place to held for the first time, in June 2022.

The world's first carbon neutral steelmaker, the Aço Verde do Brasil (AVB) has programming to be present at the congress to show its green steel production process as well as its ESG sustainability strategies. The AVB director, Ricardo Carvalho has the mission to talk about the technologies and innovations used in his company.

The company has the best Brazilian indicator of CO2 per tons of crude steel produced in the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. In the last year the company reached its annual inventory of greenhouse gases (GHG) the value of 0.02 tCO2 e/t steel.

"While several steel industries are at the beginning of decarbonization planning, with neutrality forecasts for up to 2060, AVB has already reached this level in 2020", told Ricardo Carvalho.