E(Environmental)
Reporting Boundary
Metrics are applied to the following entities, by reporting year,
and cover 100% of domestic and overseas crude steel-producing entities.
- 2023: POSCO, 3 integrated steel mills, 2 re-rolling mills
· POSCO, PT. KRAKATAU POSCO, POSCO YAMATO VINA, POSCO Zhangjiagang Stainless, POSCO-Maharashtra, and POSCO Thainox
- 2024: POSCO, 3 integrated steel mills, 4 re-rolling mills, 4 processing centers
· POSCO, PT. KRAKATAU POSCO, POSCO YAMATO VINA, POSCO Zhangjiagang Stainless, POSCO-Maharashtra, POSCO Thainox,
POSCO-Mexico, POSCO-Vietnam, POSCO-CSPC, POSCO-CFPC, POSCO-MPPC, and POSCO India PC
· POSCO, PT. KRAKATAU POSCO, POSCO YAMATO VINA, POSCO-Maharashtra, POSCO Thainox,
POSCO-Mexico, POSCO-Vietnam, POSCO-CSPC, POSCO-CFPC, POSCO-MPPC, and POSCO India PC
1)Excluded from the consolidated steel segment from 2025 due to the divestment
Domestic Worksites
GHG Emissions
| Metric | Unit | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHG emissions(Scope 1&2)1) | tCO2e | 71,971,900 | 71,065,170 | 69,846,050 |
| GHG emissions(Scope 1) | tCO2e | 70,588,012 | 69,665,353 | 68,443,247 |
| GHG emissions(Scope 2) | tCO2e | 1,383,895 | 1,399,825 | 1,402,809 |
| Direct/Indirect GHG emissions intensity(Scope 1,2) per steel product | tCO2e/ton | 2.02 | 2.03 | 2.02 |
| Other indirect (Scope 3)2)3) | tCO2e | 7,419,787 | 7,216,788 | 7,548,124 |
| Other indirect (Scope 3-Upstream) | tCO2e | 5,229,508 | 5,054,941 | 5,362,863 |
| Transportation of purchased raw materials ① | tCO2e | 2,764,127 | 2,170,214 | 2,264,709 |
| Purchase or investment of capital goods ② | tCO2e | 563 | 939 | 695 |
| Fuel- and energy-related activities (not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2) ③ | tCO2e | 334,942 | 735,200 | 703,755 |
| Transportation of purchased raw materials ④ | tCO2e | 1,926,052 | 1,949,126 | 2,198,631 |
| Waste generated in operations ⑤ | tCO2e | 195,608 | 189,643 | 185,989 |
| Employees’ domestic/ overseas business travels | tCO2e | 486 | 1,895 | 4,028 |
| Employee commutes | tCO2e | 7,730 | 7,924 | 5,056 |
| Other indirect (Scope 3-Downstream) | tCO2e | 2,190,279 | 2,161,846 | 2,185,263 |
| Transportation and distribution ⑥ | tCO2e | 26,936 | 28,695 | 69,857 |
| Leased assets ⑦ | tCO2e | 1,974,893 | 1,935,128 | 1,922,267 |
| Investments | tCO2e | 188,450 | 198,023 | 193,139 |
at the site level.
2) Total Scope 3 emissions are calculated as the sum of emissions across all applicable categories and may therefore differ from the aggregate of upstream and
downstream Scope 3 emissions.
3) The calculation boundary covers Pohang and Gwangyang Works in 2023 and all business sites from 2024 onward.
① Limited to purchased raw materials with the greatest impact on steel production, including iron ore, coal, and limestone, which together account
for more than 90% of total raw material consumption.
② From 2024 onward, emissions associated with certain supplies and vehicles acquired as POSCO assets are calculated using product carbon footprint data
certified under Korea’s Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) program.
③ Emissions from energy consumed at business sites are calculated using carbon footprint factors from the Environmental Product Declaration assessment
factors published by the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (KEITI).
④,⑥ Transportation emissions associated with certain sold products are included in upstream transportation and distribution, depending on the applicable
delivery terms and freight payment responsibility.
⑤ Emissions are calculated based on the amount of waste generated at business sites and treated outside the organizational boundary, using data from Allbaro,
Korea’s national waste management system.
⑦ Emissions are calculated based on Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions from the lime calcination facility leased by POSCO FUTURE M and classified as a leased asset."
Energy
| Metric | Unit | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total direct/indirect energy consumption1) | GJ | 354,002,733 | 359,242,804 | 349,767,923 |
| Direct energy | GJ | 342,940,165 | 348,022,726 | 338,499,949 |
| Natural gas | GJ | 45,697,279 | 60,987,933 | 57,509,179 |
| By-product gas 2) | GJ | 294,489,643 | 284,088,474 | 279,431,138 |
| Lamp oil | GJ | 2,643 | 2,050 | 2,694 |
| Gasoline | GJ | 5,569 | 6,740 | 5,872 |
| Diesel | GJ | 189,682 | 190,644 | 183,906 |
| Diesel fuel (vehicles) | GJ | 0 | 0 | 678 |
| Propane | GJ | 5,377 | 5,452 | 5,851 |
| Other fuel | GJ | 2,549,972 | 2,741,433 | 1,360,632 |
| Indirect energy3) | GJ | 11,062,333 | 11,219,131 | 11,266,893 |
| Electricity 3) | GJ | 10,837,975 | 10,963,428 | 10,990,432 |
| Steam | GJ | 224,358 | 255,703 | 276,461 |
| Percentage of natural gas consumption | % | 12.9 | 16.9 | 16.4 |
| Percentage of electricity consumption | % | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| Renewable energy consumption4) | GJ | 235 | 946 | 1,082 |
| Renewable energy transition rate5) | % | 0.001 | 0.0002 | 0.013 |
| Energy intensity per crude steel output | GJ/ton | 9.9 | 10.3 | 10.1 |
1)Energy consumption is calculated on a company-wide basis using data disclosed in the Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy Consumption Statement, excluding renewable energy purchases. Minor discrepancies may occur due to the aggregation of figures after truncation of decimal places.
2)At POSCO, coal is used as a reducing agent in the ironmaking process and is therefore excluded from energy consumption. Process-generated gas used as an energy source is included in by-product gas consumption.
3)Electricity consumption is converted to energy consumption using a factor of 3.6 GJ/MWh, which represents the conversion factor for electricity consumed by the final energy user. Total electricity consumption excludes renewable electricity purchases and self-generated electricity.
4)Self-generated and self-consumed renewable energy, including rooftop solar photovoltaic systems and building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), is converted from MWh to GJ using a factor of 3.6 GJ/MWh.
5)The renewable energy utilization rate is calculated by dividing total renewable energy use and purchases, including Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and Green Premium purchases, by total energy consumption."
Pollutant
| Metric | Unit | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emissions of air pollutants1)2) | ton | 55,042 | 49,363 | 53,906 |
| NOx2) | ton | 27,685 | 23,899 | 25,798 |
| SOx2) | ton | 23,945 | 22,392 | 25,090 |
| Dust2) | ton | 3,413 | 3,072 | 3,019 |
| Water pollutant discharged | ||||
| TOC2) | ton | 289 | 344 | 371 |
| BOD2) | ton | 204 | 193 | 227 |
| SS | ton | 134 | 161 | 216 |
| T-N2) | ton | 668 | 882 | 1,022 |
| T-P2) | ton | 2 | 6 | 20 |
1)Calculated based on emissions from sites subject to mandatory disclosure of pollutant emissions information (for domestic sites: based on sites subject to the Ministry of Environment’s Operating Regulations for the Environmental Information Disclosure System)
2)The data for 2024 has been revised in accordance with the finalization of official government data.
Water(Pohang, Gwangyang)
| Metric | Unit | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total water withdrawal | ton | 153,645,403 | 156,026,930 | 159,022,195 |
| Freshwater | ton | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Surface water | ton | 115,497,855 | 119,307,357 | 123,138,088 |
| Groundwater | ton | 4,154,290 | 4,556,880 | 4,167,560 |
| Desalinated water | ton | 5,044,618 | 2,992,678 | 3,051,884 |
| Municipal sewage treatment water | ton | 28,948,640 | 29,170,015 | 28,664,663 |
| Water withdrawn from regions with 'High' baseline water stress1) | ton | 84,054,014 | 87,319,386 | 89,090,409 |
| Water withdrawn from regions with 'Extremely High' baseline water stress1) | ton | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Percentage of water consumed in regions with 'High' or 'Extremely High' baseline water stress (%) | % | 55 | 56 | 56 |
| Total water withdrawal intensity per crude steel output | ton/ton | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| Total water consumed | ton | 72,416,383 | 71,802,801 | 75,768,379 |
| Water consumed from regions with 'High' baseline water stress1) | ton | 38,181,117 | 37,013,437 | 39,431,219 |
| Water consumed from regions with 'Extremely High' baseline water stress1) | ton | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Percentage of water consumed in regions with 'High' or 'Extremely High' baseline water stress | % | 52.7 | 51.5 | 52.0 |
| Total water discharged2) | ton | 81,229,020 | 84,224,129 | 83,253,816 |
| Total recycled/reused water | ton | 40,390,660 | 37,206,622 | 39,361,100 |
| Percentage of total recycled/reused water3) | % | 20.8 | 19.3 | 19.8 |
1)Calculated based on the Water Stress Map of WRI (World Resources Institute) Aqueduct 4.0, as of May 2026
2)Total water treated on-site and discharged, plus water treated by third-party contractors
3) Ratio of total recycled and reused water to total water withdrawal
Water(Pohang)
| Metric | Unit | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total water withdrawal | ton | 69,591,389 | 68,707,544 | 69,931,786 |
| Freshwater | ton | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Surface water | ton | 36,488,459 | 34,980,649 | 37,099,563 |
| Groundwater | ton | 4,154,290 | 4,556,880 | 4,167,560 |
| Desalinated water | ton | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Municipal sewage treatment water | ton | 28,948,640 | 29,170,015 | 28,664,663 |
| Water withdrawn from regions with 'High' baseline water stress 1) | ton | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Water withdrawn from regions with 'Extremely High' baseline water stres1) | ton | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Percentage of water consumed in regions with 'High' or 'Extremely High' baseline water stress | % | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total water withdrawal intensity per crude steel output | ton/ton | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| Total water consumed | ton | 34,235,266 | 34,789,364 | 36,337,160 |
| Water consumed from regions with 'High' baseline water stress1) | ton | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Water consumed from regions with 'Extremely High' baseline water stress1) | ton | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Percentage of water consumed in regions with 'High' or 'Extremely High' baseline water stress | % | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total recycled/reused water | ton | 19,516,566 | 20,398,928 | 19,387,129 |
| Percentage of total recycled/reused water2) | % | 21.9 | 22.9 | 21.7 |
1)Calculated based on the Water Stress Map of WRI (World Resources Institute) Aqueduct 4.0, as of May 2026
2)Ratio of total recycled and reused water to total water withdrawal
Water(Gwangyang)
| Metric | Unit | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total water withdrawal | ton | 84,054,014 | 87,319,386 | 89,090,409 |
| Freshwater | ton | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Surface water | ton | 79,009,396 | 84,326,708 | 86,038,525 |
| Groundwater | ton | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Desalinated water | ton | 5,044,618 | 2,992,678 | 3,051,884 |
| Municipal sewage treatment water | ton | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Water withdrawn from regions with 'High' baseline water stress1) | ton | 84,054,014 | 87,319,386 | 89,090,409 |
| Water withdrawn from regions with 'Extremely High' baseline water stres1) | ton | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Percentage of water consumed in regions with 'High' or 'Extremely High' baseline water stress | % | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Total water withdrawal intensity per crude steel output | ton/ton | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.2 |
| Total water consumed | ton | 38,181,117 | 37,013,437 | 39,431,219 |
| Water consumed from regions with 'High' baseline water stress1) | ton | 38,181,117 | 37,013,437 | 39,431,219 |
| Water consumed from regions with 'Extremely High' baseline water stress1) | ton | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Percentage of water consumed in regions with 'High' or 'Extremely High' baseline water stress | % | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Total recycled/reused water | ton | 20,874,094 | 16,807,694 | 19,973,971 |
| Percentage of total recycled/reused water2) | % | 19.9 | 16.1 | 18.3 |
1)Calculated based on the Water Stress Map of WRI (World Resources Institute) Aqueduct 4.0, as of May 2026
2)Ratio of total recycled and reused water to total water withdrawal
Waste
| Metric | Unit | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total waste generated | ton | 19,523,970 | 20,203,736 | 19,889,975 |
| Total waste recycled | ton | 19,242,999 | 19,951,274 | 19,619,551 |
| Total waste incinerated | ton | 52,034 | 55,216 | 55,744 |
| Total waste landfilled | ton | 228,633 | 197,074 | 214,008 |
| Total waste disposed in other ways | ton | 304 | 171 | 671 |
| Hazardous waste generated | ton | 108,491 | 106,581 | 113,247 |
| Hazardous waste recycled | ton | 58,307 | 60,447 | 66,279 |
| Hazardous waste incinerated | ton | 8,691 | 9,383 | 9,748 |
| Hazardous waste landfilled | ton | 41,188 | 36,580 | 36,924 |
| Hazardous waste disposed in other ways | ton | 304 | 171 | 296 |
| Non-hazardous waste generated | ton | 19,415,479 | 20,097,155 | 19,776,728 |
| Non-hazardous waste recycled |
ton | 19,184,692 | 19,890,828 | 19,553,273 |
| Non-hazardous waste incinerated | ton | 43,342 | 45,833 | 45,996 |
| Non-hazardous waste landfilled | ton | 187,445 | 160,494 | 177,085 |
| Non-hazardous waste disposed in other ways | ton | 0 | 0 | 375 |
| Non-hazardous waste generated intensity per crude steel output | ton/ton | 0.55 | 0.58 | 0.58 |
| Percentage of total waste recycled | % | 98.6 | 98.8 | 98.6 |
Resource Circulation
| Metric | Unit | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blast furnace slag recycled | ton | 9,427,376 | 10,448,585 | 10,201,973 |
| Granulated slag recycled | ton | 8,141,470 | 9,381,494 | 8,727,061 |
| Air-cooled slag recycled | ton | 1,285,906 | 1,067,091 | 1,474,912 |
Environmental Management
| Metric | Unit | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of EMS (ISO 14001) certified1) | % | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Worksites requiring EMS (ISO 14001) certification | 개 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Certified worksites with EMS (ISO 14001) | 개 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Percentage of EMS (ISO 50001) certified1) | % | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Worksites requiring EMS (ISO 50001) certification | 개 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Certified worksites with EMS (ISO 50001) | 개 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Number of incidents of non-compliance with environmental laws | 건 | 8 | 12 | 6 |
| Percentage of eco-friendly vehicles owned2) | % | 23 | 25 | 26 |
| Number of eco-friendly vehicles owned | 대 | 168 | 185 | 214 |
| Total number of vehicles owned | 대 | 735 | 754 | 832 |
1) Business sites that are subject to environmental regulations―including total pollutant load management and TMS installation―and fall under Types 1 to 3 for air and/or water pollutant emissions, as defined internally
2)Total number of electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and hybrid vehicles (excluding heavy equipment)
Domestic & Overseas Worksites
GHG Emission (Domestic & Overseas Worksites)
| Metric | Unit | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POSCO | Integrated Mill |
Re-Rolling Mill |
POSCO | Integrated Mill |
Re-Rolling Mill, Processing Center |
POSCO | Integrated Mill |
Re-Rolling Mill, Processing Center |
||
|
GHG emissions (Scope 1&2)1) |
tCO2e | 71,971,900 | 8,383,419 | 315,115 | 71,065,170 | 8,174,071 | 581,439 | 69,846,050 | 7,187,406 | 522,024 |
| GHG emissions (Scope 1) |
tCO2e | 70,588,012 | 7,015,365 | 129,747 | 69,665,353 | 6,806,052 | 290,866 | 68,443,247 | 6,416,236 | 264,988 |
| GHG emissions (Scope 2) |
tCO2e | 1,383,895 | 1,368,054 | 185,367 | 1,399,825 | 1,368,018 | 290,571 | 1,402,809 | 771,170 | 257,037 |
| Direct/Indirect GHG emissions intensity(Scope 1,2) per steel product2) | tCO2e/ton | 2.02 | 1.97 | N/A | 2.03 | 1.93 | N/A | 2.02 | 2.12 | N/A |
1)Emissions from overseas subsidiaries are not subject to third-party verification by a greenhouse gas verification agency
2)Re-Rolling Mills and Processing Centers do not produce crude steel and are therefore excluded from the calculation of intensity values
Energy(Domestic & Overseas Worksites)
| Metric | Unit | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POSCO | Integrated Mill |
Re-Rolling Mill |
POSCO | Integrated Mill |
Re-Rolling Mill, Processing Center |
POSCO | Integrated Mill |
Re-Rolling Mill, Processing Center |
||
| Total direct/indirect energy consumption | GJ | 354,002,733 | 38,163,868 | 3,486,048 | 359,242,804 | 37,671,934 | 7,303,823 | 349,767,923 | 29,643,334 | 7,120452 |
| Direct energy | GJ | 342,940,165 | 31,325,501 | 2,309,057 | 348,022,726 | 30,274,830 | 4,950,872 | 338,499,949 | 26,168,439 | 4,727,526 |
| Coal 1) | GJ | 0 | 578,042 | 0 | 0 | 489,121 | 0 | - | 322,648 | 0 |
| Natural gas | GJ | 45,697,279 | 5,506,875 | 2,286,575 | 60,987,933 | 5,480,678 | 4,909,729 | 57,509,179 | 1,812,140 |
4,687,762 |
| By-product gas | GJ | 294,489,643 | 25,067,682 | 0 | 284,088,474 | 24,110,656 | 0 | 279,431,138 | 23,891,015 | 0 |
| Lamp oil | GJ | 2,643 | 0 | 0 | 2,050 | 0 | 0 | 2,694 | 0 | 0 |
| Gasoline | GJ | 5,569 | 0 | 162 | 6,740 | 0 | 5,515 | 5,872 | 0 | 5,338 |
| Diesel | GJ | 189,682 | 171,830 | 19,483 | 190,644 | 192,350 | 29,302 | 183,906 | 141,072 | 28,476 |
| LPG | GJ | 0 | 1,072 | 2,837 | 0 | 2,025 | 6,324 | 678 | 1,564 | 5,949 |
| Propane | GJ | 5,377 | 0 | 0 | 5,452 | 0 | 0 | 5,851 | 0 | 0 |
| Other fuel | GJ | 2,549,972 | 0 | 0 | 2,741,433 | 0 | 0 | 1,360,632 | 0 | 0 |
| Indirect energy | GJ | 11,062,333 | 6,827,143 | 959,017 | 11,219,131 | 7,385,398 | 2,111,205 | 11,266,893 | 3,469,231 | 1,980,658 |
| Electricity | GJ | 10,837,975 | 5,734,501 | 959,017 | 10,963,428 | 6,044,814 | 1,871,476 | 10,990,432 | 2,527,032 | 1,673,292 |
| Steam | GJ | 224,358 | 1,092,642 | 0 | 255,703 | 1,340,584 | 239,728 | 276,461 | 942,199 | 307,367 |
| Renewable energy consumption | GJ | 235 | 11,224 | 217,974 | 946 | 11,706 | 241,747 | 1,082 | 5,664 | 412,268 |
| Energy intensity per crude steel output2) | GJ/ton | 9.9 | 9.0 | N/A | 10.3 | 8.9 | N/A | 10.1 | 8.8 | N/A |
1)Reported as a reducing agent for iron ore, with raw materials excluded from energy consumption calculations
2) Re-Rolling Mills and Processing Centers do not produce crude steel and are therefore excluded from the calculation of intensity values
Pollutant (Domestic & Overseas Worksites)
| Metric | Unit | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POSCO | Integrated Mill |
Re-Rolling Mill |
POSCO | Integrated Mill |
Re-Rolling Mill, Processing Center |
POSCO | Integrated Mill |
Re-Rolling Mill, Processing Center |
||
| Emissions of air pollutants | ton | 55,042 | 13,376 | N/A | 49,363 | 12,700 | 465 | 53,906 | 10,955 | 233 |
| NOx | ton | 27,685 | 6,607 | N/A | 23,899 | 6,204 | 369 | 25,798 | 4,471 | 165 |
| SOx | ton | 23,945 | 4,736 | N/A | 22,392 | 4,808 | 11 | 25,090 | 2,814 | 8 |
| Dust | ton | 3,413 | 2,031 | N/A | 3,072 | 1,688 | 84 | 3,019 | 3,670 | 60 |
1)POSCO Maharashtra and POSCO Thainox are excluded from total air pollutant emissions, as emissions are reported under country-specific concentration-based standards (ppm)
2) The data for 2024 has been revised in accordance with the finalization of official government data.
Water (Domestic & Overseas Worksites)
| Metric | Unit | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POSCO | Integrated Mill |
Re-Rolling Mill |
POSCO | Integrated Mill |
Re-Rolling Mill, Processing Center |
POSCO | Integrated Mill |
Re-Rolling Mill, Processing Center |
||
| Total water withdrawal | ton | 153,645,403 | 15,115,560 | 2,051,931 | 156,026,930 | 14,794,159 | 3,405,962 | 159,022,195 | 9,501,665 | 3,428,190 |
| Freshwater | ton | 0 | 10,825,856 | 2,051,931 | 0 | 10,666,070 | 3,392,906 | 0 | 9,501,665 | 3,414,395 |
| Surface water | ton | 115,497,855 | 4,289,704 | 0 | 119,307,357 | 4,128,089 | 0 | 123,138,088 | 0 | 0 |
| Groundwater | ton | 4,154,290 | 0 | 0 | 4,556,880 | 0 | 13,056 | 4,167,560 | 0 | 11,545 |
| Desalinated water | ton | 5,044,618 | 0 | 0 | 2,992,678 | 0 | 0 | 3,051,884 | 0 | 0 |
| Municipal sewage treatment water | ton | 28,948,640 | 0 | 0 | 29,170,015 | 0 | 0 | 28,664,663 | 0 | 2,251 |
| Water withdrawn from regions with 'High' baseline water stress | ton | 84,054,014 | 9,685,311 | 518,177 | 87,319,386 | 9,395,856 | 646,033 | 89,090,409 | 8,863,505 | 1,916 |
| Water withdrawn from regions with 'Extremely High' baseline water stress | ton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55,465 | 0 | 0 | 46,947 |
| Total water withdrawal intensity per crude steel output1) | ton/ton | 4.3 | 3.6 | N/A | 4.5 | 3.49 | N/A | 4.6 | 2.8 | N/A |
| Total water consumed | ton | 72,416,383 | 11,355,436 | 1,697,599 | 71,802,801 | 10,720,508 | 2,484,642 | 75,768,379 | 6,829,937 | 2,453,383 |
| Total water consumed in locations with 'High' baseline water stress | ton | 38,181,117 | 7,270,732 | 163,845 | 37,013,437 | 6,674,782 | 305,494 | 39,431,219 | 6,220,989 | 386 |
| Total water consumed in locations with 'Extremely High' baseline water stress | ton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51,902 | 0 | 0 | 37,200 |
| Total water discharged | ton | 81,229,020 | 3,760,124 | 354,332 | 84,224,129 | 4,123,651 | 921,320 | 83,253,816 | 2,671,728 | 974,807 |
| Total recycled/reused water | ton | 40,390,660 | 1,669,314 | 750,455 | 37,206,622 | 1,949,296 | 1,173,019 | 39,361,100 | 1,813,524 | 1,192,988 |
| Percentage of total recycled/reused water | % | 20.8 | 9.9 | 26.8 | 19.3 | 11.6 | 25.6 | 19.8 | 16.0 | 25.8 |
1)Re-Rolling Mills and Processing Centers do not produce crude steel and are therefore excluded from the calculation of intensity values
Waste (Domestic & Overseas Worksites)
| Metric | Unit | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POSCO | Integrated Mill |
Re-Rolling Mill |
POSCO | Integrated Mill |
Re-Rolling Mill, Processing Center |
POSCO | Integrated Mill |
Re-Rolling Mill, Processing Center |
||
| Total waste generated | ton | 19,523,970 | 2,247,683 | 76,251 | 20,203,736 | 2,213,506 | 149,705 | 19,889,975 | 1,869,613 | 185,916 |
| Total waste recycled | ton | 19,242,999 | 2,223,646 | 62,450 | 19,951,274 | 2,196,635 | 131,080 | 19,619,551 | 1,868,475 | 168,122 |
| Total waste incinerated | ton | 52,034 | 5,112 | 256 | 55,216 | 5,243 | 2,526 | 55,744 | 1,081 | 2,491 |
| Total waste landfilled | ton | 228,633 | 0 | 2,590 | 197,074 | 0 | 4,592 | 214,008 | 0 | 4,074 |
| Total waste disposed in other ways | ton | 304 | 18,926 | 10,955 | 171 | 11,628 | 11,507 | 671 | 58 | 11,228 |
| Hazardous waste generated | ton | 108,491 | 464,957 | 65,126 | 106,581 | 496,674 | 71,466 | 113,247 | 397,285 | 78,741 |
| Hazardous waste recycled | ton | 58,307 | 444,934 | 60,192 | 60,447 | 483,944 | 62,789 | 66,279 | 396,384 | 70,854 |
| Hazardous waste incinerated | ton | 8,691 | 1,098 | 256 | 9,383 | 1,102 | 2,526 | 9,748 | 843 | 2,491 |
| Hazardous waste landfilled | ton | 41,188 | 0 | 2,555 | 36,580 | 0 | 3,753 | 36,924 | 0 | 3,273 |
| Hazardous waste disposed in other ways | ton | 304 | 18,926 | 2,123 | 171 | 11,628 | 2,397 | 296 | 58 | 2,123 |
| Non-hazardous waste generated | ton | 19,415,479 | 1,782,726 | 11,125 | 20,097,155 | 1,716,832 | 78,239 | 19,776,728 | 1,472,328 | 107,175 |
| Non-hazardous waste recycled | ton | 19,184,692 | 1,778,712 | 2,257 | 19,890,828 | 1,712,691 | 68,291 | 19,553,273 | 1,472,091 | 97,269 |
| Non-hazardous waste incinerated | ton | 43,342 | 4,014 | 0 | 45,833 | 4,141 | 0 | 45,996 | 237 | 0 |
| Non-hazardous waste landfilled | ton | 187,445 | 0 | 36 | 160,494 | 0 | 840 | 177,085 | 0 | 801 |
| Non-hazardous waste disposed in other ways | ton | 0 | 0 | 8,832 | 0 | 0 | 9,110 | 375 | 0 | 9,105 |
| Non-hazardous waste generated intensity per crude steel output1) | ton/ton | 0.55 | 0.53 | N/A | 0.58 | 0.52 | N/A | 0.58 | 0.55 | N/A |
| Percentage of total waste recycled | % | 98.6 | 98.9 | 81.9 | 98.8 | 99.2 | 87.6 | 98.6 | 99.9 | 90.4 |
1)Re-Rolling Mills and Processing Centers do not produce crude steel and are therefore excluded from the calculation of intensity values
Environmental Management (Domestic & Overseas Worksites)
| Metric | Unit | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||||
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| POSCO | Integrated Mill |
Re-Rolling Mill |
POSCO | Integrated Mill |
Re-Rolling Mill, Processing Center |
POSCO | Integrated Mill |
Re-Rolling Mill, Processing Center |
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| Percentage of EMS (ISO 14001) certified1) | % | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 93 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Worksites requiring EMS (ISO 14001) certification | Site | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| Certified worksites with EMS (ISO 14001) | Site | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
1)Business sites that are subject to environmental regulations―including total pollutant load management and TMS installation―and fall under Types 1 to 3 for air and/or water pollutant emissions, as defined internally