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Next up in our production process is steel🎬 We know that the steel industry generates between 7% and 9% of direct emissions from the global use of fossil fuel. It’s our job to know, and knowing makes us responsible to choose wiser and better for people and planet. In the Nordic countries, the carbon footprint of steel production is 30% lower than the world average, so for us, it’s key to use a local supplier. We use Nordic high-strength steels from the Swedish supplier SSAB, who has been at the

At its peak more than 40% of the world's #steel came from the UK, but after WWII - investment slumped. British Steel - went in and out of government ownership...until Margaret Thatcher's Government eventually privatised the entire business. Today it's China that leads the way, producing half of all the world's steel, but their economy is slowing - and that means they're using less steel. But Britain can't compete on price... the value of the pound makes it more expensive to sell our goods abroad