Van Leeuwen Impact

The steel industry accounts for 7-9% of the global CO₂ emissions. Therefore, small improvements already have a huge impact for our environment. As a family-owned company, Van Leeuwen takes its responsibility for the environment and society to contribute to a sustainable future of our company and the world. This is integrated in our strategy. As market leader, we take the lead in setting the standard for more sustainable steel products to help our customers reduce their CO₂ footprint.

To achieve this, we work together with innovative steel mills who have the same mission, in order to improve the sustainability of production processes and end products together. This results in building a stock of CO₂ reduced pipe and tube material, which we sell under our own sustainability brand Van Leeuwen Impact. 

How is CO₂ reduction achieved?

Mills can take one or more of  the CO₂ reducing measures mentioned below:

• Use a large amount of scrap to produce the steel
• Melt the scrap in electric arc furnaces fed by renewable energy like wind and solar
• Use transport by sea or railroad as much as possible
• For transport by road, use electric trucks or trucks driving on biodiesel such as HVO100

How are the emission reductions documented?

The steel mills offer so called EPD's: Environmental Product Declarations. These certificates are verified by independent bodies. You receive the EPD with your order, as guarantee of the lower environmental impact of the product during its whole life cycle.

Which assortment can be delivered from stock?

The following dimensions and qualities within our VL Impact product range are on stock in Zwijndrecht:

Please contact us for tailored inquiries including the required sizes and dimensions and specific % CO2 reductions.