Corporate social responsibility

Swiss Steel Group’s CSR ambition is in sync with the business strategy and tailored to the stakeholders’ needs. The principles of our activities are the conservation of resources, energy efficiency, product recyclability, minimizing emissions, safety at the workplace, continuous innovation and an open dialogue with our stakeholders.

How we define CSR

CSR for Swiss Steel Group means to consider the success of the company from the following three perspectives: Economic performance, Environmental performance and Social performance. This means that we analyse and assess all three performance areas along specified key performance indicators (KPIs).

Multifaceted implementation

We follow CSR principles in diverse ways

By ensuring health and safety, supporting personal and professional development of our employees, creating new job opportunities for young people, continuously improving our production processes and environmental measures to reduce our ecological footprint. By using scrap as a primary raw material, we conserve valuable resources and ensure the company's economic success through efficiency measures. We strive to be as close as possible to our customers worldwide, and our compliance regulations are an integral part of our corporate philosophy. We take responsibility to ensure that all our products and services are provided in a sustainable and ethical manner.

Our strategy and main goals

We integrate CSR in the core of our business model by focusing on and evaluating the key concerns of our stakeholders. Every stakeholder of Swiss Steel Group should be able to understand our CSR approach and know how to support it. This is in line with our long-term goal to create a profitable, innovative and global group for special long steel.

Main CSR goals of the Swiss Steel Group are:

Make CSR an integral part of the Swiss Steel Group value chain from purchase to production, processing, sales and distribution
Balance out and continuously improve economic, environmental and social performance
Make a positive impact on society in a sustainable and ethical way

Reporting of Corporate Social Responsibility

CSR at Swiss Steel Group is continuously developing. The progress in CSR will be reported annually in the annual report of the corresponding year. As a guideline in developing CSR reporting for Swiss Steel Group, the principles of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards are followed. In the Annual Report you will find an overview of stakeholders and material topics.Discover more Link opens in a new tab.

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Company insights | 30/06/2026

New EU steel safeguard measures change framework conditions for Steeltec

The European Union (EU) has adopted new steel safeguard measures that will enter into force on July 1, 2026. Duty-free import volumes into the EU will be reduced by 47% from 34.5 million tons to 18.3 mil-lion tons. Imports exceeding these quotas will be subject to a tariff of 50%, up from the previous rate of 25%. The measures apply to steel producers from third countries, including Switzerland, exporting products into the European Union. Steeltec AG, based in Emmenbrücke and part of Swiss Steel Group, is among the companies affected by the new regime.

Products | 17/06/2026

Firmly anchored in the rock - Swiss Steel Group’s Top12 anchors secure a new section of road high above Lake Lucerne

100 years – that is the lifetime expected for the new section of the K2b cantonal highway between Vitznau and Gersau following its renovation and modernization. This is made possible in no small part by the Top12 special stainless steel from the Swiss Steel Group, from which the anchors for the retaining wall structure and support elements are manufactured. Over a hundred of these were drilled several meters deep into the steep rock face. They secure the walls and beams that support the new, 350-meter-long section of road. The structure is spectacular not only from a geotechnical perspective but also for everyone who drives over it and enjoys a breathtaking view of Lake Lucerne below.

Products | 09/06/2026

Swiss Steel Group, the specialist in non-magnetic stainless steel

Swiss Steel Group possesses advanced expertise in stainless steels for non-magnetic applications. These steels are produced for the offshore, chemical, and food industries, as well as for medical technology, and are used in high-strength grades for demanding marine applications. The international steel group is now leveraging this expertise through Finkl Steel in a project in Canada. The Deutsche Edelstahlwerke also possess extensive expertise and many years of experience in this field.