Sidenor 2021 Sustainability Report. Non-financial information statement

51 Our work areas Sidenor applies its environmental management integrally and transversally to the entire organisation (people and processes) in order to continuously improve our performance and reduce the environmental impacts of our activity. 01. STEEL DESIGN PHASE Through our R&D&i department and in collaboration with our entire value chain, we work from the design stage of new steels in order to create increasingly sustainable and efficient products and processes. 02. RAW MATERIAL Sidenor uses recycled or reused scrap as its main raw material, thus contributing to the recycling of over 900,000 tonnes of metallic waste per year. At Sidenor, we are continuously searching for sustainable alternatives to the carbon and ferro elements used in our process. 03. PRODUCTION PROCESS Sidenor invests time and resources in order to:  Optimise raw material and natural resource consumption.  Search for new ways of recovery and reuse for all resources.  Optimise the production and logistics process. 04. END OF LIFESPAN Steel is a 100% recyclable product. Steel life cycle