Maier, Raphaela Gerres, Timo Tuerk, Andreas Mey, Franziska 2025-09-26T12:29:42Z 2025-09-26T12:29:42Z 2024-05-01 0959-3780 https:doi.org10.1016j.gloenvcha.2024.102846 http://hdl.handle.net/11531/104818 Artículos en revistas The global steel sector is responsible for 7 of global greenhouse gas emissions, highlighting the need for significant changes in production practices and the adoption of low-carbon breakthrough technologies to achieve net-zero emissions. This study was conducted to explore positive tipping points at the company level, taking into account socio-political, economic and industry pressures that initiate the tipping process. The study operationalizes tipping points using the Triple Embededdness Framework, which incorporates indicators from the socio-political and economic environment, as well as the industry regime of companies. An analysis is performed of secondary data from four steel companies: BlueScope (Australia), POSCO (South Korea), voestalpine (Austria), and U.S. Steel (USA). The findings indicate that voestalpine is on the verge of reaching a positive tipping point, and POSCO is also on a promising track. In contrast, both BlueScope and U.S. Steel are lagging behind. In the tipping process, national policies play a critical role in expediting the transition to low-carbon steel production for frontrunners, while global climate policy has a greater leverage by influencing producers who operate in a less stringent national policy context. Additionally, the customer demand for low-carbon steel serves as a driving force for innovation and can incentivize steelmakers to produce low-carbon products. en-GB Revista: Global Environmental Change, Periodo: 1, Volumen: online, Número: , Página inicial: 102846-1, Página final: 102846-20 Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica (IIT) Finding tipping points in the global steel sector: a comparison of companies in Australia, Austria, South Korea and the USA info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Steel; Hydrogen; Transition; Tipping dynamics; Climate neutrality