JSW Steel

Sector

Metals & Mining

Headquarters

Mumbai, India

Official Website

jswsteel.in

Wikipedia

JSW Steel

Climate Policy Engagement Analysis

Climate Policy Engagement Overview: JSW Steel has a high level of engagement with climate policy. The company displays largely positive positions in its top-line messaging on climate policy, while its engagement with climate-related regulations is limited to comments on greenhouse gas emissions targets. JSW Steel’s positioning on the energy transition is supportive, consistently promoting the decarbonization of the steel sector and supporting wider decarbonization efforts.

Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: JSW Steel displays largely positive top-line messaging on climate policy. In an August 2023 joint letter from Indian companies to G20 leaders, JSW Steel endorsed greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions in line with the 1.5°C target and called for further global cooperation, technology transfer and finance to ensure that developing countries can be supported in reaching the target. In the same August 2023 joint letter, the company also endorsed the goals of the Paris Agreement and called for measures to speed up the pace of achieving the nationally determined contributions. Besides, JSW appeared to support India’s 2070 net-zero GHG emissions target in its Integrated Report 2022–23, published July 2023.

Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: JSW Steel has limited engagement with climate-related regulations and predominantly comments on greenhouse gas emissions targets. In its December 2023 Steel Standard Principles, the company advocated “technology-agnostic” performance-based measures to drive the decarbonization of the global steel industry. In addition, the CEO of JSW Steel, Jayant Acharya, called on G20 countries to implement ambitious decarbonization targets in an August 2023 media release of the Climate Group. He also appeared to support a mandate for steel recycling from old automotives in India, as reported by the Business Standard in September 2024.

Positioning on Energy Transition: JSW Steel adopts largely supportive positions on the transition of the energy mix. In an August 2023 joint letter, the company endorsed measures to decarbonize the energy sector, including the phase-out of fossil fuels in line with 1.5°C pathways, and reform of fossil fuel subsidies by 2025. In addition, the company supported the decarbonization of hard-to-abate sectors and advocated for a “just transition.” In line with this, in an August 2023 media release of the Climate Group, JSW Steel called on G20 countries to commit to decarbonization roadmaps for all industrial sectors. Further, JSW Steel appeared to support the decarbonization of industry and generally supported the decarbonization of hydrogen production in its Integrated Report 2022–23.

Industry Association Governance: JSW Steel has disclosed a list of its industry association memberships, but it excluded its membership of the American Petroleum Institute (API) via JSW Steel USA. The company does not appear to have disclosed an account of its industry associations’ positions and engagement activities, and it has not published an audit of alignment with its industry associations on climate-related matters. JSW Steel is a member of associations that generally adopt a mixture of positive and negative positions on climate policy, including the Confederation of Indian Industry, Indian Steel Association and World Steel Association, whose Vice Chairman is the Chairman and Managing Director of JSW Steel. Further, with JSW Steel USA being a member of the API, the company is part of an association that traditionally displays negative positions on climate policy.

InfluenceMap collects and assesses evidence of corporate climate policy engagement on a weekly basis, depending on the availability of information from each specific data source (for more information see our methodology). While this analysis flows through to the company’s scores each week, the summary above is updated periodically.

Additional Note: JSW is headquartered in India, where InfluenceMap’s LobbyMap platform can currently only make a provisional assessment of corporate climate policy engagement, due to limited capability to access publicly available data on this issue. As it is possible that InfluenceMap is not yet able to fully capture evidence of JSW Steel's climate policy engagement activities, these scores should be considered provisional at this time.

This summary was last updated in Q2 2025.

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InfluenceMap Score for Climate Policy Engagement

C

Performance Band

63%

Organization Score

50%

Relationship Score

16%

Engagement Intensity

Primary Evidence

All primary evidence used to inform the analysis of JSW Steel can be found in the two tabs below below. In the first tab, hyperlinks in each cell of the matrix provide access to evidence collected on JSW Steel's direct policy engagement activities. The second tab provides a record of any links between JSW Steel and the Industry Associations stored in the LobbyMap database.

DATA SOURCES
QUERIES
Main Web Site

Main Web Site

Corporate Media

Corporate Media

CDP Responses

CDP Responses

Direct Consultation with Governments

Direct Consultation with Governments

Media Reports

Media Reports

CEO Messaging

CEO Messaging

Financial Disclosures

Financial Disclosures

Communication of Climate Science

21NANSNS2NS

Alignment with IPCC on Climate Action

11NSNSNS0NS

Supporting the Need for Regulations

NS1NSNS0NSNS

Support of UN Climate Process

11NSNSNS1NS

Transparency on Legislation

-1NA2NANANANS

Carbon Tax

NSNS0NS1NSNS

Emissions Trading

NSNSNSNSNSNSNS

Energy and Resource Efficiency

1NS00NS1NS

Renewable Energy

NS10NSNSNSNS

Energy Transition & Zero Carbon Technologies

110NS00NS

GHG Emission Regulation

0NSNSNSNS1NS

Disclosure on Relationships

-1NS0NANANANS

Land Use

NSNSNSNSNSNSNS