Kobe Steel’s low-CO₂ aluminum product Kobenable™ Aluminum offers a third-party guaranteed higher recycled material use ratio
Dec. 22, 2025
Kobe Steel, Ltd.
Kobe Steel, Ltd. has completed verification by a third-party certification body*1 (DNV*2) to guarantee the recycled material use ratio on aluminum flat rolled products manufactured at Moka Works. This verification enables the Company to allocate the usage of recycled materials to specific aluminum sheet products based on the mass balance method*3 and to offer products with a higher recycled material use ratio. Improved recycling rates will be available in Kobenable™ Aluminum*4, a low-CO2 aluminum product that achieves CO2 reduction through the use of low-CO2 aluminum raw materials based on the mass balance method. The launch of the Kobenable™ Aluminum brand was announced in the release dated November 20, 2024.
Kobenable™ Aluminum sheet products have the following features:
- 1Capable of reducing Scope 3 emissions to zero, based on the mass balance method
- 2Available for all types of the Company’s aluminum flat rolled products
- 3Manufactured using the same process as conventional products, maintaining the same level of high quality
- 4Accompanied with a low-CO2 aluminum product certificate, which guarantees CO2 emissions per kilogram of product.
- 5Higher recycled material use ratio applicable using the mass balance method, with guaranteed CO2 emissions per kilogram of product and a guaranteed recycled material use ratio.
Note: Item (5) is a newly introduced feature announced today, while items (1) to (4) were announced in November 2024.
Reduction of CO2 emissions through Kobenable™ Aluminum
This certification enables a reduction of Scope 3 emissions through the increased use of recycled materials in aluminum flat rolled products manufactured at Moka Works. Our next step is to reduce Scopes 1 and 2 emissions by enhancing energy savings, improving productivity, and increasing the use of non-fossil energy sources. These efforts will help us maximize CO2 reduction effects and deliver measurable value to customers, thereby contributing to the realization of a decarbonized society.
The Kobe Steel Group (also known as the Kobelco Group) is advancing an initiative called KOBELCO-X*5, which encompasses a wide range of transformations, including this one that promotes green transformation (GX). These efforts are part of the Group’s business strategies, including taking on the challenge of realizing carbon neutrality. By leveraging our Group’s comprehensive strengths of operating diverse businesses, we will provide a variety of products and contribute to the realization of a decarbonized society.
Our Group will continue to move forward with its transformation into an appealing company for our stakeholders by promoting integration and collaboration across its diverse businesses, technologies, and human resources, with a view to a world in which people, now and in the future, can fulfill their hopes and dreams while enjoying safe, secure, and prosperous lives.
- *1The verification by a third-party certification body confirmed that Kobe Steel’s management regulations concerning the sale of Kobenable™ Aluminum have been properly established in accordance with global standards and guidelines such as the GHG Protocol and the management standards for the manufacturing and distribution processes as agreed between Kobe Steel and DNV.
- *2DNV is a third-party certification body that assesses green house gas (GHG) emission reductions and GHG emissions by product.
- *3The mass balance method is a method to allocate specific characteristics to a certain portion of products based on the input amounts of raw materials with such characteristics when there is a mix of raw materials with and without such characteristics (e.g., low CO2) in the manufacturing process.
- *4Low-CO2 aluminum product Kobenable™ Aluminum
- 1Press release related to aluminum sheet products:
- 2Press release related to aluminum extrusions, fabrications, and suspensions:
- *5KOBELCO-X reference material:
KOBELCO-X is a collective term of our Group’s seven transformation initiatives aimed at achieving the transformation into an appealing company.
Kobenable™ Aluminum trademark
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