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Steel Sustainability Australia Scheme

Steel Sustainability Australia (SSA) is a new sustainability certification scheme, run by the Australian Steel Institute, that is recognised by the Responsible Product Framework in the GBCA’s Green Star Buildings ratings tool.

It replaces the previous Environmental Sustainability Charter (ESC) that was recognised by the GBCA’s ‘Design & As Built’ ratings tool.

What is the SSA program?

SSA is designed to identify sustainable steel suppliers by assessing the environmental and social impact of their steelwork manufacturing and processing operations.

The SSA program encompasses the entire steel value chain, firstly by providing Verification of upstream Steel Producers against various ESG requirements.

SSA also provides Certification of downstream steel businesses, including reinforcing steel processors, structural steel fabricators and steel roll formers.

Certified SSA businesses can contribute to a ‘Good Practice’ or ‘Best Practice’ outcome in the Responsible Product Framework Credit of the GBCA’s Green Star Buildings tool, which delivers 3 or 5 Green Star points respectively.

 

InfraBuild Reinforcing achieves SSA Level 2B Certification

InfraBuild Reinforcing, as a major reinforcing steel processor in Australia, continues to support their customer’s sustainability ambitions and projects by achieving ‘SSA Certified Level 2B Supplier’ status for their seven major reinforcing sites located at:

As of August 2025, SSA Level 2B Certification (on its own) is a recognised Initiative that delivers a Responsible Product Value of 15 in the GBCA’s ‘Responsible Products Score Checker’.

An RPV of 15 or above is a ‘Best Practice Product’ outcome in the Green Star Buildings tool.

And products with an RPV of 15 or above can help support a Credit Achievement outcome (which provides 3 Green Star points) or an Exceptional Performance outcome (which provides 5 Green Star points) in the Responsible Structure credit.

The Certificates for InfraBuild Reinforcing’s Certified sites are available below;

Reverification for both InfraBuild Steel and InfraBuild Reinforcing is required on an annual basis.

Steel Sustainability Australia Certificates of Compliance

Austube Mills (ATM) achieves SSA Level 1 Certification

Backed by over 90 years of manufacturing experience in Australia, ATM is proud to support their customer’s projects by achieving ‘SSA Certified Level 1 Supplier’ status for their Acacia Ridge (Qld) and Mayfield (NSW) manufacturing sites.

The Certificates for ATM’s two Certified sites are available below;

InfraBuild documentation for SSA Credit 2.3 – Health Impacts Declaration

All SSA Applicants must publish a ‘Health Impacts Declaration’ that meets the requirements of Credit 2.3 and has been externally verified as part of the SSA Audit process.

InfraBuild Reinforcing has prepared the following ‘Health Impact Declaration’ in line with the requirements of SSA Credit 2.3. This document been externally verified as meeting these requirements as part of our annual Audit.

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Laverton Steel Mill has SSA “Verified Steel Supplier” Status

Consistent with InfraBuild’s market focussed approach to sustainability, our Laverton Steel Mill (Victoria) has SSA “Verified Steel Supplier” status.  

This is demonstrated by the Verified Supplier Certificate, available below or via the SSA website. 

Our Verified Steel Supplier status provide our customers, including reinforcing processors and structural steel fabricators, with the assurance that procuring steel manufactured by InfraBuild Steel will allow them to meet the mandatory requirements of SSA’s Credit 4.1 (Steel Supply Sourcing). 

Laverton's SSA Verified Supplier Certificate

Sydney Steel Mill has SSA “Verified Steel Supplier” Status

Consistent with InfraBuild’s market focussed approach to sustainability, our Sydney Steel Mill (NSW) has SSA “Verified Steel Supplier” status.  

This is demonstrated by the Verified Supplier Certificate, available below or via the SSA website. 

Our Verified Steel Supplier status provide our customers, including reinforcing processors and structural steel fabricators, with the assurance that procuring steel manufactured by InfraBuild Steel will allow them to meet the mandatory requirements of SSA’s Credit 4.1 (Steel Supply Sourcing). 

Sydney's SSA Verified Supplier Certificate

InfraBuild documentation for SSA Credit 3.3 – Procurement OH&S Assessment

SSA Applicants seeking Level 2B or Level 3 Certification are required to seek assurances from at least 95% of their suppliers (measured by total annual spend) used in the manufacturing or processing of steel that they are appropriately managing their OH&S risks.

InfraBuild has prepared the following document to support this Credit.

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For more information on SSA

InfraBuild’s SSA accreditations are designed to provide the market with “SSA Verified Steel Mills” at Laverton and Sydney, as well as “SSA Certified Steel Suppliers” through some of our InfraBuild Reinforcing processing sites (Level 2B) and our Austube Mills sites at Newcastle and Acacia Ridge (Level 1).

If you would like further information or support on how InfraBuild can help you through our SSA accreditations, please get in contact with us at SSA@infrabuild.com

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