Analysis of Environmental Challenges and Solutions for BlueScope Steel

This report provides an analysis of the BlueScope Steel Company, focusing on the environmental challenges it faces and the strategies it employs to address them. The report identifies key environmental issues such as greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, and climate change, detailing the company's responses, including investments in air filtration systems and water harvesting. It highlights the company's key resources, including coal, water, and iron, crucial for steel production. The report also examines how BlueScope can enhance work practices, measure resource usage, and implement waste reduction initiatives, such as creating an environmental committee and improving filter cake management. Furthermore, the report provides actionable insights for other organizations, like ACK, to implement water and energy-saving practices and reduce waste, emphasizing the importance of education and management systems. The references provided support the findings and provide further context to the environmental challenges and solutions discussed.

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1. BlueScope is facing various environmental challenges in carrying out its manufacturing
processes. Some of the key challenges include;
Greenhouse gas emissions, the company believes that this is an important issue that requires
response and hence taking part in reduction of the emissions to protect its employees as well as
the communities at large (Mathieson, et al, 2005).
Air pollution, the company is concerned with the quality of air used by both its employees and
the community at large hence investing in air filtration systems.
Climate change, as result of change in climate leading to water shortage and drought among the
community members, the company has come up with water harvesting system for preservation to
use during dry times.
2. Key resources used by the company are;
Coal is a key resource used in energy production used in producing raw steel.
Water is a key resource used in steel production both in circulation and finishing processes.
Iron that is mainly produced by use of coal energy is the primary set of raw steel that is
processed to make the steel product as a complete.
3. BlueScope can gain better work practices by;
Enhancing creative and strategic management activities to help understand new trends in work
practices.
Ensuring a clear set of ethics to be followed by both the management and the junior employees.
Ensuring positive working relationships with all the company’s stakeholders to ensuring a
positive working environment.

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Ensure a strong and productive human resource department to ensuring the well- being of all the
employees for positive productivity.
4. The company is able to measure and record current usage of resources by taking count of all
the inputs and outputs taking place within its environments. This ensures that all raw materials,
production processes, labor supply as well as products distributed in the market are recorded.
This helps the company to come up with a detailed report on its inputs and outputs relating to its
level of growth.
5. BlueScope was able to implement waste reduction idea by;
Creating an environmental committee that consisted of the company staff members who engaged
in the waste reduction mission by focusing on means of waste distribution and means of waste
reuse (Ness, et al, 2015).
Improving filter cake management also enhanced waste reduction as the water residue from steel
production was controlled appropriately.
Enhancing management systems by the staffs to protect the environment by implementing rag
and grove recycling programs resulted to waste reduction.
6. The hints and tips given can be applied at ACK as discussed below;
Saving water. Since water used in cooling system does not require to be either fresh or non-fresh,
ACK can use this while teaching on processing to minimize water usage by recycling cooling
water instead of running the main water source while cooling.
Saving energy. To reduce the amount of energy used in processing activities, ACK can explore
more heat recovery options available in various options. Example using waste heat to help heat
the space that can later enhance energy production. This ensures that direct heat used is less as
the preserved heat is used in space heating.

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Reducing waste. ACK management can decide to come up with an education plan to teach both
members of staff and students about the various waste reduction initiatives to help reduce waste
in the environment.

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References
Mathieson, J. G., Truelove, J. S., & Rogers, H. 2005. Toward an understanding of coal
combustion in blast furnace tuyere injection. Fuel, 84(10), pp. 1229-1237.
Ness, D., Swift, J., Ranasinghe, D. C., Xing, K., & Soebarto, V. 2015. Smart steel: new
paradigms for the reuse of steel enabled by digital tracking and modelling. Journal of
cleaner production, 98, pp.292-303.