Corporate Responsibility Report

The report describes ArcelorMittal's 2009 progress toward Safe Sustainable Steel during a severe economic downturn. It highlights a 24% reduction in Group lost time injury frequency rate to 1.9 per million hours worked, while reporting 36 fatalities. Environmental disclosures include 93% ISO 14001 certification, $224 million in energy and environment capital expenditure, and an 8% emissions-per-tonne reduction target by 2020 from a 2007 baseline. The report also records 281,703 employees, $65.1bn in sales and external assurance by Bureau Veritas under AA1000AS.