EMPOWERING PEOPLE

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

U. S. Steel is passionate about strengthening the communities we call home. From our employees’ volunteer work to our corporate contributions, from partnering and awarding scholarships to advancing education, our volunteering and philanthropic efforts create opportunities to deliver on our Best for All® strategy.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ROLE

We enhanced our Community Engagement leadership in 2023 by appointing Heidi Chappell to the role of Senior Director of Community & Stakeholder Engagement. This new role allows us to shine a light on all the important work happening at the local level in strategic ways and to better connect all employees to these efforts.

CONTRIBUTIONS

In 2023, U. S. Steel directed $6.7 million in donations to 134 organizations, events and programs, through our Community Engagement Committee (CEC).  This includes $1.6 million in donations provided by USSK. 

We want to keep expanding our presence and increasing the good we can do in our workplace communities. Community contributions are expected to continue to align with our 2023 spend.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS

We continued to grow our Community Engagement communications efforts. We built a new Community Engagement Calendar housed on our intranet to capture all the activities happening across the enterprise annually. Any employee is welcome to submit a suggestion for this calendar. Embedded in this interactive calendar are employee volunteer opportunities. In 2023 the calendar featured over 300 activities, helping to increase employee engagement in communities.

+ U. S. Steel continued to encourage employees’ volunteer contributions to our local communities by providing eight hours of paid time off to full-time, non-represented employees for volunteering, tracking volunteer hours and benefiting organizations. We trust that our employees know what’s needed most in their own communities.*

+ Community contributions are expected to continue to align with our 2023 spend.

To see our community-related highlights, goals and progress, click here

*This volunteering opportunity is available only to non-represented U. S. Steel employees in North America (excluding Big River Steel Works).

In 2023, U. S. Steel directed $6.7 million in donations to 134 organizations, events and programs, through our Community Engagement Committee (CEC).

COMMUNITY ECONOMIC IMPACT

U. S. Steel completed 4 Economic Impact Studies in 2023. “An economic impact analysis is an objective way to measure the impact of an organization in the regional economy. It is a tool that policy makers and local businesses can use to inform their decisions,” said Nichole Parker, a principal partner at Parker Philips.

Impact on the state of Arkansas

  • 760+ People Employed
  • $117 Million Annual Payroll
  • $276 Million to 187 Arkansas Suppliers

Impact on the state of Minnesota

  • 1800+ People Employed
  • $252 Million Annual Payroll
  • $809 Million to 439 Minnesota Suppliers

Impact on the state of Indiana

  • 4,300+ People Employed
  • $700 Million Annual Payroll
  • $377 Million to 362 Indiana Suppliers

Impact on the state of Pennsylvania

  • 3700+ People Employed
  • $548 Million Annual Payroll
  • $2.1 Billion to 881 Pennsylvania Suppliers
 202120222023
Total Contributions (USD)$ 3 million$ 7.5 million$ 6.7 million
Total Employee Volunteer Hours15,60720,00020,881
BENEFICIARY+FOCUS2023
Rock Ridge High School donation for a new Gymnasium$350,000
Methodist Hospitals to mark their 100-year anniversary$100,000
Fairfield Library Building upgrades$175,500
Clairton City School District building upgrades$118,000
Upgrades for Olcott City Park in Virginia$100,000
Mississippi County Economic Opportunity Commission playground upgrades$131,315
USSK provided accommodation to 888 Ukrainian refugees at its Training Facility in Medzev from March 16, 2022, to December 20, 2023€235,895 ($257,152)

INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY

Earning the trust of our community members means listening to them about their needs and concerns, and building relationships that enable us to work with them to help meet their goals. To engage with communities, we invite them to learn about and participate in local environmental volunteer activities.

In 2023, U. S. Steel invested more than $6 million in the communities where U. S. Steel operates in the U.S. and Slovakia, contributions that will strengthen infrastructure and enable essential community services to support all residents in those communities, including our employees and their families.

These contributions show how our Best for All® approach to doing business extends into the communities where we live and work. To decide on which institutions to invest in, we gathered a cross-functional group of respected U. S. Steel leaders and asked them to recommend where and how the funding should be awarded to make the biggest impact in the region. The investments reflect not only the community’s critical needs, but also things that align with our corporate core values and strategy: Health & Safety, Education, Parks & Public Spaces, Community Events & Programs, and Helping Hand.

COMMUNITY ADVISORY PANELS

U. S. Steel maintains open lines of communication and engagement with community leaders and interested citizens to share information about our operations and identify ways we can support community initiatives and programs. For example, we maintain quarterly Community Advisory Panels for three plant locations in Mon Valley — Clairton, Braddock, and West Mifflin — to hear community concerns and identify engagement opportunities. Our 2023 corporate contributions in the U.S. were disbursed to the following categories of non-profit organizations:

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“Helping Hand: providing assistance to someone in need.”

BRADDOCK LIBRARY AND METHODIST HOSPITALS

U. S. Steel teamed up with the Pittsburgh Penguins on the Carnegie One Capital Campaign in 2022, co-chaired by our CEO and Bryan Trottier, the former Penguin and Hockey Hall of Famer. The Campaign is continuing renovations on the Braddock Carnegie Library, Andrew Carnegie’s first library in the United States. Donations now exceed $20M as they work to finalize the revitalization of this community center for future generations. The building is expected to re-open to the Mon Valley communities in the first half of 2025.

BRADDOCK LIBRARY AND METHODIST HOSPITALS

We also supported the Methodist Hospitals in Gary, Indiana. Gary Works Vice President Dan Killeen and Gary Works employees presented a check for $100,000 to the hospital to mark its 100-year anniversary.