Gerdau Argentina y Uruguay

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

Santa Fe Province, Argentina

Certified Since

March 2025

Industry

Basic metals

Sector

Manufacturing

Operates In

Argentina,

Uruguay

Con más de 124 años de historia, Gerdau es una de las principales productoras de acero en América. Está presente en Argentina desde 1998, con operaciones en Pérez (Santa Fe), y en Uruguay desde hace más de 40 años, con planta en Montevideo. Reconocida por sus prácticas sostenibles, recicla más de 10 millones de toneladas de chatarra al año y mantiene una de las menores tasas de emisión de CO₂ del sector. Las operaciones en Argentina y Uruguay forman parte de la estrategia ESG global de la compañía, que busca empoderar a las personas que construyen el futuro. Ambas unidades han sido certificadas por sus buenas prácticas ambientales y sociales.

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, Gerdau Argentina y Uruguay earned an overall score of 95.7. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
95.7
95.7 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 15.5

Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.

Mission & Engagement3.2
Ethics & Transparency4.7
+ Mission Locked7.5

What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.


Workers 29.2

Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.

Financial Security9.7
Health, Wellness, & Safety8.1
Career Development3.8
Engagement & Satisfaction5.7

Community 18.1

Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion4.2
Economic Impact2.8
Civic Engagement & Giving4.0
Supply Chain Management6.9

Environment 28.4

Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.

Environmental Management3.5
Air & Climate5.8
Water4.4
Land & Life6.2
+ Resource Conservation8.1

What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.


Customers 4.4

Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.

Customer Stewardship4.4


Additional Documentation

Gerdau Argentina y Uruguay - Transparent Assessment (2025)

Gerdau Argentina y Uruguay - Disclosure Report (2025)