Steel plays a vital role in every facet of our life.Like DNA in our body,steel plays a crucial role in the development of any society.From infrastructure,defence,transportation,research & development and even in day to day life,everywhere steel is used.Per capita consumption of steel is treated as an important index for the socioeconomic development of any country.The rapid and continuing growth of steel industry during last few decades bears testimony to the indispensability of steel as a vital resource for economic development.Though steel as a product is eco friendly,the process of making steel is associated with lot of energy and environmental ramifications.According to International Energy Outlook 2009,iron and steel industry account for about 20%of the total industrial energy consumption.Hence this industrial sector can play a pivotal role to influence the energy and environmental scenario of any country. As a responsible corporate citizen,Steel Authority of India Limited,the largest steel producer in India,has taken various initiatives over the years towards the protection of environment and reduction in energy consumption.This has resulted in the reduction of energy consumption by almost 15.45%over a period of last 10 years.The initiative is also evident in the company’s growth plan which aims at almost doubling the production capacity in the near future from the existing level of 13.5 Mt/a.Implementation of tate of it lean echnologies like CDQ,TRT,and waste heat recovery from sinter plants,maximizing CDI & CTI in blast furnaces,augmentation of pollution control devices with more efficient equipment are on the anvil.These reaffirm our commitments for clean and sustainable environment. This paper gives an overview of the efforts taken by SAIL over the years for energy conservation and environmental protection with special emphasis on a few projects like by product fuel for power generation,use of energy efficient burners,maximizing the use of thyristors in place of motor generators,coke dry quenching facility, etc. Steel plays a vital role in every facet of our life.Like DNA in our body, steel plays a crucial role in the development of any society .From infrastructure, defense, transportation, research & development and even in day to day life, everywhere steel is used .Per capita consumption of steel is treated as an important index for the socioeconomic development of any country. The rapid and continuing growth of steel industry during the last few decades bears testimony to the indispensability of steel as a vital resource for economic development.Though steel as a product is eco friendly, the process of making steel is associated with lot of energy and environmental ramifications. According to International Energy Outlook 2009, iron and steel industry account for about 20% of the total industrial energy consumption. Health this industrial sector can play a pivotal role to influence the energy and environmental scenario of any country. As a responsible corporate citizen, Steel Authority of India Limited, the lar gest steel producer in India, has taken various initiatives over the years towards the protection of environment and reduction in energy consumption. This has resulted in the reduction of energy consumption by almost 15.45% over a period of last 10 years. The initiative is also evident in the company’s growth plan which aims at almost doubling the production capacity in the near future from the existing level of 13.5 Mt / a. Implementation of tate of it lean echnologies like CDQ, TRT, and waste heat recovery from sinter plants, maximizing CDI & CTI in blast furnaces, augmentation of pollution control devices with more efficient equipment are on the anvil. The reaffirm our commitments for clean and sustainable environment. This paper gives an overview of the works taken by SAIL over the years for energy conservation and environmental protection with special emphasis on a few projects like by product fuel for power generation, use of energy efficient burners, maximizing the use of thyristors in place of motor generators, coke dry quenching facility, etc.