Among other things, therefore, voestalpine’s activities also focus on helping to shape the legal framework for pro­ duct sustainability, e.g., through legislation, the development of standards, the standardization of methods, etc. Environmental, social, and economic aspects must be considered and included in any com­ prehensive product assessment—specifically, in each case across the given products’ entire use­ ful life, from the extraction of the raw materials all the way to the products’ reuse and recycling.