Key areas
Major Programmes
Climate Week NYC
Showcasing amazing climate action
24/7 Carbon-Free Coalition
Powering a carbon-free future
ConcreteZero
Creating a market for net zero concrete
Smart Energy Coalition
A growing group of energy-smart companies committed to improving their energy efficiency.
EV100
Our global network of corporate leaders driving the transition to zero-emission road transport
RE100
The world’s most influential companies, committed to 100% renewable power
SteelZero
Building demand for net zero steel
Under2 Coalition
Driving climate action in states and regions
India is going though one of the fastest urban expansions in history, but with a massive carbon footprint. The technology for low-carbon materials exists, yet their adoption remains slow.
Concrete production accounts for around 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, yet progress on decarbonising the sector has stalled. Since 2015, emissions from cement and concrete have even risen slightly, with little ch...
From hydrogen-fuelled steel to climate-smart infrastructure, the race to reinvent the world’s most essential materials is heating up.
As attention on embodied carbon in construction grows, concrete is under increasing scrutiny. Regulatory pressure, public-sector procurement requirements and investor scrutiny are converging on a clear expectation: compa...
What if cutting carbon didn’t mean driving up cost, or compromising on performance?
The decarbonisation of concrete is facing a gap between ambition and adoption. Many companies want to use lower carbon concrete, but innovators often struggle to scale and meet the demand.
Three years since its launch, ConcreteZero has grown into a global movement driving the decarbonisation of one of the world’s most emissions-intensive materials.
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In just over a week, we’ll be turning ambition into impact at London Climate Action Week. We’re bringing together leaders from business, government and civil society to drive forward the solutions we need for a net zero,...
Why concrete? Why Singapore? And why now?
Read the report here.
In the second in our series of articles following this year’s Climate Week NYC, our Head of Industry Jen Carson talks about the lessons learnt in driving value chain collaboration and risk sharing to effectively and fair...
In the first in a series of articles, Jen Carson discusses the power of public sector leadership to help drive the heavy industry transition and how governments must recognise and embrace this leadership role to enable t...
Read the full report here
Read the full report here
Climate Group’s Jen Carson talks to Canary Media's Maria Gallucci ahead of Climate Week NYC about the need to accelerate net zero steel and concrete production. Note: This interview originally appeared on Canary Media.
Assessing the embodied carbon of concrete and specifying limits or targets is increasingly important for the United Kingdom's construction sector.
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Data holds the key to change. And what industry is better placed to benefit from transformative change than the concrete industry? With concrete production and use accounting for 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions, de...
At US Climate Action Summit (USCAS) in April, getting into the detail of how we can effectively and equitably implement the steel and concrete net zero transitions was of paramount importance. Across three sessions - Eme...
Jonathan Ly is Director – Structures at Canary Wharf Group (CWG), one of ConcreteZero’s founding members.
Decarbonising the steel and concrete sectors, and driving the energy efficiency of corporate and public buildings, are among Climate Group’s key priorities – that is why our team was out in force at last week’s Buildings...
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On 5th and 6th October, international and local government leaders, businesses and climate advocates attended the Carbon Neutrality International Conference 2023 in Chungnam Province, South Korea. Climate Group took part...
GGBS’s use to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in concrete needs to be carefully considered
"We can be proud of the UK's record as a world leader on net zero," was the first line of the UK government's response to the latest damning report by the Climate Change Committee on UK progress on emission reductions. I...
Every year 90 million tonnes of concrete are used in the UK to build bridges, houses, office blocks, roads and much more. This hardy material forms the fabric of the country’s society and the foundations of its future. B...
SCS Joint Venture, the London tunnels team for HS2, joins Climate Group initiative ConcreteZero
With areas the size of Paris being built globally every single week for the next 40 years, the demand for concrete is significant, and highlights the need to drastically reduce the carbon emissions of this material if we...
Unlike steel, there isn’t yet a globally agreed standard for what is considered low embodied carbon and indeed a definition of net zero concrete. This is key to aligning the industry and building the collective action th...
A new business as usual is becoming measurably clearer for the steel and concrete industries, but there’s still a way to go get to net zero. We need deep collaboration from businesses right across the supply chain, acces...
As a significant global user of steel and concrete there are many opportunities for the construction sector to address the carbon emissions associated with these materials. With the production of steel and concrete both ...
