Battery swapping, collapsing cost curves and the rise of innovation in the Global South. This interview with Uday Khemka, Vice Chairman of the SUN Group of companies, frames how business model innovation, affordability a...
Steel is responsible for 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and for most of its history, decarbonising it has been treated as a supplier problem. SteelZero was built on a different premise: that the companies buying ...
London, UK, 1 April 2026 - Today, the European Commission published a proposal to amend the Market Stability Reserve (MSR) of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), stopping the automatic invalidation of excess carbon...
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.
With the publication of the EU's Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), Andrew Forth, Head of Policy and Advocacy at Climate Group, comments:
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...
Over the past months, teams from Climate Group’s corporate initiatives RE100, EV100 and SteelZero were on the ground in Japan. We met with business, industry and government leaders to scope the country’s opportunity acro...
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?
To champion methane as a COP30 priority, Climate Group hosted leaders from frontrunner state and regional governments slashing methane emissions – the fastest way to slow climate change. On 6 November, we brought togethe...
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.
This press release outlines SteelZero's key concerns, recommendations, and position around the use of mass balance accounting in steel emissions reporting:
An interview with Adrian Bywaters, Operations Director, Civil & Structural Engineering at Mace, a founding member. Steel is core to modern construction but making it low carbon is one of the sector’s biggest challeng...
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Businesses want to make greener steel choices, but inconsistent data is holding them back, writes Climate Group's Sameen Khan.
We need to look beyond just tailpipe emissions to achieve a truly sustainable automotive sector. One material that’s increasingly under the microscope as companies look to tackle their scope 3 emissions is steel.
The government's forthcoming Steel Strategy must position the UK steel sector for global competitiveness through environmental leadership, writes Climate Group's Andrew Forth.
At the Climate Group Asia Action Summit in Singapore last week, business and government leaders from across the region charted a confident path to sustainable prosperity in Asia.
Why concrete? Why Singapore? And why now?
Scrap steel has an important role to play in lowering global emissions from steel production - but it won’t be enough on its own.
It’s been a crucial week for British Steel. With critical materials running out, the fires of the UK steel industry’s last blast furnaces were just days from going out. The UK Government’s decision to step in has ensured...
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Jen Carson, Head of Heavy Industry at Climate Group, said:
Yamaguchi Heavy Industries is first Japanese member of Climate Group’s SteelZero initiative
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The UK Government recently concluded a consultation on a new industrial strategy. Invest 2035: the UK’s modern industrial strategy is the first detailed guide to the Government’s plans to boost the economy.
In today’s unpredictable world, one constant remains: the challenge of climate change. And at its centre sits the energy challenge.
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...
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We recently convened the India Net Zero Steel Forum, bringing together leading stakeholders from across the steel value chain such as steel producers, procurers, and civil society organisations. The Forum also saw indust...
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In a letter to Sarah Jones MP, Minister of State for Industry and Decarbonisation, nearly 20 SteelZero members called on the new UK government to prioritise the steel industry's net zero transition with a coherent indust...
In a letter to South Korea's 22nd National Assembly, Climate Group's CEO, Helen Clarkson, asks members to elevate the nation's commitment to renewable energy and to accelerate efforts to reach net zero.
Assessing the embodied carbon of concrete and specifying limits or targets is increasingly important for the United Kingdom's construction sector.
During our recent webinar, we had the privilege of hearing from companies leading the charge in decarbonising the power industry and exploring its implications for the steel industry's transition away from fossil fuels. ...
Earlier this June, the SteelZero team attended the World Steel Open Forum event in Brussels. While the event laid bare the scale and urgency of the investment challenge ahead for the steel industry, there were a number o...
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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...
As the dust settles after the 10th election of the European Parliament, the critical question is what the priorities will be for the next five years, how the new leadership will achieve those, and above all: what role th...
Effective data, policy, and public-private cooperation will drive steel decarbonisation
As the adage goes, you can’t manage what you don’t measure. And if you’re interpreting this to understand emissions data, you can’t reduce what you don’t measure.
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...
Steelmakers. Steel users. Investors. Policymakers. They’re all part of the steel value chain. Like parts of a choir, they play different roles within the steel ecosystem. Yet we need them singing from the same song sheet...
In March, SteelZero held the first in a series of webinars looking at the decarbonisation journey in key sectors of the steel economy: SteelZero: Green Steel in the Automotive Industry. We were delighted to be joined by ...
Last month, you may have caught wind that Ørsted secured a deal with Dillinger for first access to its lower emission heavy-plate steel for wind turbine foundations.
Jonathan Ly is Director – Structures at Canary Wharf Group (CWG), one of ConcreteZero’s founding members.
It’s vital to speed up the energy transition across Asia – four of the top five fossil fuel importing countries are in Asia, and the decarbonisation of the region’s energy production and steel manufacturing is critical t...
“Asia will be the furnace in which a new era is forged”, argued McKinsey in a report last year.
Korean business leaders, policymakers, and SteelZero members convened in Seoul to drive steel decarbonisation.
Our CEO, Helen Clarkson sat down with South Korean news outlet, MK Daily, to discuss the big questions such as, how will trade restrictions such as the EU's CBAM will impact South Korea's important steel exports? What ar...
As India heads to polls this year, the incumbent government presented the Interim Union Budget on 1 February. This Budget will guide the Indian economy and government funding till a new government is formed. Though inter...
Steel is central to South Korea’s economy. We use it to build cars, buildings and ships – and South Korea’s future, with manufacturing producing 28% of GDP.
Steel, crucial yet carbon-intensive, demands urgent attention at COP28. Pivotal decisions can jumpstart steel decarbonisation for a sustainable future.
In this blog series, we speak to our members of SteelZero - the growing global network of businesses committing to buy and use 50% low emission steel by 2030, setting a clear pathway to using 100% net zero steel by 2050 ...
In this blog series, we speak to our members of SteelZero - the growing global network of businesses committing to buy and use 50% low emission steel by 2030, setting a clear pathway to using 100% net zero steel by 2050 ...
Despite the recent watering down of net zero policies, the UK Government has the opportunity to restore some of the country’s climate leadership ahead of COP28 through its upcoming autumn budget. It’s not just paramount ...
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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...
We won't get to the net zero economy of tomorrow without decarbonising steel. The steel industry is one of the world's worst polluters - responsible for 11 per cent of global annual carbon emissions. If demand for steel ...
GGBS’s use to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in concrete needs to be carefully considered
At the recently held G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Ministerial Meeting, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated that the country was leading by example on its pledged net zero targets. The G20 Preside...
"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...
Steel is responsible for around 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with almost three-quarters of all steel made in Asia. It’s clear that we need rapid transformation of the sector, otherwise we won’t reach global dec...
Hosting our first Asia Action Summit in Singapore, we brought together nearly 300 of the region’s energy and industry leaders, alongside business and government representatives to answer a single, urgent question: how ca...
In our latest blog ahead of the Asia Action Summit, we spoke with our Executive Director for India, Divya Sharma, on how India is gearing up to host this years’ G20 and what that means for its role as a climate leader.
In our latest blog ahead of the Asia Action Summit, we spoke with our Executive Director for China, Yuming Hui, on China's role as a global steel provider and how it's driving forward its net zero targets.
In the first of our Asia Spotlight series, we interview our CEO, Helen Clarkson, on the role Asia plays in driving global ambitions towards net zero and the motivations behind Climate Group’s Asia Action Summit.
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...
In Dubai this December, world leaders will assemble at the COP once again to address the climate crisis against a backdrop of record heatwaves, droughts, and flooding. The devastating impacts of climate change are all ar...
The global steel industry is one of the most energy intensive and polluting sectors in the world, contributing roughly 7% of global carbon emissions each year. And without action this is set to increase with global steel...
SCS Joint Venture, the London tunnels team for HS2, joins Climate Group initiative ConcreteZero
Asia is the fastest growing economic region in the world. With that growth comes exciting opportunities, but also big challenges. Asia and the Pacific accounts for more than half of the world’s energy consumption with mo...
The UK steel industry is negotiating its future. Talks with the UK government on a new financial support package are ongoing. It’s crucial the funding requirements drive rapid decarbonisation within a set timeframe. This...
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...
For the steel industry to decarbonise it needs a globally agreed standard and definition for what qualifies as low emission and near zero steel. Gaining global alignment will crucially build collective action and acceler...
Climate Group is opposed to the UK Government's approval of the new coal mine in Whitehaven, Cumbria. Through our SteelZero initiative, we know that the UK steel industry is committed to a net zero steel trajectory by 20...
Businesses are stepping up their climate commitments, particularly when it comes to the steel and concrete they’re using. Through our SteelZero initiative, run in partnership with ResponsibleSteel, we’re seeing companies...
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...
In an open letter, SteelZero joins a group of NGOs in recognising the ResponsibleSteel Standard 2.0 as a critical step in the net zero transition of the steel industry. The group encourages steel producers to adopt the S...
Energy efficiency measures will lead the way to net zero buildings.
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 ...
7 April 2022, London- Today A.P. Moller- Maersk joins SteelZero and commits to using 100% net zero steel by 2050, with an interim target of using 50% responsibly produced steel by 2030.
Any credible corporate climate strategy must have a public and ambitious energy efficiency commitment at its heart.
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is #BreakTheBias, ending discrimination and stereotypes against women. At Climate Group we recognise that gender bias keeps women from achieving their full potential acr...
Today at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, as part of Energy Day, EP100 in partnership with the UK Government hosted a panel discussion on product efficiency. It was announced that 14 countries, which are part of the SEAD init...
The Climate Group has today welcomed the launch of the First Movers Coalition (FMC). The Climate Group has played a key role as part of the Design Committee for this initiative.
On 30 September, Climate Group and the UK Government presented the EP100 initiative and freshly launched 2021 Product Efficiency Call to Action. Both initiatives are seeking business support to help ensure that product e...
Mike Peirce, Director of Corporate Partnerships at Climate Group shares his thoughts on British Steel’s recent announcement.
SteelZero members are driving the demand for net zero steel by pledging to use 100% by 2050. But this is not just an ambition, our members are taking action now. With our guidance, they’re working across the supply chain...
For many years, one question remained unanswered in conversations about the world's net zero ambitions: What about the industrial sector?
India’s buildings sector accounts for around one fifth of the country’s total annual carbon emissions and, in the absence of pre-emptive mitigation policies, is projected to emit seven times more CO2 by 2050 compared wit...
Our SteelZero initiative has convened two roundtables of prominent leaders in the renewable energy and automotive industries, to drive the demand for net zero steel.
India is facing the hardest time amid the second wave of COVID. In the last few years, the country has experienced severe climate disasters such as extreme heatwaves, floods, and swarms of locusts, to name a few. While t...
Industry experts joined governments participating in our Industry Transition Platform for a three-day virtual workshop to explore potential policy solutions available to subnational governments to support industry emissi...
Hydrogen has huge potential to empower the low carbon industry transition. It’s growing in popularity as an alternative to conventional fossil fuels because it can be used across a range of sectors and potentially create...
India is currently facing unprecedented times during the pandemic, especially as the country reels under the fierce new wave of COVID-19. We understand that the path to recovery from this new wave of COVID is going to be...
March 31, 2021 - Today President Biden announced details for the American Jobs Plan to reinvigorate the economy and put millions of Americans back to work. This exciting announcement allocates $35 billion for clean tech ...
Since April 2019, eleven state and regional governments from across Europe and North America have been taking part in the Under2 Coalition’s Industry Transition Platform – together, they’ve been working to develop strate...
Earlier this month, over 50 representatives from European and North American state and regional governments took part in a virtual site-visit to the LEILAC1 (Low Emissions Intensity Lime and Cement) project in Lixhe, Bel...