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...
With the publication of the EU's Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), Andrew Forth, Head of Policy and Advocacy at Climate Group, comments:
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.
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.
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...
Jen Carson, Head of Heavy Industry at Climate Group, said:
Yamaguchi Heavy Industries is first Japanese member of Climate Group’s SteelZero initiative
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...
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.
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...
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.
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 ...
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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 ...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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?
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.
