Leadership Group for Industry Transition

Who we are.

50%

of the world’s economy is accounted for by the Country Members of LeadIT

Countries.

Companies.

What we do.

The Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) provides an arena for public-private collaboration, and for sectoral and cross-sectoral learning for example when it comes to innovation opportunities and new technologies.

What we do

Discover our tools designed to assist industry experts in tracking the progress of industry transition and developing industry transition roadmaps.

Roadmap planner.

The Roadmap Planner is an interactive tool that guides decision-makers in the public and private sectors to design, develop and implement industry transition roadmaps.

Explore guide

Explore our 3 Industry
Transition
Trackers.

The Transition Tracker allows you to compare and identify industry transition plans across countries and sectors. The Green Steel and the Cement Technology trackers follow public low-carbon investment announcements in the steel and cement sectors.

Transition Tracker
Green steel Tracker
Green cement technology Tracker

News & Analysis.

Stay up-to-date with LeadIT’s activities and analyses of critical policy and industry levers to accelerate industry transition.

20 Oct 2024

India and Sweden the perfect match – driving policy, technology and finance for net zero

Decarbonizing the global cement and steel industries through partnerships enabled by LeadIT was top of the agenda at the India Sweden Innovation Day held in Stockholm.

Cement

Climate Politics

co-development

Finance

Industry Transition Partnership

Innovation

Partnerships

Roadmaps for Industry Transition

Steel

technology

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3 Oct 2024

The view from New York – reflections from Climate Week 22-29 September 2024

At two LeadIt hosted events at Climate Week 2024, speakers from industry, technology providers, government, academia and financiers focused on the necessary actions to accelerate the industry transition to net-zero.

Cement

Climate Politics

Finance

Innovation

Partnerships

Policy

Steel

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24 Sep 2024

New name, new membership as we welcome Stegra to LeadIT

Green steel scale up, Stegra are the latest company committed to net zero industry to join LeadIT. Stegra are building the world's largest green steel plant in Boden, Sweden and by 2030, plan to produce 5 million tonnes of steel annually.

Building materials

Innovation

Steel

technology

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16 Sep 2024

LeadIT Roundtable on Inclusive Green Industrial Policy

On September 10, LeadIT held a high-level roundtable to discuss the role of inclusive green industrial policies in decarbonizing heavy industries. The discussion focused on the urgency of decarbonizing whilst emphasizing the need for inclusive and fair green industrial policies that balance economic competitiveness with meeting global climate goals and supporting equitable integration into green value chains.

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5 Jul 2024

Conversations around Climate Action in the Steel Industry – more than just reducing CO2 emissions

The Open Forum organized by the World Steel Association offers a space for stakeholders within the steel industry to exchange experiences and ideas to contribute to the acceleration of carbon dioxide emissions reduction within the sector.   In this blog Eileen Torres Morales highlights her main takeaways from the 2024 Forum.

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Events.

LeadIT engages leaders from politics, industry, finance and climate to share expertise, advance policies and partnerships, and align on urgent actions for Industry Transition. Explore our past and upcoming events.

24 Sep 2024 2:00 PM : 4:30 PM

The path to a net-zero industry: How global leadership and collaboration can accelerate the industry transition

New York - in person & online

This event will bring together heavy industry sectors, governments, and multilateral institutions to discuss successful approaches towards enabling and accelerating industry decarbonization, ways in which such approaches can be diffused and scaled, as well as persistent bottlenecks. It will focus on the crucial role of business, public-private, and cross-geography partnerships, as well as on the unique challenges and opportunities for industry decarbonization in emerging economies.

26 Sep 2024

Breaking down barriers: How to accelerate the transition to net zero cement and concrete

New York - in person & online

This event will bring together senior representatives from the cement and concrete industry – both from established players and from a new generation of emerging technology providers – as well as from financiers, academia, and governments. It will discuss requirements to accelerate innovation and the adoption of new technologies, through corporate and public-private partnerships as well as targeted financial assistance. Persistent policy and regulatory barriers hindering development will also be considered and the scaling of different decarbonization technologies.

10 Sep 2024

Green Industrial Policies – building just and inclusive transitions through global partnerships

Brussels

The time for action to decarbonize heavy industry is now but green industrial policies must not mpose unfair costs or obligations on emerging and lower-income countries. It is critical to the transition that there is global collaboration.

25 Jun 2024 - 25 Jun 2024 1:00 PM : 5:00 PM

LeadIT at Almedalen Week – Scaling Climate Action

Visby, Gotland, Sweden

Almedalsveckan (Almedalen Week) is an annual political event held in Sweden, where politicians, stakeholders and the public gather for speeches, seminars and discussions. This year, over 2000 public events will occur. LeadIT will take part in a panel debate on industry transition as part of an event hosted by the Indian Ambassador to Sweden.

06 May 2024 12:30 PM : 4:00 PM

Technology Co-development to support Just Industry Transition

Graduate Institute, Geneva

LeadIT and TESS (Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDG) are hosting a roundtable event to explore the key challenges and opportunities around technology co-development for a just and equitable transition with a focus on heavy industry. The roundtable will engage senior participants from the LeadIT membership, other WTO member governments, as well as key international organizations

Who we are.

What we do.

Roadmap planner.

Explore our 3 Industry TransitionTrackers.

News & Analysis.

India and Sweden the perfect match – driving policy, technology and finance for net zero

The view from New York – reflections from Climate Week 22-29 September 2024

New name, new membership as we welcome Stegra to LeadIT

LeadIT Roundtable on Inclusive Green Industrial Policy

Conversations around Climate Action in the Steel Industry – more than just reducing CO2 emissions

Events.

The path to a net-zero industry: How global leadership and collaboration can accelerate the industry transition

Breaking down barriers: How to accelerate the transition to net zero cement and concrete

Green Industrial Policies – building just and inclusive transitions through global partnerships

LeadIT at Almedalen Week – Scaling Climate Action

Technology Co-development to support Just Industry Transition

Explore our 3 Industry
Transition
Trackers.