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16 May 2025
India Sweden collaboration opportunities for Swedish companies
A 10 million SEK call for project proposals under the LeadIT Industry Transition Partnership (ITP) is now open for Swedish companies to work in collaboration with Indian partners to drive decarbonization in steel and cement.
Cement
India
Industry Transition Partnership
Steel
7 May 2025
Joining Forces for a Greener Future: JSW Cement is the latest company member of LeadIT
JSW Cement has joined LeadIT strengthening the Group's presence in India and in the global cement industry. Decarbonizing this sector is vital to global climate goals.
Building materials
Cement
co-development
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24 Oct 2024
Cement delegation visits Sweden
A delegation representing the Indian cement industry including manufacturers and trade associations accompanied by representation from the Indian government has visited Sweden on a fact finding visit hosted by LeadIT
Building materials
Cement
co-development
Industry Transition Partnership
Innovation
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technology
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
3 Oct 2024
The view from New York – reflections from Climate Week 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
28 Jun 2024
Building a Stronger Partnership for Net Zero – LeadIT at Almedalen
Swedish political week Almedalen saw a strengthening of the Leadership Group for Industry Transition with two new members signing up to the global mission to decarbonize heavy industry. Action to achieve global industry transition needs both established heavy industry and technology innovators to learn from each and to . The LeadIT group is therefore delighted to welcome two new members - both committed to achieving decarbonization but representing different challenges.
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Emerging Markets
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Steel
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28 Jun 2024
LeadIT welcomes new members Cemvision “the green disruptors”
Swedish based cement scale up Cemvision has become the latest company to join the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT).
Building materials
Cement
Innovation
Partnerships
technology
3 May 2024
India Sweden Industry Transition Partnership (ITP) the next steps
On April 22, the India – Sweden Industry Transition Partnership successfully kicked off its work at its inaugural meeting held in New Delhi. Here Felipe Sanchez and Nadia Mondini from the LeadIT Secretariat take a closer look at the work of the ITP and key takeaways from New Dehli.
Cement
Climate Politics
Developing Countries
Finance
Industry Transition Partnership
Partnerships
Steel
11 Mar 2024
Calcined Clay – Tracking Cement Decarbonization
The cement and concrete industry is responsible for 7% of all CO2 emissions so the transition to net zero is a priority if global warming is going to be limited. One of the technologies being utilized in the push to decarbonize is clay calcination which reduces the level of emissions level in manufacturing and these projects are now included in the Green Cement Tracker to support monitoring by policymakers, industry experts, academics, and civil society.
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Cement
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Finance
12 Dec 2023
LeadIT 2.0 launched at COP28: driving inclusive industry transition forward
At COP28, the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) initiated its second phase, LeadIT 2.0, marking a joint commitment by member countries and companies to shape policy frameworks and international cooperation for an inclusive industry transition.
Cement
Partnerships
Steel
13 Nov 2023
SaltX Joins LeadIT
LeadIT is pleased to announce that SaltX has joined the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT). CEO, Carl-Johan Linér, explains what the LeadIT membership means and what challenges and opportunities they see for the lime and cement industry.
Cement
Partnerships
25 Sep 2023
Insights from LeadIT Climate Week NYC event
A discussion on the policy innovations, collaborations, and financing necessary with government, industry, and youth leaders to accelerate a global just industry transition.
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Cement
Developing Countries
Partnerships
Steel
20 Jul 2023
LeadIT and GCCA launch Green Cement Technology Tracker
The Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) and the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has launched a Green Cement Technology Tracker to support policymakers, industry experts, academics, and civil society members to monitor worldwide decarbonization efforts in the cement industry.
Building materials
Cement
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Policy
20 Jul 2023
Q&A – Green Cement Technology Tracker
The Green Cement Technology Tracker tracks public announcements of low-carbon cement investments aligned to corporate climate goals consistent with the Paris Agreement. The tool is developed jointly by the Global Cement & Concrete Association and the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT), in collaboration with the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions.
Building materials
Cement
Finance
Policy
24 May 2023
Unlocking the G20’s Green Public Procurement Potential
India, one of LeadIT’s founding Members, is hosting the G20 this year and is preparing a series of recommendations – T20 reports – that will be presented to G20 working groups, ministerial meetings, and the summit itself. LeadIT has authored one of the T20 reports on green public procurement, together with colleagues from UNIDO’s IDDI and SEI.
Building materials
Cement
Steel
24 Mar 2023
March TEC meeting on decarbonization standards
The LeadIT Technical Expert Committee (TEC) meeting on 22 March invited representatives from the WTO, UNIDO's Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative, and Scania to speak about standards for the cement and steel sector.
Cement
Policy
Steel
30 Aug 2022
Insights from the cement sector decarbonization roadmap workshop in India
This brief summarizes key takeaways and policy recommendations for cement decarbonization in India emerging from a LeadIT roadmap workshop.
Cement
Developing Countries
Roadmaps for Industry Transition
3 Jun 2022
Towards a sustainable global construction and buildings value chain
In this brief, we identify the challenges an opportunities for sustainability interventions in the construction sector value chains and present policy recommendations to address them.
Building materials
Cement
Policy
Steel
18 May 2022
Steel and cement can drive the decade of action on climate change. This is how
COP26 commitments must now be turned into concrete actions – a complex but urgent task.
Building materials
Cement
Steel
11 Apr 2022
LeadIT Dialogue: Preventing the Risks of Carbon Leakage
This brief summarises LeadIT's cross-sectoral policy dialogue on carbon leakage prevention measures and their impact on industry transition globally.
Building materials
Cement
Climate Politics
Finance
Policy
Steel