Insights - Leadership Group for Industry Transition

10 November 2021

LeadIT Summit and Summit Statement: ‘The time for implementation is here’

Ministers and CEOs agreed to sharply reduce emissions from heavy industry sectors at the LeadIT Summit at COP26 on 9 November. Read the Summit Statement.

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25 August 2021

Stepping into the digital age to reduce emissions in the construction sector

Written by Andrea Lindblom

Lena Hök, Senior Vice President Sustainability at Skanska Group, explains what the LeadIT membership means for Skanska and how green tech can help to reduce emissions in the construction sector.

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23 April 2021

U.S. joins LeadIT

Written by Andrea Lindblom

The United States has joined the Leadership Group for Industry Transition - a move welcomed by Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had launched the initiative at the UN Climate Action Summit in 2019.

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16 April 2021

LeadIT partners up with Student Energy to support Global Youth Energy Outlook

Written by Mie Lainio

LeadIT will serve as one of the founding partners of the Global Youth Energy Outlook and support Student Energy to engage young people, advance collaboration in the energy sector and accelerate a sustainable energy transition.

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9 March 2021

Sweden, India re-affirm commitment to LeadIT at virtual summit

Written by Andrea Lindblom

The prime ministers of India and Sweden, Narendra Modi and Stefan Löfven, re-affirmed their commitment to the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) at a virtual summit on 5 March.

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Construction Workers In India Standing On A Rebar Reinforcing Bar Platform Making A Pillar

2 December 2020

Countries and companies commit to urgent action to transform heavy industry

Written by Andrea Lindblom, Annika Flensburg

At the first Leadership Summit for Industry Transition, governments and CEOs of major international companies committed to making the business case for industry transition, and implement mechanisms to rapidly diffuse climate technologies and know-how.

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