Transforming Cement

Transformation of the cement and concrete industry | critical factors

Reducing clinker in concrete, by increasing the use of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) in cement production and making concrete production more efficient
Increasing concrete efficiency in design and construction
Capturing and eliminating the remaining clinker emissions through CCUS
Additional, smaller gains will come from electricity decarbonisation.

Global burden of cement production

Industry-endorsed strategy

In 2023, we developed a Concrete and Cement Sector Transition Strategy with input from a diverse set of industry stakeholders. This provides a shared vision for a clean concrete and cement future, modelling of pathways, real economy milestones and the industry, policy and finance actions required to get there. Assumptions have not been updated since publication, but the STS still represents a quantitative reference point.

Sector Transition Strategy documents

Report | Making net-zero concrete + cement possible

Industry-backed 1.5°C aligned transition strategy download

Executive summary download
Infographics summary download 
Pathways to net zero interactive modelling

Global Project Tracker | latest in-depth data

Further reading | Cement

Newsletter

Signal | Issue 33 | June 2026

08 Jun 2026

accelerate decarbonisation│clean industry pipeline│Global Project Tracker│investment│value chain

A rare bit of positive news in a turbulent year: clean industry investment is accelerating. Data from our newly-published Global Project Tracker update shows that 19 commercial-scale clean industrial projects reached final investment decision in the past six months – more than double the pace of a year ago.

Bright Spots

European Energy | Kassø

08 Jun 2026

e-methanol│Europe│Industrial decarbonisation│value chain

Kassø, in southern Denmark, is now home to one of the world’s first operational e-methanol facilities, producing 42,000 tonnes per year from a 304 MW solar park, a 52 MW electrolyser and biogenic CO₂ captured from a local biogas facility. It reached FID in January 2022 without operating subsidies and started operations in 2025.

Bright Spots

AM Green | India

08 Jun 2026

Europe│green ammonia│India│offtake│partnering│value chain

The flagship project demonstrates a pathway for building green ammonia facilities, with its repurposed brownfield site, access to round-the-clock green power and a lower cost of capital because of its location in India. It also shows the importance of thinking about the entire value chain when looking at the viability of clean industry projects – not just end customers but suppliers as well.

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What other states can learn from California’s journey to 150,000 EV chargers

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Easing the permitting process for Clean Industrial Projects in California

In 2024, California ranked as the fifth largest economy in the world for the seventh year in a row. It

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Repsol Ecoplanta | Spain

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01 Sep 2025

Signal | Issue 25 | September 2025

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