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

Further reading | Cement

• China is home to 1 in 2 of the world’s clean industrial plants
• A record 36 FIDs in 12 months
• A step change for the new industrial sunbelt as capital hits six projects
• 1,027 projects in development, worth $4.8 trillion in investment potential
• Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) accounts for one in three major investments

China and a growing group of renewables-rich emerging economies are attracting an increasing share of investment in clean industry, according to the latest findings from Mission Possible Partnership’s Global Project Tracker, supported by the Industrial Transition Accelerator (ITA). Clean industry, powered by renewable energy, is redrawing the world’s industrial map as projects move from the drawing board to construction.

China is one of a number of countries across the East Asian region where the steel sector is facing a pivotal moment, this is the second in a series of reports where we examine the opportunities for countries to reinforce the foundations of their industrial strength.

Steel’s transformation | China report 2026 | English download

共建绿色钢铁供应链 | China report 2026 | Chinese download

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