It’s time to Blast the Past
Blast furnaces still produce over half of all EU steel. A single large blast furnace plant emits up to 6 million tonnes of CO2 a year.
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21 April 2026
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2026 SteelZero Impact Report: From credible action to real-world emission reductions
Steel is responsible for 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and for most of its history, decarbonising it has been treated as a supplier problem. SteelZero was built on a different premise: that the companies buying ...
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31 March 2026
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Climate Group's response to the European Commission’s proposal to suspend the ETS invalidation clause
London, UK, 1 April 2026 - Today, the European Commission published a proposal to amend the Market Stability Reserve (MSR) of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), stopping the automatic invalidation of excess carbon...
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10 March 2026
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From possibility to practice - what’s holding back low-carbon materials in India’s construction sector?
India is going though one of the fastest urban expansions in history, but with a massive carbon footprint. The technology for low-carbon materials exists, yet their adoption remains slow.
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4 March 2026
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"We need a mandatory, harmonised EU definition of low-carbon steel – established without delay"
With the publication of the EU's Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA)Andrew Forth, Head of Policy and Advocacy at Climate Group, comments:
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10 February 2026
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ConcreteZero sets out six global policy priorities to unlock net zero concrete
Concrete production accounts for around 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, yet progress on decarbonising the sector has stalled. Since 2015, emissions from cement and concrete have even risen slightly, with little ch...
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5 February 2026
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What’s needed to drive Japan’s net zero steel transition?
Over the past months, teams from Climate Group’s corporate initiatives RE100EV100 and SteelZero were on the ground in Japan. We met with business, industry and government leaders to scope the country’s opportunity across...
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28 January 2026
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2026 is the year that the rules are changing for steel and concrete
From hydrogen-fuelled steel to climate-smart infrastructure, the race to reinvent the world’s most essential materials is heating up.
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6 January 2026
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Byrne Bros: Using practical data to inform lower carbon concrete decisions
As attention on embodied carbon in construction grows, concrete is under increasing scrutiny. Regulatory pressure, public-sector procurement requirements and investor scrutiny are converging on a clear expectation: compa...
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23 December 2025
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SCS Railways: building smarter tunnels with low carbon concrete
What if cutting carbon didn’t mean driving up cost, or compromising on performance?
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12 November 2025
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States and regions meet in Brazil to champion methane reduction ahead of COP30
To champion methane as a COP30 priority, Climate Group hosted leaders from frontrunner state and regional governments slashing methane emissions – the fastest way to slow climate change. On 6 November, we brought togethe...
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30 October 2025
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ConcreteZero 2025 Impact Report: Turning ambition into measurable impact
Three years since its launch, ConcreteZero has grown into a global movement driving the decarbonisation of one of the world’s most emissions-intensive materials.
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16 October 2025
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Steel industry needs consistent reporting standards to achieve real emissions cuts, SteelZero urges
This press release outlines SteelZero's key concerns, recommendations, and position around the use of mass balance accounting in steel emissions reporting:
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28 August 2025
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What SteelZero Means on the Ground
An interview with Adrian Bywaters, Operations Director, Civil & Structural Engineering at Mace, a founding member. Steel is core to modern construction but making it low carbon is one of the sector’s biggest challeng...
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15 July 2025
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We can't decarbonise in the dark: Let's share data to drive green steel supply chains
Businesses want to make greener steel choices, but inconsistent data is holding them back, writes Climate Group's Sameen Khan.