Accelerating global government commitments to green steel and green cement procurement

 Rana Ghoneim, Head of Energy Systems & Decarbonization Unit, UNIDO (UN’s Industrial Development Organisation), first joined the podcast ahead of COP26 in Glasgow where she was launching the Green Public Procurement Pledge. Governments buy as much as 40% of these key materials for major projects around the world, so getting commitments from countries such as India, the UK, the US and many more is an important way to put this spending power to good use. Getting public procurement processes, reporting and spend directed at low carbon or near zero steel and cement will be a big driver in lowering costs and creating healthy markets.  Join us for this update to hear about the latest signatories, the next steps to take pledges to action and to hear how Rana views the impact of the Ukraine war and energy crisis on their mission. We also talk about how other groups, from the First Movers Coalition to steelzero or concretezero, can work in harmony with government pledges and initiatives.  Creating a vibrant market for green materials is going to be key if we are to decarbonize industries from cement to steel, glass to chem and more…listen in to this conversation to understand the timeline and momentum building in public procurement.  Links:  1.      Find out more on the pledge and how UNIDO is leading it: https://www.unido.org/IDDI 2.      https://www.industrialenergyaccelerator.org/areas-of-work/the-industrial-deep-decarbonization-initiative/3.      www.decarbconnect.com – learn more about Decarb Connect and its work supporting industrial decarbonization 4.      Find out more on the GPP pledge document link: https://www.industrialenergyaccelerator.org/the-gpp-pledge/5.      Learn about low and near zero definitions: https://www.iea.org/reports/achieving-net-zero-heavy-industry-sectors-in-g7-members6.      Information on the Global Clearn energy Action Forum where the recent updates to the pledge were announced (Sept 2022): https://gceaf.org/  Decarb Connect supports the acceleration of industrial decarbonization around the globe. We share insights and facilitate collaborations across the emerging decarbonization ecosystem. We look specifically at the most energy-intensive industrials from cement, metals and mining, glass, ceramics, chemicals, O&G and many more and help connect them to technology disruptors, investors and advisors.  Through the Decarbonization Leaders Network (DLN), our members (a cross-sector network of those leading decarbonisation in energy-intensive industries) share insights and experiences as they accelerate their net zero plans. Check out our full offering and learn more about our members, summits, reports and webinars. If you enjoyed this conversation, take a look at many more conversations and discussions about industrial decarbonisation taking place across our global event series.    Many thanks to our editor, Sassy at Janno Media, for her collaboration on this series.