Tag: energy-intensive industries

• New Science-Based Targets for steel will speed up decarbonisation, but more is needed

  The steel sector is the most carbon-intensive in the world, responsible for 7% of energy-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To decarbonise, individual companies need to commit to climate targets – and these need to be ambitious enough. The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) recently updated its guidelines and targets for the steel sector, which now has a much stronger foundation for lowering emissions – but improvements must not stop there.

• Joint letter – Unlock the demand-side flexibility potential through a consumer-centric EU Electricity Market Design

  ECOS and 10 other associations urge EU Commissioner for Energy, developing an integrated, interconnected and properly functioning European energy market, Kadri Simson, to take into consideration our seven recommendations to unlock the demand-side flexibility potential in the upcoming revision of the Electricity Market Design.

• From Portland to Paris: Time to detox and build a more sustainable cement and concrete industry

  Cement is omnipresent in modern life, serving as the key binder in concrete and mortar products. We find cement everywhere: in our roads, bridges, major buildings. However, while cheap to produce, it comes at a high cost for the environment.