LeadIT brings together countries, companies and industry experts to achieve net-zero emissions from heavy industries by 2050.

Our mission

Who we are.

50%

of the world’s economy is accounted for by the Country Members of LeadIT

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Countries.

Argentina | Australia | Austria | Denmark | Ethiopia | Finland | France | Germany | India | Ireland | Japan | Luxembourg | Netherlands | Republic of Korea | South Africa | Sweden | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | United States of America |

Companies.

Ashok Leyland | CarbFix | Cemvision | Dalmia Cement | Ecometrix | FLSmidth | HeidelbergCement | JSW Steel | JSW Cement | LafargeHolcim | LKAB | Mahindra Group | SAIL (Steel Authority of India Ltd) | SaltX Technology | Salzgitter | Scania | Skanska | SpiceJet | SSAB | Stegra | ThyssenKrupp | Tata Steel Limited | Tata Motors | Tecnored | Vattenfall | Volvo | World Energy GH2 |

What we do.

The Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) provides an arena for public-private collaboration, and for sectoral and cross-sectoral learning for example when it comes to innovation opportunities and new technologies.

What we do

Discover our tools designed to assist industry experts in tracking the progress of industry transition and developing industry transition roadmaps.

Roadmap planner.

The Roadmap Planner is an interactive tool that guides decision-makers in the public and private sectors to design, develop and implement industry transition roadmaps.

Explore guide

Explore our 3 Industry
Transition
Trackers.

The Transition Tracker allows you to compare and identify industry transition plans across countries and sectors. The Green Steel and the Cement Technology trackers follow public low-carbon investment announcements in the steel and cement sectors. 

Transition Tracker
Green steel Tracker
Green cement technology Tracker
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News & Analysis.

Stay up-to-date with LeadIT’s activities and analyses of critical policy and industry levers to accelerate industry transition.

3 Nov 2025

LeadIT engagements at COP30 Belém, Brazil

COP30, formally the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), hosted by the Government of Brazil, takes place between 10–21 November 2025 in the city of Belém, Brazil’s gateway to the Amazon. LeadIT is hosting several events and working with partners on a range of other engagements.

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31 Oct 2025

Building a shared sustainable future for heavy commercial vehicles in India 

LeadIT members Tata Motors and Volvo Group have pledged, as part of their membership,  to work together on a more sustainable heavy-duty transport ecosystem in India.   In a first-of-its-kind collaboration for the Leadership Group, LeadIT will facilitate collaborative work between the two companies.

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30 Oct 2025

Segments, strategies and uncertainties: recent evidence on low-carbon technologies for commercial vehicles

Commercial vehicles are a small share of the global vehicle stock but account for a disproportionately large portion (37%) of road-transport CO2 emissions. There isn’t a single obvious pathway that fits every type of commercial transport, since the sector encompasses everything from short urban journeys with vans and buses to long-haul heavy trucks. This new report aims to explain what factors are influencing the viability of different technology options.

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27 Oct 2025

Transition, Trade and Trust – Industry Decarbonisation in Uncertain Times

In Geneva on 23 and 24 October 2025, the Forum on Trade, Environment and the SDGs (TESS) organised its first annual conference "Trade Cooperation Pathways for Climate Action, Resilience and Justice". The event gathered leading experts from the worlds of trade and climate policymaking, including LeadIT's Head of Secretariat, Per Andersson.

Climate Politics

co-development

Emerging and Developing Economies

EU

Finance

G20

Leadership

Policy

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23 Oct 2025

Pathways to inclusive green industrial policy: building shared opportunities across economies

Major economies are implementing green industrial policies to speed up decarbonization and transform production. However, many approaches prioritize national competitiveness and security, and risk marginalizing developing countries. The article proposes four categories of measures to align industrial strategies with global fairness, shared climate objectives, and the Paris Agreement’s goals.

Climate Politics

Emerging and Developing Economies

EU

Finance

Industry Transition Partnership

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Events.

LeadIT engages leaders from politics, industry, finance and climate to share expertise, advance policies and partnerships, and align on urgent actions for Industry Transition. Explore our past and upcoming events.

14 Nov 2025 3:00 PM : 4:00 PM

COP30 – Technology, Transition and Trust: the role of trade and international cooperation for just and equitable industrial decarbonization

Open Society Foundations (OSF) Pavilion, Blue Zone

This session, co-organised by LeadIT and TESS, will examine how trade policy and international cooperation can help deliver technology where it is needed to support an accelerated industry transition.

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15 Nov 2025 2:00 PM : 3:00 PM

COP 30: Panel discussion Ethiopian industry transition

Ethiopian Pavilion, Blue Zone, COP30 (Belém, Brazil)

This high-level panel discussion, co-organised by the Ethiopian Government and LeadIT, aims to highlight Ethiopia’s leadership in climate-smart industrialisation and to inspire new global partnerships for a green industrial future. It will explore both the challenges and opportunities in Ethiopia’s industrial transition.

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15 Nov 2025 11:00 AM : 12:00 PM

COP30: Showcase of highlighted results & solutions: clean industry – real projects, real progress, real bright spots

Axis 1 Thematic Space, Blue Zone (COP30, Belém, Brazil)

The clean industry transition is no longer a distant ambition—it is unfolding now, reshaping economies and redefining industrial leadership. This high-level COP30 side event, organised by LeadIT with the Climate Club, Industry Transition Accelerator (ITA), and the Alliance for Industry Decarbonization (AFID), will spotlight the accelerating momentum of clean industrial development across energy-intensive sectors, showcasing real-world examples of policy innovation, investment breakthroughs, and collaborative action.

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17 Nov 2025 3:45 PM : 4:45 PM

COP30 LeadIT industry leaders’ roundtable – From ambition to investments: scaling industry transition this decade

UNFCCC special event room Madeira, Blue Zone (COP 30 Belém, Brazil)

As the Paris Agreement’s 10th anniversary nears, LeadIT, co-chaired by India and Sweden, will host a COP30 roundtable to accelerate low-carbon industry transitions and guide future global cooperation.

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29 Sep 2025 8:30 AM : 5:00 PM

India Sweden Innovation Day 2025

Radisson Blu Waterfront, Stockholm in person & online

LeadIT will join global leaders, industry pioneers, and policy innovators at the 12th India Sweden Innovation Day. As India and Sweden deepen their strategic innovation partnership, this year’s theme spotlights co-creation for resilience – across clean energy, AI, green manufacturing, global supply chains, sustainable mobility, technology transfer, security, travel, and circular economy.

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