Accelerating decarbonisation and driving sectoral transformation in India’s cement and steel industries.
The client, a forward-leaning impact investor and global energy partner asked Xynteo to understanding where its capital could maximise impact across the energy, cement and steel sectors to drive ESG and profit ROIs.
Xynteo was asked to identify areas of intervention where catalytic capital can be leveraged to accelerate the decarbonisation of cement and steel sectors in India.
34
Companies engaged, across the construction value chain in India.
19%
Of India’s annual emissions come from cement and steel.
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Flagship coalition launched to drive sectoral decarbonisation called Build Ahead.
The initiative
The key objectives for the engagement:
- Enable investment in green hydrogen technology research and development in India
- Generate evidence-based assessments for green hydrogen, low-emission iron, and steel
- Enhance team delivery with capacity-building training programs in hydrogen technology
- Support market activation activities for the Indian construction sector, through the establishment of a coalition
Xynteo worked to understand the entire construction value chain to understand where capital could be applied most credibly to reduce embodied carbon in the construction value chain.
Xynteo’s role
Sectoral assessment:
- Investigated over 30 sector-relevant companies in to identify decarbonisation opportunities
Market strategy:
- Conducted techno-commercial studies to inform investment in green hydrogen and low-emission technologies
- Led the creation and launch of the “Build Ahead” coalition to drive decarbonisation across India’s construction value chain
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