'Huge opportunity': How market incentives can help forge new net zero industries

Michael Holder
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Business group representing some of Europe's biggest brands argues that policies and market incentives are urgently needed to drive demand for green steel, cement, and chemicals

Heavy industry and manufacturing - from steel and cement, to chemicals, paper, and aluminium - has long been widely regarded as one of the toughest frontiers on the net zero journey. Many of these sectors...

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