This is the moment
to build clean now

Industry underpins modern life.
Clean industry secures our future.

Industry provides the fuels, chemicals and materials that power our economies. Now, clean industry is emerging as a strategic advantage – strengthening supply chains, driving competitiveness and unlocking the next wave of growth. Momentum is building – and the biggest gains come when technology, policy, capital and markets align.

161

Clean industrial plants now operating or under construction worldwide

>800

plants in development

19

Projects financed in the 6 months to May 2026

DOUBLED

pace of clean industry investment in 6 months to May 2026 Versus previous 6-months

We can unleash unstoppable progress

Investment in clean industry is accelerating.

MPP’s Global Project Tracker showing ~$43 billion
committed to major clean industrial assets in six months, more than double the same period in 2025.

Ambition has become implementation – the question now is speed, scale and leadership.

We can move from 10s to 100s of clean industry projects financed each year with decisive action from leaders to unlock and move at scale.

Benefits for governments, industry, finance

Tracking global progress across sectors shows six key levers that improve market conditions, unlock investment and accelerate a large-scale shift in the clean industrial transition

Levers to progress acceleration

BUILD CLEAN NOW fast-tracks clean industrial progress

Country-based workshops in our roadshow surface solutions. Bright Spots highlight and share successes.

LATEST WORKSHOPS

Australia | Workshop + Briefing

Australia’s opportunity: scale, speed Introduction and competitive advantage. Turning Australia’s natural advantage into industrial leadership. The right actions, including government policies could accelerate clean industry in Australia, support demand creation before COP31 and achieve final investment decisions (FIDs) by early 2027. Discover how Australia can become a clean industrial leader – read our briefing: Clean Industry Spotlight Australia.

View Australia | Workshop + Briefing workshop >

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Steel Linyi, China

CISRI Linyi

CISRI's Linyi project is an industrial-scale pure-hydrogen direct reduced iron (DRI) plant in Shandong, China — a world-first demonstration proving near-zero-carbon steelmaking and already seeding a wave of commercial-scale green steel projects.

Ammonia Kakinada, India

AM Green

Pioneering new cross border trading relationships

E-methanol Kassø, Denmark

European Energy | Kassø

Building the world’s first e-methanol plant

Aviation Freedom Pines Fuels, USA

LanzaJet

The next generation of fuel

Aluminium Yunnan Province, China

China Hongqiao Group

China Hongqiao Group is moving over 60% of its aluminium production from coal-based Shandong to renewables-rich Yunnan Province to accelerate its major decarbonisation strategy.

Cement Milaki, Greece

Holcim OLYMPUS

Holcim's €400M OLYMPUS project in Greece is building a direct source-to-sink CCS value chain in the Mediterranean to capture 1 Mtpa of CO2 from an isolated cement plant.

Chemicals, ammonia Chifeng, China

Envision

Green hydrogen and ammonia are essential for the transformation to clean industry and the Chifeng Green Hydrogen Net Zero Industrial Park is leading the way.

Chemicals, ammonia Victoria, Texas

First Ammonia

First Ammonia is building a 250 kt/y green ammonia project in Texas as a replicable model, securing early offtake and demonstrating competitive commercial viability.

Chemicals, ammonia Singapore

ITOCHU Singapore Ammonia Bunkering Initiative

ITOCHU’s Singapore Ammonia Bunkering project is driving forward the use of clean ammonia as a marine fuel

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Build Clean Now is a global campaign to fast-track
the clean industrial revolution.

Our goal is to accelerate clean industry investment year-on-year. Our initial target aims to reach 50 financed clean industrial projects in the 2-year period 2025-2026.

BUILD CLEAN NOW

shaped in collaboration with a global networK

“In the next five years we can unleash huge progress – powered by innovators and entrepreneurs, enabled by Paris-aligned governments, creating millions of good jobs. That is why I fully support Build Clean Now – a global initiative to fast-track clean industry shifts, led by the Industrial Transition Accelerator.”

Simon Stiell

Executive Secretary, UN Climate Change

Aluminium

China Hongqiao Group

Project: operating and under construction

“Decisive action today is essential to achieving a zero-carbon economy. By accelerating investment in clean industrial plants, we can move from planning to reality and unlock stronger, more resilient economic growth.”

Eveline Speelman

Partner & Head of Energy Practice, Systemiq

“We are on the brink of a clean industry revolution. The projects are ready; the economic benefits are both clear and within reach. What we need now is bold, coordinated action. Governments, companies, and finance can unlock the investment that will turn plans into progress the world over. The moment is here — let’s build clean now.”

Faustine Delasalle

CEO, Mission Possible Partnership & Executive Director of Industrial Transition Accelerator

Aviation (SAF)

Neste

Total project investment €2.5 billion

“The clean industrial revolution is yet another area where the economics are moving faster than our politics. While the $2 trillion investment opportunity presented by clean industrial projects is going unclaimed, early movers will secure a competitive edge and reap the benefits from new industrial development, new jobs, more resilient supply chains and greater energy and food security. Now is the time for all countries to build clean and unlock the next wave of clean industrial plants.”

Christiana Figueres

Former Executive Secretary, UNFCCC

“Industrial decarbonization is more than just cutting emissions. It is about creating opportunities for green development, jobs and prosperity. Build Clean Now is mobilizing countries, companies, and capital to accelerate the financing and construction of clean industry projects. UNIDO will work alongside ITA and all partners to accelerate industrial decarbonization making sure no one is left behind.”

Rana Ghoneim

Director of Energy and Climate Action, UNIDO

Cement

Ecocem

Industrial-scale rollout of ACT

“To reach a zero-carbon economy by mid-century, we must start now on the decarbonisation of heavy industry, shipping and aviation. That means financing and building clean industrial plants at speed. The Build Clean Now campaign highlights the companies now seizing the opportunity in both emerging and developed economies.”

Adair Turner

Chair, Energy Transitions Commission

“WBCSD is proud to support ITA’s ‘Build Clean Now’ campaign. This decisive decade demands urgent action to finance and scale clean industrial projects. Strong demand-side policies and improved access to capital are essential to accelerate deployment on the ground.”

Peter Bakker

President and CEO, WBCSD

Chemicals

LONGi Green Methanol

180,000 tonnes per year of biomethanol

“We welcome the ‘Build Clean Now’ campaign — a global effort to unlock investment and accelerate clean industry. To achieve our shared goal of industrial decarbonisation, cooperation and financing are essential. It is encouraging to witness growing momentum as the ITA, the Climate Club, and a diverse group of actors — including the private sector, philanthropy, and finance — are collaborating towards the same goal: shaping the global industry transition and drive real progress on decarbonisation.”

Berthold Goeke

Co-Chair, Climate Club, Germany

“Like the Global Matchmaking Platform, Build Clean Now is about mobilising countries, companies, and capital providers to turn ambition into action. GMP supports countries in unlocking action on the ground, identifying projects and programs that are a priority for them. This campaign is the push we need to fast-track the clean industrial revolution by unlocking projects on the ground, and GMP looks forward to supporting achieving this goal, working closely with the countries and partners committed to making this change.”

Sarbojit Pal

Head of the Secretariat, Global Matchmaking Platform of the Climate Club