Transitioning Industrial Clusters

Transitioning Industrial Clusters

An initiative driving collaboration and shared action to foster economic growth, protect jobs, and reduce CO2e emissions in industrial clusters.

33

Industrial clusters,  including 28  port-anchored clusters.

16

Countries involved, representing 66% of global GDP.

60

Public and private stakeholders engaged in the initiative.

Facilitating collaboration among organizations operating within the same industrial clusters to drive economic growth, employment, and to reduce CO2e emissions

The initiative brings together public and private sector stakeholders from industrial clusters to reduce their CO2e emissions while driving economic growth and creating jobs. By aligning regulatory and financial components, including securing funding and gaining policy support, the initiative enables industrial clusters to implement effective and sustainable strategies.


Through collaboration and innovative solutions, it ensures these clusters become drivers of environmental, economic, and social progress.

Our impact

Our impact is reflected through key performance indicators such as CO2e emissions avoided, jobs created, and economic growth, with ongoing efforts to establish a standardized reporting methodology across participating industrial clusters.

*Impact key performance indicators represent CO2 e emissions, jobs and GDP/economic data reported by a limited number of signatory clusters.

4.3 million

Jobs protected and created through the initiative

$492 billion

Contributed to global GDP by participating clusters

832 million

Tonnes of CO2e greenhouse gas emissions

Our focus areas

We are focusing on building partnerships, developing policy, deploying technology, and securing financing to drive the successful transition of industrial clusters.

Build partnerships

We aim to foster trust and collaboration between companies and public institutions within industrial clusters, ensuring alignment across supply and demand networks to drive cohesive action.

Develop policy

We are working to establish enabling policies that accelerate the transition of industrial clusters, creating a supportive regulatory environment for decarbonization and sustainable growth.

Secure financing  

We identify and promote innovative financing options to support large-scale decarbonization efforts, ensuring projects are economically viable and scalable.


Deploy technology

By identifying and implementing optimal technology pathways, we aim to facilitate the adoption of innovative solutions to reduce CO2e emissions and enhance efficiency.

Unlocking new opportunities through digital collaboration

By shifting from isolated digital adoption to collaborative approaches – such as data collaboration and digital integration – industrial clusters can leverage the benefits of scale, diverse supply and demand profiles as well as enhanced operational efficiencies to achieve outcomes that no single organization could accomplish alone.

Developing an energy transition roadmap

Industrial clusters are pivotal in shaping the future of the energy transition, so developing a holistic and collective approach to tackle emissions is crucial. The initiative supports industrial clusters to create integrated energy systems that maximize outcomes across economic, social and environmental aspects. Some of these technologies include hydrogen, direct electrification, carbon capture and systemic efficiency and circularity.

Our knowledge partner

Accenture acts as a knowledge partner, provides thought leadership as well as research capabilities across policy, financing and digital technologies.

Transitioning Industrial Clusters Annual Report 2025

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Join us in shaping the future of sustainable energy and industrial transformation.

Be part of the global effort to drive the transition toward net-zero emissions, economic growth, and job creation within industrial clusters.

Transitioning Industrial Clusters Part of  Centre for Energy and Materials
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