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NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Unlocking decarbonization
in hard-to-abate sectors
Are Chemical Companies ready Valeria Sterpos, Partner plex with technology currently available.
Paolo Cremonesi, Senior Manager
So how to address the emission challenge
for the Net-Zero future? Martina Colli Lanzi, Consultant in such a sector and is there an oppor-
Energy and Natural Resources Practice
tunity to make decarbonization pathway
Bain & Company shift from a pure necessary cost to a value
creation lever?
In this article we illustrate how Che-
ecarbonization is at the epi- mical companies across regions have
centre of both corporate started the decarbonization journey,
strategies and institutional what are the challenges they face,
discussions for many indu- mostly on abating non directly emitted
stries and Chemical sector emissions (i.e. “scope 3” emissions
Dis one of them. Contributing from upstream suppliers, downstream
to approximately 15% of global industrial clients/ use of their products and End
emissions, it is considered however a of Life products management) and fi-
“hard to abate sector”, meaning abating nally what concrete actions may drive
its emissions is prohibitively costly or com- and accelerate pathway to Net-Zero
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