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MAIN MENU + THE LOW CARBON TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS INITIATIVE T he Low Carbon T echnology Partnerships Initiative (LCT Pi) supports businesses who want to be in pole position for success in a low- carbon future. It provides a collaborative platform for private and public stakeholders to discuss solutions to accelerate low-carbon technology development, and scale up the deployment of business solutions, to a level and speed that are consistent with limiting global warming to below 2°C. At COP21 in Paris in December, the LCT Pi will announce the launch of key public- private technology partnerships as well as company and sector actions to implement the solutions. How it works Identify focus areas that have technology and solutions with potential Establish an engagement process to get specific companies around each focus area Form working groups around each focus area with strong business leadership Ensure a shared, ambitious and realistic vision Determine which barriers can be dealt with most quickly Find potential new partners to unlock specific solutions Create joint action plans with partners to deliver solutions Programs currently underway: Renewables Carbon capture & storage Low carbon transport fuels Climate smart agriculture Forests and forest products as carbon sinks Energy efficiency in buildings Cement Chemicals Programs currently in scoping phase: Low carbon freight Cross-sector initiative How can business get involved? Business can join a working group or create a new focus area and must be ready to commit resources, implement the program in the business and demonstrate leadership. For more information on how your business can get involved, please contact Sandra Roling at [email protected] or Helen Baker at [email protected] RESOURCES http://lctpi.wbcsdservers.org/ VIEW ALL ACTIONS 84 COMPANIES PUBLICLY COMMITTED* TO DEVELOPING LOW CARBON ACTION PLANS ABB Acciona S.A. AkzoNobel Arcadis Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) Audi AG Banamex CEMEX CLP Holdings Limited Companhia Geral de Cal e Cimento S.A. (Secil) Copersucar CRH Dalmia Cement Diageo Plc DNV Det Norske Veritas DuPont EDF - Électricité de France EDP - Energias de Portugal S.A. Engie Eskom Evonik Industries AG Fibria First Solar Inc Forestal Mininco S.A. (CMPC Forestal) GCC (Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua) GranBio Grupo Argos HeidelbergCement AG Iberdrola SA Infosys Limited InterCement Italcementi Group Joule Unlimited Kellogg Company LafargeHolcim LanzaTech Metsä Board Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation Monsanto Company Nestlé Novozymes NRG Energy Inc Olam International Pannonia Ethanol PepsiCo, Inc. POET, LLC Portucel Soporcel Group PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Rexel Route Monkey Royal DSM Royal Dutch Shell SCA Scania SCG Schneider Electric Schneider Logistics SGS SA Shree Cement Siemens AG Skanska SkyNRG Solvay S.A. Starbucks Corporation State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) Statkraft Statoil Stora Enso Oyj Suzano Papel & Celulose The Coca-Cola Company Titan Cement Tyson Foods, Inc. Ultratech Cement Unilever plc United Technologies Corporation UPM-Kymmene Corporation UPS Vestas Wind Systems A/S Votorantim Cimentos Walmart Welspun West China Cement Weyerhaeuser Company Yara International ASA * Additional companies involved in the collaboration NETWORK PARTNERS WORKING WITH © 2015.

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