Ambuja Cements Limited has become the first cement company to receive an Indo-Swedish grant for a pre-pilot Technology Feasibility study for Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and Eco Tech, Sweden. The project is sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, India, and the Swedish Energy Agency, Sweden, under the Industry Transition Partnership programme.

Project Partnership and Objectives

The collaboration emphasizes partnership between Swedish and Indian entities to co-develop scalable, sustainable, and industry-ready CO2 capture and utilization solutions. Ambuja Cements, part of the Adani Portfolio and the world's ninth-largest building materials solutions provider, plans to utilize captured carbon in a transformative shift from conventional carbon storage to a circular carbon economy that reduces emissions and enables new green fuels and materials.

The study will assess the capture of CO2 from the hard-to-abate cement sector and its utilization to produce fuels and materials. This approach marks a shift from conventional carbon capture and storage to a circular carbon economy that reduces emissions while enabling the production of green fuels and materials.

Technical Implementation and Research Focus

The study will evaluate the technical and economic viability of capturing CO2 from cement operations. Captured CO2 will be channelled into materials such as calcium carbonate or used to produce green methanol via green hydrogen pathways. The collaboration with IIT Bombay's National Centre of Excellence in Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage will leverage advanced CO2 capture and mineralization technologies to create scalable, cost-effective solutions for hard-to-abate sectors such as cement.

Eco Tech, Sweden, will help to optimize energy demand, recover waste heat, and integrate renewable electricity and heat. The project supports the company's SBTi-validated net-zero targets by building on its decarbonization roadmap, including Coolbrook's green-power electric kiln-heating technology.

Strategic Vision and Integration

Vinod Bahety, CEO of the Cement Business at the Adani Group, stated that securing this grant reinforces their commitment to responsible innovation and global collaboration. He described CCU as a strategic lever to redefine sustainable construction and noted that their partnership with IIT Bombay and Eco Tech, Sweden, will accelerate climate-resilient, value-creating solutions.

Bahety explained that they are advancing their net-zero roadmap through renewable energy integration, expansion of alternative fuels and raw materials, and other initiatives. He positioned CCU as the final step towards their net-zero ambition. He mentioned that, with TNFD-aligned disclosures from FY'26, biodiversity initiatives, the world's first commercial deployment of Coolbrook's RDHTM technology, Agentic AI-driven operations, and the leveraging of the Adani Group's integrated ecosystem, they aim to create superior stakeholder value and support India's transition to a low-carbon economy.

Existing Sustainability Initiatives

This grant builds on the Company's net-zero roadmap validated by the SBTi. The company is accelerating low-carbon manufacturing through the commercial deployment of Coolbrook's RotoDynamic Heater technology and expanding renewable power through 1 GW of captive solar–wind capacity and 376 MW of waste heat recovery systems.

The company is strengthening nature-positive outcomes as India's first TNFD adopter in the cement industry. It is also progressing towards 30% TSR and embedding Agentic AI across operations to drive efficiency, resilience and sustainable long-term emission reduction.

The announcement was made from Ahmedabad on December 10, 2025, highlighting the company's position as a pioneer in implementing advanced carbon capture and utilization technologies within the global cement industry.

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