That’s the question many of us are grappling with today. With the aim of meeting environmental goals, the European Commission is now due to finalize the very last provisions of the sustainability criteria it established two years ago in both the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and Fuel Quality Directive. The criteria were created as a mechanism to ensure that biofuels marketed in the European Union (EU) truly help in mitigating climate change and preserving biodiversity.
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Sugarcane ethanol: sustainable feedstock for bioplastics
A number of independent studies conducted in recent years have assessed the production of both sugarcane and sugarcane-based ethanol in Brazil from a sustainability standpoint. When evaluating the main elements that make up the production and supply chain, the results of these studies indicate an extremely favorable and consistent scenario.
Exports are good business
In the latter half of the Twentieth Century, rapid industrialization and urbanization led to a rift between Brazil’s increasingly urban society and its roots in the countryside. Despite broad recognition that Brazilian agriculture has modernized, adopted advanced technologies and now generates significant trade surpluses, views are still largely influenced by certain negative preconceptions.
Rio +20, ‘national’ footprints and state-run greenwashing
With Rio+20 approaching, global debate on sustainable development and green economies will gradually move to center stage. Although developing countries are in the epicenter of pressure for improvements, the debate is bound to spread and also include developed countries.
Letter from U.S. Chamber of Commerce & Brazil-US Business Council Urging to Allow Ethanol Tariff and Credit to Expire
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Brazil-U.S. Business Council urge you to allow the import tariff on foreign ethanol and the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) to expire at the end of this year.
Bioplastics Further Unlock the Potential of Sugarcane
We at UNICA use the phrase ‘One plant, many solutions’ and I think this describes sugarcane well. Sugarcane has played a major role in helping Brazil become virtually energy independent. But that’s not all.
Bioplastics Further Unlock the Potential of Sugarcane
We at UNICA use the phrase ‘One plant, many solutions’ and I think this describes sugarcane well. Sugarcane has played a major role in helping Brazil become virtually energy independent. But that’s not all.
Getting more bang for our buck out of trade policy
At a time when Americans are looking to squeeze the last penny out of every drop of income and when our Congressional leaders are cutting budget everywhere they can, the International Trade Commission (ITC) gave the United States some very good news. And the timing couldn’t have been any better.
EU-Brazil Week: Only Baby Steps on Renewable Energy & Trade
Last week, at the annual EU-Brazil Summit, the EU and Brazil have been discussing how to jointly tackle our global challenges – chief among them trade, climate change and economic growth. For the last four summits, leaders have pledged their unwavering commitment to work together. But were there actual results?
UNICA’s Comments to CARB: Comments on Developments in Land‐Use Change Analysis (LUC) For The Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)
The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) welcomes the opportunity to provide specific comments on the September 14 LCFS Land Use Change Workshop meeting’s documents, which the staff of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) published on September 14, 2011.
