Brazil: growth, adaptive capacity & new green technologies
environmental opportunities and antagonisms for Brazil in the 21st CenturyArchive for Uncategorized
Sadia investing in Mato Grosso
Sadia are to build a new complex in Campo Verde, Mato Grosso at a cost of R$630M. Their aim is to create a total production line for chicken processing that goes from incubation to slaughter, ‘processing’ up to 500 000 chickens per day! 60% of production from the new site willl be destined for the export market.
Fabio Barbosa and Banco Real
Quote from interview, full text on planeta sustentavel, with the President of Banco Real -winner of FT sustainable bank of the year
O presidente do Banco Real concorda que optar pela responsabilidade socioambiental gera uma mudança de mentalidade que não pode ser revertida. “E tem cada vez mais gente vindo para esse lado”, diz Fábio Barbosa.
Ele percebe que, no Brasil, há uma mania de não se valorizar o jeito certo de fazer as coisas. “Quem age corretamente é considerado bobo e acaba sendo marginalizado desde os tempos de colégio”.
Soy, Sertao, China
Article focusing on the largest soy producer in the Sertao and a look at the record Chinese imports of the bean. Graph below showing projections of soy bean exports for the US and Brazil.
source: mongabay.com based on USDA data
2007 Multinational ranking
Fundacao Dom Cabral and the Columbia Programme for International Investment compiled this top twenty ranking for Brazilian multinationals. The outward FDI (OFDI) flow exceeded inward for the first time in 2006 making Brazil the third largest developing country in terms of OFDI after China (HK) and Singapore. The top twenty MNCS employ 77 000 people abroad selling goods and services worth approx $30bn.
Certification and standards
An in depth look at ethical certification for a large scale coffee producer in Sao Paulo State. The environmental and social requirements of the certification included aspects such as upgrading of workers accommodation, reduction of fertiliser use and installation of a new sewage treatment facility. The premium resulting from certification pays back the investment and satisfies buyer and consumer demands.
end of pipe and new green tech
…hopefully this place will be of use to bring together whats out there about whats happening in Brazil. Pressures on fragile ecosystems, demands from business, the role of government and more will be updated here as I go along and look at the future of growth in Brazil…
