by Sugarcane.org | Jan 19, 2021 | Harvest, News
Sugarcane harvest update in South-Central Brazil for the second half of December 2020 Harvest update – Bi-weekly...
by Eduardo Leão | Aug 10, 2020 | air quality, ethanol
Written by Eduardo Leão de Sousa, Executive-Director at UNICA The elephant is the heaviest terrestrial animal on our planet. On average, it weighs 5 tonnes. Now, imagine 100 million of them placed on a giant scale, whose balance pan is the size of a large city, such...
by Leticia Phillips | Jul 15, 2020 | ethanol, sustainability
Policymakers around the world are working on plans which promise to phase out fossil fuels and introduce a carbon neutral environment for future generations. The European Union’s Green Deal seeks to make the Continent climate neutral by 2050, a target to be enshrined...
by Gonçalo Pereira | Jul 2, 2020 | air quality, ethanol
The Covid-19 pandemic will cause us all to think differently about the way we live. When we can enjoy seemingly minor luxuries like eating in a restaurant or walking through a reopened shopping mall a sense of normalcy may return. The Covid-19 pandemic will cause us...
by Sugarcane.org | Apr 14, 2020 | covid-19, sugarcane sector
The devastating impact of Coronavirus looks set to reach Brazil and other countries in the region with numbers of local cases rising. We have seen how across the world, as individuals and healthcare services seek to limit the risk of the infection spreading, essential...
by Géraldine Kutas | Aug 31, 2019 | ethanol, sustainability
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is a vital component of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) policy to enhance America’s energy security and reduce the impact of transportation emissions on the environment. As global leaders in search for clean, renewable...
by Géraldine Kutas | Jul 8, 2019 | sugarcane sector, sustainability
20 years to the day of negotiations beginning, an agreement was reached on the EU-Mercosur deal. Cautious optimism had been growing for some weeks, but when the confirmation was received late on Friday 28thJune, it came nonetheless as a huge surprise. Here we...
by Géraldine Kutas | Jun 25, 2019 | environmental protection, sugarcane sector
EU-Mercosur negotiations have had their share of ups and downs over the past 20 years. However, since the beginning of the year, the new Brazilian Government surprised many with their strong pro-trade stance and have demonstrated an unexpected ambition to close the...
by Géraldine Kutas | Feb 13, 2019 | sugarcane sector
Today we are proud to announce the nomination of the new President and CEO of UNICA, Dr. Evandro Gussi. We are enthusiastic he will direct UNICA during exciting yet challenging times for biofuels, sugar and bioelectricity, in Brazil and around the globe. A lawyer by...
by Géraldine Kutas | Nov 26, 2018 | air quality, ethanol, sustainability
As COP24 approaches it is clear that we are nowhere near to being on track to meet the commitments made at Paris. Much more needs to be done just to meet those obligations, and even if we did, this still wouldn’t be sufficient to contain the rise in average...
by Leticia Phillips | Aug 17, 2018 | biofuels, ethanol
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) celebrates its thirteenth anniversary this month and remains a foundational energy policy that enhances America’s energy security and improves the environment. Brazilian sugarcane biofuel producers are proud of the modest but...
by Géraldine Kutas | May 16, 2018 | Sem categoria
On 17 May representatives of the European Parliament, member states and the European Commission will meet to negotiate the provisions on biofuels in the Renewables Directive (RED II). This might be the last chance to find a compromise that ensures the future of a...
by Leticia Phillips | Apr 3, 2018 | Sem categoria
As the world’s largest ethanol producers, the U.S. and Brazil enjoy the benefits of trading biofuels. Our two countries have worked together for many years to build a global biofuels market that provides clean, affordable and sustainable solutions to our planet’s...
by Géraldine Kutas | Feb 21, 2018 | Sem categoria
The negotiators for the EU-Mercosur trade deal are doing an impressive job. This Tuesday started the third week of full time negotiations since the beginning of February, only interrupted by Carnival. The negotiators clearly see what they are fighting for and the...
by Géraldine Kutas | Oct 20, 2017 | Sem categoria
If Europe wants to get anywhere close to hitting its target of a 40% Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction by 2030, it will need to tackle transport emissions, which account for about 25% of total EU GHG emissions. To further complicate the issue, road transport is set to...
