UNICA’s member mills will donate 1 million liters of alcohol to Brazil’s Universal Health Services 2020/03 - The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA), through its members, will donate one million liters of alcohol for the production of alcohol gel and alcohol 70% for use in the containment of the coronavirus pandemic. The objective of the effort is to contribute to the supply of public health units, free of charge. “We live in […]
Trade liberalisation as a means to achieve Green Britain 2019/10 - BRUSSELS/SAO PAULO (October 9, 2019) – UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, issued the following comment on the United Kingdom’s decision to raise its intra-tariff quota rate for ethanol in the case of no deal being agreed with the European Union: The United Kingdom is a leader in boosting low carbon growth and the first […]
Press release: Brazil’s UNICA Statement on the conclusion of the Mercosur-EU trade negotiations 2019/06 - Brazil’s UNICA Statement on the conclusion of the Mercosur-EU trade negotiations BRUSSELS/SAO PAULO (June 28, 2019) – UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, issued the following statement on the successful conclusion of the Mercosur-EU trade negotiations: “UNICA congratulates both Mercosur and the EU countries as they close this historic deal. We trust that both […]
E10 ethanol for immediate climate progress in transport 2018/12 - COP24 Katowice, 14 December 2018 – European, Brazil and U.S. ethanol organisations at COP24 call for urgent roll out of E10 and higher blend ethanol fuel to help address crisis in transport sector carbon emissions. The United Nations IPCC Special Report of November 2018 highlighted the need to treble biofuels use in transport by 2030, to accompany […]
A cautious welcome to the agreed Renewable Energy Directive 2018/10 - Brussels and São Paulo, 15 June 2018 — UNICA, the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association, issued a cautious welcome to the agreed Renewable Energy Directive. After months of intense negotiations, the European Parliament and Member States have come to an agreement that improves the initial Renewable Energy Directive proposal. Both have recognised that transport needs to […]
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 as Mexico City or Bangkok. The result of […]