The Commission’s proposal fails to keep in the market sustainable biofuels that truly reduce GHG emissions 2016/11 - BRUSSELS/SÃO PAULO (NOVEMBER 30, 2016) – UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, issued the following statement on the proposal for the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources in the period post-2020 published today as part of the Clean Energy for All Package: “The Commission falls short of making an effective differentiation between types of […]
UNICA regrets the Commission’s black and white approach to biofuels in the Communication on low-emission mobility 2016/07 - BRUSSELS/SÃO PAULO – 20 July, 2016. Today the European Commission published a Communication on low-emission mobility which lays down its vision and strategy for transport over the next few decades. While the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) acknowledges the Commission’s clear support signal towards advanced biofuels – as they certainly represent one way forward to […]
UNICA: Now it’s time to think about a post-2020 biofuels policy 2015/04 - BRUSSELS/SAO PAOLO (14 APRIL 2015) – UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, issued the following statement on the European Parliament Environment Committee’s vote on the compromise text agreed by the Council on 1 April 2015 on the issue of indirect land use change, or ILUC: “UNICA is glad that the process is finally coming to […]
UNICA pleased with Environment Committee support for Bioethanol 2015/02 - BRUSSELS/SAO PAOLO (FEBRUARY 24, 2015) – UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, issued the following statement on the European Parliament Environment Committee’s second reading vote today on biofuels and the issue of indirect land use change, or ILUC: “UNICA congratulates European Members of the European Parliament for confirming the need to promote biofuels which have […]
UNICA wants changes in the government’s energy policy and a direct dialogue with President Rousseff 2014/10 - SÃO PAULO, OCTOBER 27, 2014 – Elizabeth Farina, CEO of the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA), said today that she hopes to have a direct exchange with newly re-elected President Dilma Rousseff, thereby allowing Rousseff to fulfill the commitment she made in her first speech after re-election to be the President of the dialogue, of change […]
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 […]