Brazil

The Brazil GHG Protocol Program was launched May 12, 2008 in Brasilia to promote voluntary greenhouse gas (GHG) management by building technical and institutional capacity for GHG accounting and reporting at the organizational level. It is a partnership of Brazil’s Ministry of Environment, the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development, the Fundação Getúlio Vargas, the World Business Council on Sustainable Development, and the World Resources Institute. Brazil is the third country after Mexico and the Philippines to develop a national GHG emissions program based on the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.

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Program Partners

MMA - Brazilian Ministry of Environment
CEBDS - Conselho Empresarial Brasileiro para o Desensvolvimento Sustentável
FGV - Fundação Getúlio Vargas
WBCSD - World Business Council for Sustainable Development
WRI - World Resources Institute

Funders

British Embassy: The British Embassy
USAID: U.S. Agency for International Development

FOUNDING MEMBERS

Twenty-seven founding member companies have joined the program for its pilot phase. Participation in the program is voluntary; participants receive training and capacity-building on GHG accounting issues in exchange for publishing annual GHG inventories.

The founding members are:

· Alcoa (Aluminum)

· AMBEV (Beverage)

· Anglo American (Mining & Natural Resources)

· Arcelor Mittal (Steel)

· Banco do Brasil (Finance)

· Banco Itau (Finance)

· Banco Real (Finance)

· Bradesco (Finance)

· CNEC (Engineering)

· CESP (Energy)

· Copel (Electrical Utility)