Brazilian Association of Food Industries (ABIA)

Sector

Consumer Staples

Headquarters

São Paulo, Brazil

Official Website

abia.org.br

Climate Policy Engagement Analysis

Climate Policy Engagement Overview: The Brazilian Food Industry Association (ABIA) appears to actively engage on climate policy in Brazil, intensely engaging in opposition to the proposed tax reform to increase taxation of food products for environmental and health reasons.

Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: The Brazilian Food Industry Association (ABIA) does not appear to engage actively with climate policy in its top-line messaging. On LinkedIn in October 2024, the President João Dornellas recognized the impacts of climate change, but did not clearly support emissions reductions in line with IPCC recommendations. In its 2024 Annual Report, published in July 2024 ABIA stated it participated in COP28, but did not take a clear position on the UN Paris Agreement. InfluenceMap did not detect a public position on the need for government regulation on climate change in 2022-24.

Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: The Brazilian Food Industry Association (ABIA) does not appear to support climate regulations in Brazil. The association has consistently not supported a tax reform which would remove tax exemptions for meat products and which would scale up taxation based on environmental and health reasons, for example, in September 2024 in a government working group public audience. The President João Dornellas also actively engaged on the tax reform, for example, in October 2023 as reported by news outlet O Globo. ABIA also seemed to advocate for a campaign to scale up milk consumption in a press release in June 2023. In its 2024 Annual Report, ABIA stated it engaged directly with policymakers on the UN Global Plastics Treaty and the Brazilian Reverse Logistics waste management policy, but did not state positions on the policies.

Positioning on Energy Transition: The Brazilian Food Industry Association (ABIA) seems to support the energy transition. The President João Dornellas seemed to support biofuel production in Brazil in a March 2023 webinar with Brazilian policymakers, but without acknowledging potential trade-offs.

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InfluenceMap Score for Climate Policy Engagement

C-

Performance Band

58%

Organization Score

14%

Engagement Intensity

Primary Evidence

All primary evidence used to inform the analysis of Brazilian Association of Food Industries (ABIA) can be found in the two tabs below below. In the first tab, hyperlinks in each cell of the matrix provide access to evidence collected on Brazilian Association of Food Industries (ABIA)'s direct policy engagement activities. The second tab provides a record of any links between Brazilian Association of Food Industries (ABIA) and the Industry Associations stored in the LobbyMap database.

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Main Web Site

Main Web Site

Corporate Media

Corporate Media

CDP Responses

CDP Responses

Direct Consultation with Governments

Direct Consultation with Governments

Media Reports

Media Reports

CEO Messaging

CEO Messaging

Financial Disclosures

Financial Disclosures

Communication of Climate Science

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Alignment with IPCC on Climate Action

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Supporting the Need for Regulations

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Support of UN Climate Process

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Transparency on Legislation

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Carbon Tax

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Emissions Trading

1NSNSNSNSNSNS

Energy and Resource Efficiency

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Renewable Energy

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Energy Transition & Zero Carbon Technologies

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GHG Emission Regulation

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Disclosure on Relationships

1NSNSNSNSNSNS

Land Use

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