Climate Policy Engagement Analysis
Climate Policy Engagement Overview: The Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS) holds positive positions on climate policy in Brazil, with strategic engagement. The organization has consistently advocated for the development of a regulated carbon market in Brazil and, through its public communications, CEBDS is supportive of a transition towards a low-carbon economy. CEBDS also appears to support circular economy approaches and sustainable land use practices, including stronger forest protection.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: CEBDS has positive top-line positions on climate policy. In its December 2024 Roadmap of Investment Opportunities in Natural Climate Solutions in the Amazon, CEBDS acknowledged the need to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 to limit the increase in global temperature to 1.5ºC. Similarly, in a September 2024 position paper, it supported more ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for Brazil in line with the Paris Agreement. In a May 2024 position paper, CEBDS supported government intervention to price carbon into the economy, framing it as a ‘a key regulatory tool in the necessary transition to a low-carbon economy'. Similarly, in its July 2023 Recommendations for the Green Package, CEBDS supported the expansion of a wide range of policies to respond to climate change.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: CEBDS has supportive engagement with specific climate-related policies. In its 2024 Activity Report published in April 2025, CEBDS highlighted its advocacy efforts which contributed to the approval of the Brazil Emissions Trading System (SBCE). CEBDS advocated for incentive-based compliance mechanisms in comments submitted to the National Circular Economy Plan in 2025. The organization supported advancing Bill 1874/2022 in the Brazilian Senate, which would establish the National Circular Economy Policy, as noted in its July 2023 Recommendations for the Green Package. In the same publication, CEBDS also called for increased government investment in renewable energy.
Positioning on Land-Use Policy: In its Recommendations from the Brazilian Business Sector for the Development of the Bioeconomy document, published in October 2024, CEBDS proposed to eliminate illegal deforestation and fully enforce the Forest Code in Brazil. Previously, in a May 2023 submission to a public consultation, CEBDS advocated for conservation targets tailored to each biome and expressed support for protecting carbon sinks while emphasizing respect for Indigenous land demarcation. During an Environment Commission public hearing, CEBDS highlighted low-carbon agriculture as a pathway to decouple emissions from GDP growth and pointed to the Sectoral Plan for Low-Carbon Agriculture (ABC Plan) and its successor, the ABC+ Plan, as examples of effective public policies.
Positioning on Energy Transition: CEBDS is positively engaged on the energy transition. As part of the Coalition for the Decarbonization of Transportation, it contributed to a roadmap presented to the federal government that outlined measures to reduce transport-sector emissions by up to 70% by 2050, as reported by a May 2025 article hosted on its website. In October 2024, CEBDS appeared to support the Low Carbon Hydrogen Development Program (PHBC), describing the law's tax incentives as essential for the advancement of green hydrogen in Brazil. CEBDS also supported the strengthening of the Fuels of the Future Law in its Recommendations for the Green Package published in July 2023.
InfluenceMap collects and assesses evidence of corporate climate policy engagement on a weekly basis, depending on the availability of information from each specific data source (for more information see our methodology). While this analysis flows through to the association's scores each week, the summary above is updated periodically.
This summary was last updated in Q2 2025.