Brazilian Institute of Mining (IBRAM)

Sector

Metals & Mining

Headquarters

Brazil

Official Website

ibram.org.br

Climate Policy Engagement Analysis

Climate Policy Engagement Overview: Instituto Brasileiro de Mineração (IBRAM), has low but negative engagement with climate-related policy. While the association's top-line position is supportive, its engagement with specific climate-related policies in Brazil appears more mixed. Nevertheless, the association appears to be supportive of a transition towards a low carbon economy through its direct communications.

Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: IBRAM’s top-line messaging on climate policy is supportive. In an April 2024 document, IBRAM referenced the IPCC's consensus on climate change and in November 2023, in their proposal for a Critical and Strategic Minerals public policy, it acknowledged the targets established by the Paris Agreement. Similarly, in an opinion piece published November 2023, IBRAM CEO Raul Jungmann, pushed for IPCC's urgent goal of limiting the Earth's temperature rise to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels by 2030.

Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: IBRAM's engagement with climate-related regulations is limited and broadly negative, with evidence suggesting advocacy for weakening climate-related regulations. In February 2023, IBRAM CEO Raul Jungmann met with the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change to promote the mining sector's inclusion in Bill 2159/2021, against the stricter general licensing requirements for mining. Conversely, in March 2022, IBRAM published its Positioning on Mining in Indigenous Lands, in which it did not support Bill 191/2020, a proposal aimed at regulating the implementation of economic activities, such as mining, on indigenous lands, and IBRAM argued that mining in these areas should be publicly debated and involve consultation with Indigenous communities. The association also emphasized the need for mining activities to comply with environmental requirements in order to protect the Amazon and prevent deforestation.

Positioning on Energy Transition IBRAM is highly engaged with the energy transition. In their October 2024 Contribution of the Mining Industry to the G20 publication, IBRAM stated the importance of the global energy transition for combating climate change, also acknowledging the dependence on access to minerals required for clean energy technologies. In June 2024, during a public hearing in the Chamber of Deputies, IBRAM opposed the application of a Selective Tax on mining activities, which were included due to their detrimental environmental impacts. However, in February 2023, the president of IBRAM met with policymakers to propose an institutional alliance around the energy transition and encouraged the government to propose a national policy to stimulate the production of minerals and metals “essential for developing technologies and equipment aimed at transitioning to a low-carbon economy future.”

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 2025.

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InfluenceMap Score for Climate Policy Engagement

C

Performance Band

60%

Organization Score

14%

Engagement Intensity

Primary Evidence

All primary evidence used to inform the analysis of Brazilian Institute of Mining (IBRAM) 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 Institute of Mining (IBRAM)'s direct policy engagement activities. The second tab provides a record of any links between Brazilian Institute of Mining (IBRAM) 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

11NSNSNS1NS

Supporting the Need for Regulations

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Support of UN Climate Process

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Transparency on Legislation

2NSNSNSNSNSNS

Carbon Tax

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Emissions Trading

01NSNS1NSNS

Energy and Resource Efficiency

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Renewable Energy

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Energy Transition & Zero Carbon Technologies

00NS0-10NS

GHG Emission Regulation

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Disclosure on Relationships

2NSNSNSNSNSNS

Land Use

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