Companies need to compensate for the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere

The Federal Government published on Thursday (19) in an extraordinary edition of the “Official Gazette of the Union” decree no. 11.075 which establishes the carbon credit market in the country, being a milestone in favor of the environment, in the fight against climate change.

It will now be possible to record the carbon footprint of products, processes and activities, that is, the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions emitted directly or indirectly by products or services throughout their life cycle.

The carbon credits market is a system where any individual or legal entity, through a project to reduce or remove greenhouse gases, generates carbon credits and can trade them with companies that have set targets for compensation. . In other words, anyone who reduces or removes their carbon emissions can generate credits, and these become a financial asset that can be traded with companies and countries that have failed to achieve their reduction targets.

For the benefit of the environment

Mata Nativa Br has been developing projects with multidisciplinary teams to measure carbon in forest areas and with environmentally correct production, aiming to reduce and remove greenhouse gases over a period of 20 to 30 years, generating carbon credits, with , each ton mitigated is equivalent to 1 carbon credit.

A successful case occurred in the region of Cananéia, in the south of the State of São Paulo, in a project that began in August 2021. In the Atlantic Forest area, with the participation of more than 30 professionals from different areas, surveys were carried out on the fauna, flora, environmental problems of the surrounding communities and, therefore, a series of actions are being proposed to manage and conserve environmental, economic and social resources.

Before the publication of the decree in Brazil, anyone interested in generating carbon credits was obliged to do so through the voluntary market which, in global movement, in 2021 surpassed the barrier of 1 billion dollars.

Now, with the national market regulated, electricity generation and distribution companies; urban public transport and interstate freight and passenger transport modal systems; manufacturing and durable consumer goods industries; chemical industries; paper and cellulose industries; mining industries; civil construction industries; health services and the agricultural sector now have reduction targets to be met.

“This is an important step for Brazil. The country is now officially linked to international protocols for reducing greenhouse gas emissions”, says Erlon Honorato, biologist and postgraduate in environmental management, technical director of Mata Nativa BR.