The Resolution places distributors on more sustainable standards to meet the emissions reduction targets to which Brazil committed in the Paris Agreement
The possibilities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions have increased with Resolution No. 791/2019 of the National Petroleum Agency (ANP), published today (14) in the Official Gazette of the Union (DOU). The ANP will publicly expose distributors of regular and premium gasoline type C, and diesel oil B and BX, which contain biofuels in their composition, that do not meet individual targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The percentage of compliance of each distributor with the annual targets specified by the ANP will be published online, as well as any administrative sanctions and fines applied to them.
The rule regulates the distribution among fuel distributors of national decarbonization targets, defined by a resolution of the National Energy Policy Council (CNPE). By June 1, the individual targets that are part of RenovaBio, a program established in 2017 to promote the production of biofuels, will be defined and are calculated according to the respective market share of each distributor in the sale of fossil fuels in the previous year. The resolution published today defines the technical criteria to be considered in defining these individual targets.
The study “How companies are contributing to the Paris Agreement”, from the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS), presents, with the support of data provided by CDP and its associated companies, an overview of the emissions mitigation actions that have already been implemented by companies based in Brazil that have agreed to contribute initially. The study presents the information in an organized and detailed manner, with the aim of giving greater visibility to what is being aligned by Brazilian industry in the most diverse sectors, and to what extent they are already committed to the issue.
RenovaBio is the national policy for biofuels and its objectives, like CEBDS, are to encourage increased production in more sustainable standards and contribute to meeting the greenhouse gas emission reduction targets to which Brazil committed in the Paris Agreement.
