Público, a Portuguese newspaper, dedicated two pages of its print edition to an interview with Marina Grossi, president of CEBDS, on the energy transition.
Marina Grossi, president of the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS), spoke to Público newspaper during the Council Meeting 2019, the annual meeting of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), which took place in Lisbon in October. The Portuguese newspaper highlighted Marina's work as an economist since the 1990s and her experience with sustainability and climate change.
The newspaper highlighted Marina's stance on the energy transition being a path of no return: "The energy transition is irreversible. There's no turning back." In the article, Marina explains that 15 years ago, one might have questioned whether this was the right path, but that today no responsible company thinks so. Another important point highlighted by Público was the need to price carbon.
"Marina Grossi explains that this is a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the 2015 Paris Agreement, which aims to limit the rise in global temperatures to below two degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels by the end of the 21st century."
Finally, the newspaper brings Marina Grossi's vision of sustainable business to the Brazilian reality. "Our energy matrix is very clean. We didn't do this because we wanted to emit less; it [simply] happened, and it's a win," Marina recounts in Público. Regarding the government, the newspaper reports that the president of CEBDS sees the companies' actions as necessary and important, but that they need the government to scale and accelerate these initiatives.
