Climate Agenda

Porto do Açu is a leading player in the Brazilian port sector. Our development strategy aims to become a national benchmark in the energy transition by investing in operational and energy efficiency, developing low-carbon solutions for the logistics chain, and establishing Açu as an energy hub, driving low-carbon industrialization. These are the pillars of our Decarbonization Plan (learn more below) Innovation and Sustainability Actions Collective, Cais AçuLab.

We recognize that climate change can impact our current operations and future development, leading to profound changes in our management and operation model in the short, medium, and long term. As the entity responsible for port administration and the future development of Porto do Açu, it is our responsibility to manage the risks and opportunities arising from climate change appropriately.

We manage climate change risks and opportunities based on three main fronts: mitigation, adaptation, and opportunities.

Since 2016, we have prepared an annual Greenhouse Gas Inventory following the guidelines set out by the Brazilian GHG Protocol Program, which includes our direct and indirect emissions (Scopes 1, 2, and 3), and since 2021, our inventory is annually audited and published under the gold category of the Program. With this, we aim to better understand our GHG emissions in order to propose mitigation actions.

We are attentive to physical and transitional risks (e.g., regulatory and technological) of climate change and understand that the port sector is especially susceptible to physical risks due to its location in the coastal zone. Therefore, in partnership with Port of Antwerp-Bruges International (formerly Port of Antwerp International – PAI and the specialist consulting firm Deltares, we developed a study in 2021 to
map physical risks, which took into account two different temperature increase scenarios and three timeframes — 2040, 2070, and 2100. Our goal is to address these findings in our management activities focusing on safety and resilience and to provide to our customers the knowledge they need to ensure the continuity of their businesses at the Port in the medium and long term. We also conduct an
analysis of the financial impacts arising from climate risks and opportunities. 

Opportunities arising from the energy transition and new energy sources are included in our business development strategy. Our strategic planning guides the expansion of port operations through the development of low-carbon businesses and support for sustainability in the global port logistics chain, aiming to consolidate Açu as a point of connection in the rapid pace of decarbonization worldwide.

Explore our climate risks assessment on Library.

We aim to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, gradually easing the carbon footprint of our operations and driving the decarbonization of the entire complex and the logistics chain.

Our plan¹:

1Ref. 2021 (CO2e (e1+e2+e3)/R$ gross income).

In order to achieve this goal, we act in three main areas: