Corporate sustainability a contradiction? She thinks not.

September 2012

Chile

Chilean power-plant ruling unleashes bitter debate

A decision in late August by Chile’s Supreme Court to halt the US$5 billion Castilla coal-fired thermoelectric project planned for northern Chile is shaking up ......

Mexico

Silver plans and Huichol tradition clash in Mexico

Every year the Huichol people make a pilgrimage from their villages in western Mexico to the sacred land of Wirikuta, crossing the southern reaches of ......

Venezuela

On Curaçao, spill adds to tension with PDVSA

When a gas leak set off an explosion Aug. 25 at the Amuay oil refinery in western Venezuela, killing 42 people and sending toxic black ......

Brazil (Free Read)

Agency moves to close book on Chevron spill

At first glance, the two announcements this month by Brazilian oil-industry regulators in connection with Chevron’s offshore oil spill last year appear contradictory. On one hand, ......

Colombia

Government mining bill unveiled in Colombia

Amid the greatest mining boom in this country’s history, Colombia’s government is advancing a controversial new mining bill that officials say will bring order and ......

Around the Region

Region’s shark species under intense pressure, study finds

A study by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has found that 16 species of sharks and related fish that inhabit Mexican waters ......

Centerpiece

Curbing miners a challenge in Madre de Dios

Tucking a huge papaya under each arm, Nasbat Baca gestures at dozens of rows of cacao plant seedlings shaded from the sun by green netting. ......

Q&A

Corporate sustainability a contradiction? She thinks not.

Economist Marina Grossi heads the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS), a grouping of 75 companies that together account for 50% of Brazil’s gross ......

Q&A

Corporate sustainability a contradiction? She thinks not.

Marina Grossi

Economist Marina Grossi heads the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS), a grouping of 75 companies that together account for 50% of Brazil’s gross domestic product. Members include the state oil company Petrobras, Latin America’s largest company; Vale, the world’s second-largest mining company; and the Gerdau Group, Brazil’s largest steel producer. Grossi has been with the CEBDS since 2005, working as an executive director and as coordinator of its climate change, sustainable development and sustainable financing departments. She became president in 2010. Grossi served as an advisor to Brazil’s Science and Technology Ministry from 1997 to 2001 and as coordinator from 2001 to 2003 of the mixed private-public Brazilian Forum on Climate Change. In 2004 she was Brazilian coordinator of the Carbon Disclosure Project, a U.K-based nonprofit. During 1997-2004, she also served as a negotiator for Brazil in global climate talks. She spoke recently with EcoAméricas correspondent Michael Kepp. [Log in to read more]

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