MARKET OPPORTUNITIES FOR CARBON CREDITS TO BRAZILIAN SUGAR AND ETHANOL INDUSTRIES

Abstract

Because of production and competitiveness in industry and technology, the global climate is in constant change, involving important discussions about this issue, for example, the increase of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by industrially countries. The questions have as objective to revert the situation, involving some steps and processes that demonstrate the importance of this discussion as an current model of sustainable use of nature. From these negotiations that Kyoto’s Protocol was created, generating new income resources. The general objective of this paper was to investigate, by literature, what opportunities are been created to the firms, specially of cane sugar cultivation – an important segment to invest cause of the energy co-generation projects – with the purpose to reduce the environmental damage and increase the incomes, by the concept of Clean Development Mechanism. After an important process of interviews we can conclude that there are opportunities to the firms of cane sugar process and cultivation, because of the national and international demand by clean energy use