Bioenergia GUIA DE MELHORES PRÁTICAS PARA EMITIR TÍTULOS VERDES

This guide by the Climate Bonds Initiative provides best practices for issuing green bonds within the bioenergy sector, with a specific focus on the Brazilian market. It outlines the Climate Bonds Standard and Certification Scheme, which aims to align financial investments with the goal of limiting global temperature increases to 1.5ºC.

• The Climate Bonds Standard and Certification Scheme is a voluntary labeling system for debt instruments, investments, and entities designed to align with the Paris Agreement's goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. As of January 2023, the scheme has been applied to hundreds of debt instruments totaling 260 billion dollars in equivalents.
• The Bioenergy Criteria employ a feedstock-neutral approach, covering bioenergy from waste, energy crops, and lignocellulosic biomass (such as straw). However, there are three specific exceptions: wood (and all woody biomass), third-generation biofuels (algae), and biodegradable municipal solid waste (MSW), including sewage sludge and food waste.
• Eligibility for certification is conditional upon mitigation, adaptation, and resilience (A&R) requirements. Mitigation requires a greenhouse gas (GHG) emission limit based on life cycle assessment—where Brazilian issuers may use RenovaCalc—and the reduction of indirect land use change (iLUC) risk. A&R requirements include climate risk assessment, a resilience plan, certified feedstock, and food security considerations, noting that Brazil has a Global Hunger Index score of 5.4.
• The certification process for bioenergy bonds consists of three main steps: Pre-issuance (identifying eligible resources, creating a green bond framework, and engaging a verifier), Issuance (obtaining the verification report, engaging investors and media, and listing on platforms like Nasdaq or IADB), and Post-Issuance (providing a verification report within 12-24 months and annual update reports).
• FS Bioenergia is cited as the first issuer to achieve programmatic certification for corn ethanol in Brazil. In a specific case study for FS Agrisolutions Indústria de Biocombustíveis Ltda., the project involved producing hydrated and anhydrous alcohol from corn, requiring a GHG emission limit of 18.8gCO2e/MJ for transport biofuels.

APA

Climate Bonds Initiative (n.d.). Bioenergia GUIA DE MELHORES PRÁTICAS PARA EMITIR TÍTULOS VERDES. https://www.climatebonds.net/files/drupal-files/files/Climate%20Bonds%20Bioenergy%20Brochure_27%20March%202023_PT.pdf

Chicago

Climate Bonds Initiative. Bioenergia GUIA DE MELHORES PRÁTICAS PARA EMITIR TÍTULOS VERDES. n.d. https://www.climatebonds.net/files/drupal-files/files/Climate%20Bonds%20Bioenergy%20Brochure_27%20March%202023_PT.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatebondsinitiativendbioenergia, author = {{Climate Bonds Initiative}}, title = {{Bioenergia GUIA DE MELHORES PRÁTICAS PARA EMITIR TÍTULOS VERDES}}, institution = {Climate Bonds Initiative}, url = {https://www.climatebonds.net/files/drupal-files/files/Climate%20Bonds%20Bioenergy%20Brochure_27%20March%202023_PT.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }