como as corporações governam part 3: vale – liderando o lobby corporativo para facilitar compensações e outras falsas soluções “verdes”

The document examines how Vale leverages its relationship with the Brazilian government to lobby for lenient climate regulations and financial incentives for carbon offsets. It highlights the contradiction between Vale's corporate sustainability claims and its actual operations, specifically citing the Moatize coal project in Mozambique and the TKCSA steel plant in Brazil. The report characterizes these market-based mechanisms, including the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and REDD, as 'false solutions' that facilitate corporate profit while causing social displacement and environmental degradation.

• Vale's corporate climate strategy involves a 'double approach' where it expands global extractive businesses while simultaneously pursuing profitable carbon offset initiatives in Brazil.
• Despite its sustainability goals, Vale's carbon emissions increased from 15 million tonnes of CO2 in 2007 to 20 million tonnes in 2010, and the company maintains that fossil fuels will continue to be important to the global energy matrix.
• In Mozambique, the Moatize coal project has led to the forced displacement of approximately 1,300 families and reports of poor quality resettlement housing and community harassment.
• The Companhia Siderúrgica do Atlântico (TKCSA) project in Rio de Janeiro, a joint venture between Vale and Thyssen-Krupp, increased CO2 emissions in the city by 76% and negatively impacted 8,000 fishers and traditional community members.
• Vale has actively lobbied the Brazilian government to weaken Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) standards, specifically requesting the removal of financial and regulatory additionality concepts.
• The report identifies 'corporate capture' through Vale's influence on national and multilateral policies, including its sponsorship of the 'National Dialogue for the Green Economy' to shape civil society proposals.

APA

Valdomir, S., Elosegui, J., Ortiz, L., & Ribeiro, D. (2012). como as corporações governam part 3: vale – liderando o lobby corporativo para facilitar compensações e outras falsas soluções “verdes”. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Vale-Case-for-web-Portuguese.pdf

Chicago

Valdomir, Sebastián, José Elosegui, Lúcia Ortiz, and Daniel Ribeiro. como as corporações governam part 3: vale – liderando o lobby corporativo para facilitar compensações e outras falsas soluções “verdes”. Friends of the Earth International, 2012. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Vale-Case-for-web-Portuguese.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{valdomir2012como, author = {Valdomir, Sebastián and Elosegui, José and Ortiz, Lúcia and Ribeiro, Daniel}, title = {{como as corporações governam part 3: vale – liderando o lobby corporativo para facilitar compensações e outras falsas soluções “verdes”}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2012}, month = jan, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Vale-Case-for-web-Portuguese.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }