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There is strength in union on the road towards decarbonization

This business mindset is gaining ground and has broken some change. In addition to Cabo de Santo Agostinho and Ipojuca, this
old norms. The impact that the world of production and business area covers six other municipalities: Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Es-
has on the environment is being examined with great care. It is cur- cada, Moreno, Sirinhaém, Ribeirão, and Rio Formoso. The Climate
rently believed that development and sustainability can be com- Agenda has been drawn up in partnership with the ICLEI – Local
bined. Suape shares this belief and is putting together a group of al- Governments for Sustainability and global network and WayCarbon.
lies to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and to ensure that – once Suape has also developed a carbon stock inventory for the Eco-
they have neutralized their emissions – companies installed in the logical Preservation Zone (ZPEC) in partnership with the Plants of
industrial port complex look at the surrounding area. the Northeast Association (APNE). This initiative is the first of its
This means that, instead of crossing the oceans, companies kind in an industrial port complex. In the 6,500-hectare area that
would be able to acquire project credits developed in the place has already been studied, the presence of 1.82 million tons of stored
where they are established. This is a win-win situation. The aim is carbon have already been identified, 35.2% of this in the forest and
to get more companies to commit to carbon neutrality, providing 32.2% in the mangrove. Monitoring will continue for a further two
more capillarity for social and environmental action and programs years and the area will be expanded to 10,000 hectares.
to benefit the 17,000 people who live in the Suape area. Develop- Suape realizes that the success of decarbonization and the
ment is, after all, best when it is for all. implementation of a coherent concrete climate agenda depends
The preparatory work for achieving this goal has already been on shared commitment to confronting the challenges posed by
done. There is a long journey ahead and it depends on concrete ac- climate change. It is expected that these efforts involve everyone
tion being taken by each company. Suape currently has a plan of – the public authorities, private companies, and society at large –
action that proposes to help the industrial port complex and the sur- and that everyone will play an active role in this very urgent over-
rounding strategic territory to both mitigate and adapt to climate riding global mission.

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