CTG Brasil achieves 100% carbon neutrality

from:China Three Gorges Corporationdate:2021-05-26

  CTG Brasil, the Brazilian arm of China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG), achieved 100% carbon neutrality in 2019, according to the Annual Sustainability Report 2020 the company released recently, published for the fourth consecutive year since 2017.

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  The certificate of carbon neutrality

  The report says CTG Brasil’s direct emissions totaled 1,691.79 tons of CO2 equivalent in 2019 and were 100% neutralized through the REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) + JARI AMAPÁ Project in collaboration with Energias de Portugal (EDP)'s Brasil branch.

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  The REDD + JARI AMAPÁ Project straddles the states of Pará and Amapá in the Brazilian Amazon. The main goals of the initiative are to reduce deforestation and forest degradation in an area of FSC (Forest Stewardship Council)-certified forest in the Jari Valley. Proponents also plan to promote social co-benefits by providing technical assistance for sustainable production to some of the smallholders living inside and around the intervention area.

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  CTG Brasil is always committed to sustainable development by providing clean energy, advocating the concept of environmental protection and empowering low carbon emission. It won a Gold Seal in the Brazilian GHG (Greenhouse Gas) Protocol Program in 2019.

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  The Gold Seal in the Brazilian GHG Protocol Program

  The report follows the standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and details the operational and environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) performance achieved by the company in 2020. According to the report, the company closed 2020 with a total installed capacity of 8.3 GW and an annual total output of 28.7 billion kWh. A total of R$37 million was allocated by CTG Brasil for socio-environmental investments, up 24% year over year.

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 CTG Brasil's Annual Sustainability Development Report2020

CTG BRASIL is currently in the process of preparing carbon emission statistics and inventory for 2020, scheduled to be completed in the second half of 2021.

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