Hidrovias Do Brasil Launches Its Sustainability Plan to Reduce Carbon Emissions in the Transportation Logistics Chain

Aiming to Ensure Solutions Even More Committed to the Environment Throughout Inland Waterway Transportation Logistics, Hidrovias do Brasil’s Sustainability Plan Established Deadlines for Carbon Emissions Reduction in Operations

The logistics giant in transportation in South America, Hidrovias do Brasil, launched its sustainability plan for the coming years this past Tuesday (05/24). The company intends to bring transparency to its project for reducing carbon emissions in inland waterway transportation operations in the southern part of the American continent. In addition, all the company’s goals have been aligned with the current global sustainability scenario.

Company’s Sustainability Plan Seeks to Set Timelines for Carbon Emission Reduction and Ensure Greater Environmental Commitment in Transportation

Hidrovias do Brasil is a giant in the transportation sector and operates as an integrated logistics solutions company in four areas: inland waterway transportation, terminal operations, cabotage, and integration of logistics services. Thus, the company seeks to provide even more efficient alternatives for these operations in South America and integrate countries for faster, more practical trade relations with good logistics, while always ensuring innovation in the sector. 

Now, Hidrovias do Brasil aims to expand its environmental commitment in inland waterway transportation operations and launched its newest sustainability plan for the coming years this week. With this, the initiative publicly announces its ambitions for carbon emissions reduction in the atmosphere by the year 2030.

Thus, the company announced that its current planning is supported by short-term (by 2022), medium-term (by 2024), and long-term (by 2025) goals, all aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the adoption of ESG practices in transportation operations.

The main highlight of the entire construction of Hidrovias do Brasil’s sustainability plan for the next 8 years is the transparency with its employees and the public. This is because the entire project was developed with public participation and through the disclosure of reports open to everyone. Thus, the company consulted various stakeholders in the logistics transportation sector to develop realistic and achievable goals. Therefore, by the year 2030, Hidrovias do Brasil will have completed its carbon emissions reduction plan. 

Hidrovias do Brasil’s President Highlights That the Company Was Born with a Focus on Sustainability, but Now Seeks to Expand This Commitment

Hidrovias do Brasil’s sustainability plan is currently focused on 6 major commitments, namely: Climate Change, Ethics and Transparency, Value Chain, Environmental Impacts, Local and Human Development, and Employee Health, Safety, and Development. Thus, the company will invest its efforts to bring new solutions for the transportation logistics chain, aligned with the 6 commitments of the plan. 

Furthermore, the president of Hidrovias do Brasil, Fabio Schettino, emphasizes the company’s longstanding commitment to the environment and stated: “At Hidrovias do Brasil, we believe that sustainability is the pathway to a better future. The company was born with this sustainable focus, aimed at connecting South America through an efficient and clean modal.”

Additionally, he concluded by recalling that Hidrovias do Brasil emitted only four grams of CO2 Equivalent per useful kilometer in 2020, which ensured the company an index three times lower than other commonly used modalities in Brazilian logistics. With this, the company reinforces its efforts in pursuit of sustainability in inland waterway transportation throughout South America and opens doors for the future in the scenario.