Financial risks and opportunities in the age of global climate action: a Brazilian agribusiness case study

On 30th April at 3 – 4:30pm CET, IF hosted a virtual event in partnership with Orbitas, a Climate Advisers Initiative.

In this special event held in partnership with Orbitas, a Climate Advisers Initiative, we convened international stakeholders to discuss the financial risks and emerging opportunities that current actions to transition to a low-carbon future will bring. We focused on Brazil and the effects on the country’s key agricultural sectors, cattle and soy, and to wider global value chains.

We discovered new analysis on where and who will be successful in Brazil’s soy and cattle sectors under different climate scenarios, and heard from the producers, traders, buyers and investors collaborating to drive transformation.

We heard valuable insights from: 

• Niamh McCarthy, Director of Climate-Related Risk, Orbitas, a Climate Advisers Initiative  
• Dr Gracie Verde Selva, Executive Sustainability Manager, Minerva Food
• Wei Peng, Global Head of Sustainability – Grains & Oilseeds, Louis Dreyfus 
• Yara De Gues, Brazilian Farmer  
• Vicente Bissoni, Brazilian Farmer  
• Martha de Sá, Founding Partner, VERT Capital 
• Veronica Valentini, Sustainable Innovation Manager, Santander

This discussion was moderated by Ian Welsh, Publishing Director, Innovation Forum.

If you were unable to attend live, you can now view the video recording here, or listen as a podcast here. You can also see here for the live Portuguese translation of this webinar. Click here to read the summary article.

Click here to listen to Niamh McCarthy talk with Ian Welsh about the launch of Orbitas Initiative’s new report on the Brazilian cattle sector and Brazilian soy sector.

Thank you to the Global Farmer Network for their continued partnership to help amplify farmer voices.

This webinar was held in partnership with Orbitas, a Climate Advisers Initiative.