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Overview
Lobbying Costs
25,000€ - 49,999€
Financial year: Apr 2021 - Mar 2022
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5 Fte (1)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
1
High-level Commission meetings
1
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Brazilian Sugarcane and Bioenergy Industry Association (UNICA)
EU Transparency Register
868501130379-95 First registered on 26 Feb 2018
Goals / Remit
UNICA is the leading trade association for the sugarcane and bioenergy industry in Brazil, representing 90 percent of the country’s sugarcane production and processing. UNICA’s priorities include serving as a source for credible information and analysis about the efficiency and sustainability of sugarcane products, particularly ethanol. The association works to encourage the continuous advancement of sustainable practices throughout the sugarcane industry and to promote sugarcane-based biofuels as a clean, reliable alternative to fossil fuels.
Main EU files targeted
FIT FOR 55, including the reform of the Renewable Energy Directive (REDIII), Sustainable Aviation Fuels and the Carbon-Border Adjustment Mechanism.
Low-ILUC risk certification
Taxonomy Regulation and associated delegated Acts
EU-Mercosur Association AgreementAddress
Head Office
Avenida Faria Lima 2179 10th floor
Sao Paulo 01452-000
BRAZILEU Office
Avenue des Arts 19 A/D
Brussels 1000
BELGIUMWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
1
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
1 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 15 May 2024
Name Start date End Date Ana Raquel LAGES FERNANDES 15 Sep 2023 13 Sep 2024 Ms Geraldine Kutas 20 Sep 2018 31 Aug 2019 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Trade unions and professional associations
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Apr 2021 - Mar 2022
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
25,000€ - 49,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount trade strategies 10,000€ - 24,999€ fti 10,000€ - 24,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name fti trade strategies Closed year Costs
25,000€ - 49,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
ITRE vote provides opportunity to confirm biofuels deserve seat at the table, but targets remain low: https://www.sugarcane.org/news/itre-vote-eu-renewable-energy-policy/
A climate action roadmap for sustainable sugarcane: https://www.sugarcane.org/blog/a-climate-action-roadmap-for-sustainable-sugarcane/
Driving Green Financing for Brazil's Biofuel Sector: https://www.sugarcane.org/blog/driving-green-financing-for-brazils-biofuel-sector/
Bio-based sustainable aviation fuels as a decarbonisation pathway: https://www.sugarcane.org/blog/bio-based-sustainable-aviation-fuels-as-a-pathway-allowing-a-decarbonization-of-the-sector/
Has RED finally become GREEN? https://www.sugarcane.org/blog/has-red-finally-become-green/
Sugarcane and plastics: what does the future hold? https://www.sugarcane.org/blog/sugarcane-and-plastics-what-does-the-future-hold/
Can sugarcane drive the circular economy for sustainable plastics? https://www.sugarcane.org/blog/can-sugarcane-drive-the-circular-economy-for-plastics/Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
1 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 23 Jan 2023 Location Brasilia, Brazil Subject the EU Deforestation Regulation Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President)
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