VII FORUM AND III MULTI-COUNTRY MISSION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND CO-PROCESSING, SAO PAULO/BRAZIL

Alliance for development and sustainability

Christiane Dias Pereira

1 Maria José Garcia, Executive Director of FICEM

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1 Mario William Esper, Manager of Institutional Relations at ABCP

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3 Leticia Reis de Carvalho, Director of the Environmental Quality Department in Industry at the Environmental Ministry of Brazil

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2 Participants at theFICEM

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3 Participants at the FICEM

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4 Christiane Dias Pereira, Director of TERRA MELHOR

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5 Speakers discussion (from right to left), Zilda Maria Faria Veloso, Director of Urban Environment from the Federal Environmental Ministry; Milton N. Sogabe, Manager of Special Projects at CETESB; Antonio C.B. de Oliveira, Director of ABNT; José B. Lopez, Chamber of Pneumatic Industry of Chile

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6 Andres Jensen, International Consultant for Climate Change and Alternative Resources

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7 Marcos Vinicius, National Industry Confederation (CNI)

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Participants at the Votorantim plant

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According to the motto alliance of industrial processes and environmental control, the VII Forum and III Multi-country Mission on Climate Change and Co-processing united 83 participants from 12 countries for networking, discussions and knowledge exchange on 17.10.-18.10.2016 in São Paulo/Brazil. Around 25 % of the participants were governmental representatives and 28 % from public or private institutions. On 19.10.2016, the participants had the opportunity for technical visits to two co-processing plants in the State of São Paulo, the Votorantim cement plant in Salto de Pirapora and the co-processing unit of Resicontrol, Estre Group in Sorocaba.

The event was organized by FICEM, the Inter-American Cement Foundation, with the support of the National Cement Industry Unit (SNIC) and the Brazilian Association of Portland Cement (ABCP), which was represented by the President Renato José Giusti with an introduction to the event and an overview of the Brazilian cement industry. The current development recorded a decrease of cement production of 10 % in 2015. In his introduction speech he emphasized the important topics of technical knowledge as an indispensable factor for a sustainable development, innovation and life quality for the...