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SAAM Towage Brazil's operations are 100% carbon neutralSAAM Towage Brazil's operations are 100% carbon neutral

SAAM Towage Brazil is making milestone for being the first towage company in Brazil to be 100% carbon neutral by neutralising the totality of its scope 1 and 2 (direct and indirect) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2022. Last year, the company generated 33,806 tonnes of CO2e.

Michele Labrut, Americas Correspondent

October 6, 2023

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“This milestone and effort are part of our sustainability strategy, looking to continue to press forward towards increasingly eco-friendly management. In addition to internal measures to control and reduce diesel consumption, which seek to improve operational efficiency—a key corporate focus—we decided to take another step and offset the footprint of our operations with carbon credits from the Estre Pedreira biogas project,” said SAAM Towage Brazil Country Manager Renata Ervilha.

“Being carbon neutral means achieving net zero emissions, but it is also a concrete demonstration of our team’s commitment to offering better service for foreign trade, seeking alternatives to be an ally for our customers with more sustainable development,” she added.

The biogas project captures and destroys methane gas (CH4) generated by household garbage at a landfill in São Paulo. The site receives 1,200,000 tonnes of solid waste annually from some twenty municipalities in the region.

And instead of being released into the atmosphere, this gas is captured through drains and then filtered and cooled to be used as fuel to generate energy.

These carbon credits are certified by the United Nations Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).

SAAM Towage is one of the leading towage service providers in Brazil where it operates 68 tugs at 19 ports.

Related:SAAM in $198m deal to acquire tugs from Brazil’s Starnav

About the Author

Michele Labrut

Americas Correspondent

Michèle Labrut is a long-time Panama resident, a journalist and correspondent, and has continuously covered the maritime sector of Central & Latin America.

Michèle first came to Panama as a press attaché to the French Embassy and then returned to the isthmus as a foreign correspondent in the 1980s.

Author of Seatrade Maritime's annual Panama Maritime Review magazine and of several books, Michèle also wrote for Time magazine, The Miami Herald, NBC News and the Economist Intelligence Unit. She has also collaborated in making several documentaries for the BBC and European and U.S. television networks.

Michèle's profession necessitates a profound knowledge of the country, but her acumen is not from necessity alone, but a genuine passion for Panama.

In 2012 she was awarded the Order of Merit (Knight grade) by the French Government for her services to international journalism and in 2021 the upgrade to Chevalier grade.

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