With the chemical industry facing challenges with unproductive capacity and a negative trade balance, Bill 892/2025, still being processed in the Chamber of Deputies, creates the Special Chemical Industry Sustainability Program (Presiq), which presents itself as a strategy to boost the resumption of production.
The proposal aims to place the Brazilian chemical industry at the forefront of sustainability, with the goal of reducing CO² emissions per ton produced by 30% by 2050. The focus is to help the country meet global decarbonization goals and promote the use of cleaner raw materials.
A study carried out by Way Carbon for the Brazilian Chemical Industry Association (Abiquim) revealed that chemical production in Brazil is less carbon intensive compared to that in Europe (5 to 35%) and the rest of the world (15 to 51%).
For André Passos Cordeiro, CEO of Abiquim, the production of chemicals from biomass is one of the main bets for the decarbonization of the sector.
“This is the best path to decarbonization, especially because this biomass is a precursor to several products. Brazil already has access to most of these raw materials,” he commented.
Presiq also provides tax incentives to give a little push to companies that adopt greener practices. The project expects the program to generate an impact of R$112,1 billion on GDP by 2029 and create up to 81 new jobs, including financial credits of R$4 billion for the purchase of cleaner inputs and incentives to expand the installed capacity of industries.
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