ICTSI’s Brazil unit bares RE shift

Tecon Suape has ramped up efforts to decarbonize its daily operations, prioritizing the delicate balance between sustaining the terminal's high productivity levels and upholding environmental conservation.

To reduce its carbon footprint, the company, a unit of Manila-based International Container Terminal Services Inc., has implemented key measures that focus on enhancing energy efficiency.

The terminal now has systems in place that effectively substitute conventional electricity use with renewable sources.

Tecon Suape has also implemented a compensation plan involving investments in Clean Development Mechanisms projects, recognized as carbon credit generators registered with the United Nations.

The company has chosen the socio-environmental project Fundão Santa Clara Energy Complex by the ELEJOR Group (Centrais Elétricas do Rio Jordão S.A.).

Validated by int'l group

The project is validated by international certifier RINA and stands out for its significant environmental impact by promoting the production of renewable energy.

Tecon Suape's carbon-neutral certification attests to the company's good ESG practices, commitment to minimizing environmental impact, and efficient management of greenhouse gas emissions. It also reaffirms the company's socio-environmental responsibility across all its projects.

Tecon Suape is the fourth terminal in the ICTSI Group to achieve carbon-neutral status following Contecon Guayaquil in Ecuador, Contecon Manzanillo in Mexico and Rio Brasil Terminal.

In April 2001, ICTSI won the bid to develop, construct and manage the operations of the Suape Container Terminal in Pernambuco, Brazil under a 30-year concession.

The largest and most modern container-handling facility in Pernambuco, the terminal serves the agricultural and industrial sectors in the northern and northeastern parts of Brazil with its direct access to major road networks.