A private non-profit association created to collaborate in the implementation of the PCI Strategy - Produce, Preserve, Include
On February 27, 2019, Decree no. 46 of the Government of the State of Mato Grosso established in its Article 1 that the Strategy: Produce, Conserve and Include, conducted within the scope of the State’s Public Administration by the Office of the Chief of Staff, will be implemented in collaboration with a private, non-profit association, called The PCI Institute (Instituto PCI), which will be responsible for:
As a priv
ate-law organization, the PCI implementation format offers the following advantages to different stakeholders:
The PCI Institute does not depend on funds from the state’s budget. It is the state’s responsibility to:
The PCI Institute aims to:
I - Provide strategic resources for the expansion and increase of the sustainable efficiency of agricultural and forestry production, as well as for the conservation of the remnants of native vegetation;
II - Assist in the restoration of environmental liabilities;
III - Contribute to the socioeconomic inclusion of family farmers and traditional populations;
IV - Support the implementation of programs, projects and other public and private initiatives, supplying, enabling or providing human, technical, material and financial resources and resources for research and development, for its execution, whether originating in-house or not;
V - To promote and participate in partnerships with Government bodies, Civil Society and with the private sector, in the development of its activities;
VI - Contribute, within the framework of sustainable development and fair trade to the development of public and private initiatives that promote social development, generate jobs and income and fairly and equitably share benefits for the sectors of agriculture, livestock, forests, family farming and local or traditional populations;
VII - Foster innovative programs and projects, test models and participatory and multidisciplinary methodologies;
VIII - Promote networks of opportunities among its Associates, as well as keep them informed about trends related to the sectors of agriculture, livestock, forests, family farming and local or traditional populations;
IX - Generate and disseminate information, prepare studies and analysis, monitor, supervise, as well as recommend priority actions, strategies and public policies in its field of action, considering the points of view of its partners and interest groups associated with its mission;
X -Implement or support programs, projects or actions, whether national or international, on climate change, mitigation and adaptation, on the promotion of research and study activities, on technological innovation, on technical exchange, as well as on the training of human resources, it may even provide scholarships as well as study and research grants;
XI - Organize committees, commissions and study groups, promote events, seminars and lectures, participate and contribute to events and studies related to the improvement of legislation on agricultural production, livestock, forestry and environmental conservation, aiming at sustainable economic development and harmonization between production and conservation, and the use of innovative production and conservation technologies.
The Produce, Conserve and Include Institute, also known by its acronym PCI was founded on March 15, 2019, as a non-profit private law organization.
During the second half of 2018, the institutions pertaining to each category represented on the PCI Strategy’s State Committee were invited to participate in the foundation of this Organization. The following institutions gathered to create the Institute, becoming its founding members:
NATIONAL CORN ETHANOL PRODUCERS UNION - UNEM (União Nacional Do Etanol De Milho) is a nationwide, non-profit association governed by private law that aims to defend the interests of the Brazilian industry of ethanol deriving from corn and other cereals. It is headquartered in Cuiabá-Mato Grosso, a pioneer state in the industrialization of corn for the production of ethanol and co-products. UNEM has associates from three categories: Industrial associates: are ethanol-producing companies that have corn or other cereals as their primary or secondary raw material, as well as being producers of their by-products and co-products; Institutional associates: are the sector representatives from other links in the production chain of ethanol from corn and other cereals, their by-products and co-products; Associated partners: are the companies that produce goods, technologies and services aimed at the development of the production chain of ethanol from corn and other cereals, as well as their by-products and co-products
Agroicone was created in 2013 with the objective of developing studies and solutions to promote the sustainability of Brazilian agriculture in partnership with organizations from the public and private sectors and from civil society. The organization is led by experts from the fields of agronomy, international law and applied economics, and brings together a multidisciplinary team that gathers knowledge in bioenergy, geoprocessing, public policies, international trade and other areas relevant to agribusiness.
Based on scientific knowledge, it has carried out projects that contributed to important transformations in the last decade, such as the Brazilian inputs to the Paris Agreement, the construction of RenovaBio's policy and the revision of investments in sustainability in the Crop Year Plan (Plano Safra).
Agroicone operates in five strategic areas:
1) International trade and global issues
In order to contribute to the Brazilian participation in multilateral trade organizations, Agroicone has partaken in several instances of negotiations such as the World Trade Organization - WTO, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - UNFCCC, and the Convention on Biological Diversity - CBD. Agroicone’s work has been decisive on issues such as trade barriers at the WTO and its committees; analysis of technical, sanitary and phytosanitary measures; projections for global supply and demand of food, energy and other agricultural products, among other issues.
2) Sustainability and territorial intelligence
Agroicone was a pioneer in the creation of the Brazilian Land Use Model - BLUM for agriculture and farming, which has been improved to incorporate Brazilian specificities in order to contribute with regional solutions case by case. It also works with geoprocessing tools, such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS). In this sense, Agroicone's focus has been on building knowledge to contribute to sustainable agricultural practices in all production systems, with the knowledge to support the productive sector in the demands for environmental adequacy in face of Brazilian legislation and the certifications required in the national and international market.
3) Public Policies
Agroicone has produced studies for state and federal agencies in order to implement and improve public policies such as the ABC Plan, the annual reviews of the Crop year Plan, the RenovaBio policy and the implementation of the Forest Code. Through technical analysis, it subsidizes government regulations and evaluates the impacts of these policies in order to guide private organizations and civil society. Agroicone has experience in multisectoral articulation between organizations, in measuring the impacts of policies and in supporting the implementation of state programs, and supports the state departments in their objectives of productivity and environmental adequacy.
4) Business, markets and financing
Agroicone has solutions for the productive sector with analysis and projection of prices, supply and demand for various agricultural products, considering those in the domestic market and those for export. It also offers support in the qualification and certification for green financing, both nationally and internationally.
5) Technologies in agribusiness chains
Agroicone believes in science, technology and innovation so that Brazil realizes its agricultural potential in harmony with the conservation and recovery of natural reserves, assuming a leading role in the world with a vigorous agriculture that contributes to food security and the climate agenda. Adequate investments in new technologies and good agricultural practices for all production systems, which are also accessible to small and medium-sized farmers and producers and which include technical assistance, will be essential to advance this path. In this sense, Agroicone has experience in technological roadmaps, technology transfer, impact assessment and other actions.
IDH is an international organization that gathers, funds and manages large programs to accelerate transition in favor of sustainability together with multinationals and smaller companies, governments and civil society. Headquartered in the Netherlands and financed by different governments and foundations, IDH provides a scalable and economically viable impact regarding the Sustainable Development Goals. IDH operates globally in 12 different sectors of the industry, from coffee and tea to cotton and soy, and encourages joint investment in innovative models to implement long-term solutions for environmentally and socially sustainable production and trade.
https://www.idhsustainabletrade.com/
Amaggi is a company that operates synergistically, sustainably and in an integrated way in all stages of the grain and fiber production chain. Over 40 years ago, in 1977, the company was created in São Miguel do Iguaçu (state of Paraná) as Sementes Maggi, but it was in Mato Grosso that it developed and expanded its business across the country and worldwide. Today, it operates in seven countries: Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Norway and China. Headquarters are located in Cuiabá (Mato Grosso).
http://www.amaggi.com.br
Marfrig is one of the leading beef companies and the largest hamburger producer in the world, with net revenue of 67.5 billion reais in 2020, daily slaughter capacity of more than 31.8 thousand head of cattle in its South and North American units, as well as a production capacity of 232,000 tons of hamburgers a year. It employs more than 30,000 people, distributed in 32 production units, processes and sells fresh meat, processed products, ready-made meat dishes, complementary products and meat products, in addition to leather for the domestic and international markets. Recognized for the quality of its products and for its sustainable operations, Marfrig maintains pioneering projects for the preservation of the environment and natural resources.
https://www.marfrig.com.br/pt
The Earth Innovation Institute is a non-profit civil association based in Cuiabá, State of Mato Grosso, whose social purpose is: the defense, preservation and conservation of the environment; the promotion of sustainable economic and social development; and the promotion of studies and research, production and dissemination of information and technical and scientific knowledge to civil society and public authorities related to the environmental and social impacts of economic development.
Combining art, design and deep ecology to create pieces, tell stories, transform people and organizations and preserve the Brazilian Amazon.
EcoArts Amazonia is a non-governmental and non-profit organization, recognized since 2008 as an OSCIP (organization of public interest).
Located within a productive cattle farm in the north of Mato Grosso (in the Legal Amazon region) that preserves 83% of its native forest, it develops a viability model for the standing forest in the areas of legal reserve and APP (permanent protection areas).
The founders are part of the third generation in the region, and for the first time the organization is led by women who are creating a socio-cultural and environmental business model.
Its creations recover aesthetic and cultural territories of the Brazilian Amazon honoring its culture, its people, seeds, biodiversity and ancestry.
Its pieces and collab projects with leading brands are recognized nationally and internationally. Ecoarts' profit goes to planting native Amazonian species within the Food Forest project (projeto Floresta de Alimentos), which, in partnership with Embrapa, UFMT (university), local town governments, leading companies and representative associations, carries out forest restoration in towns, rural areas and indigenous villages in the region.
Awards 2019/2020; EPDA (European Product Design Award), Good design, Red Dot award, German design award, IAII -Iconic Award Innovative Interior.
Founded in Mato Grosso on April 14, 1991, ICV is a non-profit, non-partisan, civil society organization of public interest (OSCIP) and was recognized as being of public benefit by state law No. 6,752/96.
Its actions reach the international, national and state levels in the areas of transparency, environmental governance and public policies, as well as the municipal level through practical experiences.
It seeks to disseminate these innovations in order to expand and influence other actors beyond the territories in which it operates. This is done based on studies and analysis, as well as field experiences, always looking for the effective participation of the actors in this process.
To this end, partnerships are established with various related sectors, such as governments, organizations, networks, collectives, companies and the media.
The Board of Directors is the PCI’s collegiate body for higher deliberation and is responsible for its direct administration and deliberation regarding the organization’s main activities. Current members of this Board are:
The PCI Institute’s Audit Committee has the task of verifying its financial situation and accountability, and ensuring that the administrative and accounting systems, controls and updates of financial information, as well as the proposal of limits for the approval of conduct expenses and investments, are adequate. It must also ensure that the external audit is hired and conducted efficiently.
The General Advisory Board serves as an instrument of technical and strategic advice for the Board of Directors, without, however, having any social responsibility in relation to the association.
Members of the General Advisory Board are appointed by the members and chosen by the collegiate of the Board of Directors, among people with interest and knowledge in the areas in which the PCI operates and who have specific skills and are able to contribute to the PCI’s proper operations. They must also represent public and private, national and international bodies, powers or organizations that have activities related to the purposes of the PCI.
With the creation of the PCI Institute, CEEPCI members were invited to be part of the PCI Institute's Advisory Board.
Institutions that have already joined the PCI Institute’s Advisory Board:
IMAC, WRI, Carbon Trust, JBS, Fazenda São Marcos, ABAG, ONF Brasil, Produzindo Certo and IPAN Amazônia.
The Donors Committee is comprised of PCI financers and donors. Potential donors or financers may be part of the Council, as non-voting observers, with the objective of monitoring and supporting fundraising, in addition to analyzing investment strategies.
The Monitoring Committee monitors progress towards the vision established by the PCI targets for Mato Grosso in 2030, subsidizing the improvement or redirection of actions and guaranteeing the credibility and transparency of the strategy..
Coordinated by: ICV
The Investment Committee is the body responsible for analyzing the financial viability of PCI's programs, projects and activities in view of the financial resources raised, their application rules and the guidelines published and defined by the PCI board of directors.
Coordinated by: IDH
Fernando Sampaio is an Agricultural Engineer graduated from the “Luiz de Queiroz” College of Agriculture in 1997, with specialized studies in the meat and milk markets by the École Supérieure d’Agriculture d’Angers in France.
Sampaio worked in the international meat market in France, at Société des Viandes Bretagne Anjou - Soviba between 2000 and 2001, and at the Meat Import Zandbergen Brothers BV from 2001 to 2008.
In 2009 he assumed the sustainability coordination of the Brazilian Beef Exporters Association - ABIEC, and was its Executive Director from 2011 to 2016 acting as the sector’s institutional representative in international negotiations and trade promotion while giving continuity to the sustainability agenda.
He participated in the creation of the Working Group on Sustainable Livestock - GTPS, a multi-stakeholder initiative, and was its President from 2015 to 2016. He was a board member of the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef - GRSB and of the Sustainability Committee of the International Meat Secretariat - IMS.
In October 2016, he assumed the position of Executive Director of the Produce, Conserve and Include Strategy, a jurisdictional sustainability initiative in the State of Mato Grosso. Since then, he has been working to implement the Strategy, which entered a new phase with the establishment of the PCI Institute in early 2019 and remained Executive Director until 01.31.2023.
Ricardo Woldmar has a degree in Business Administration from FAAP (SP, 2008), with a Master's Degree in Environmental Economics from the University of Birmingam (UK) in 2011 and a postgraduate degree in Tropical Forest Restoration from Yale University (USA) in 2021.
Woldmar worked as a researcher at the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM) between 2013 and 2017 where he was responsible for the development of the Unlocking Forests Finance (UFF) project. In 2018 he went to London where he worked at CDP developing the forest survey. In 2020 he joined the Palladium team in São Paulo to help develop a business plan to meet the Vale Fund’s forest restoration goals.
In 2021 he assumed the position of Project Manager for the Produce, Conserve and Include Strategy, in Mato Grosso, being responsible for the development and implementation of the PCI's strategic and operational actions.
Roberta Gisele Colombo has a degree in Accounting Sciences from UNIC - University of Cuiabá (2002 - 2005) and a post-graduate Lato Sensu degree in Public Management with an Emphasis on Elaboration of Strategic Projects by the Darwin Faculty of Sciences, Education and Technology in the area of knowledge in Education (2006 - 2007).
Roberta was a member of the Mato Grosso State Secretariat for Infrastructure, from 2003 to 2011, mainly in the administrative area.
She worked at the Secretariat of Cities - SECID, where she held the position of High-Level Administrative Analyst from 2016 to 2018.
In December 2020, she assumed the position of Administrative Manager of the Produce, Conserve and Include Strategy, which is responsible for monitoring the new implementation phase of the PCI Institute.
Maristela Miguel is a lawyer with a Master's degree in Public Service Concession, a Postgraduate Degree in Public Law and Government Management and a Specialization in Impact Business - Environmental, social and corporate governance – ESG. Developing his career advising companies and public entities in the execution of actions that generate impact in the Environmental, Social and Governance areas.
He worked as a Legal Advisor for UN International Agencies (FAO/UNFPA) in the execution of sustainable projects and concessions of public goods and services. She worked with the German Cooperation (Giz) and the World Bank as a public servant at the Ministry of the Environment - Brasília.
In 2018, he assumed the Presidency of Ecoarts Amazônia, actively participating in the foundation of the Produzir, Conservar, Including Strategy – PCI, a jurisdictional sustainability initiative in the State of Mato Grosso. Since 2019, he has held the position of Chairman of the Board and works for the implementation of the PCI Strategy in the State.
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