In Paris, Ricardo Alban says that productive sector and insurers should have a voice in the formulation of environmental policies
The president of (National Confederation of Industry), Ricardo Alban, defended this Wednesday (4.JUN.2025) the protagonism of the productive sector and the insurance market in the debates on climate change. The statement was made at the France-Brasil de Seguros Forum, held in Paris.
According to Alban, the Brazilian industry cannot only be the target of goals and obligations imposed by authorities. “We can’t just be charged with taxes and goals“, These.
For him, the productive sector has technical and practical knowledge to participate in the formulation of climate policies. “We are the one who knows, in practice, the paths to the climate results that the world demands.”
The leader said that Brazil has a historic opportunity in the face of the reorganization of global productive chains, today marked by environmental requirements and a logic of regional complementarity. “Brazil has already lost the bus, lost the train. Now you can’t lose the bullet train. The dynamics today is faster.”
Alban also criticized the exclusion of entrepreneurs from COP30 preparatory discussions, which will be held in Belém (PA) in 2025. He said that private sector participation in environmental conferences should be structured and taken seriously. “Either we participate in the construction of solutions, or we risk being excluded from decisions.”
The president of CNI said the insurance sector must be integrated with the strategies to address extreme weather events. The joint action with the industrial sector, according to him, can guarantee more predictability, reduce risks and improve the ability to respond to ongoing changes.
This is the full programming of the event:
Opening
- Marie-Aude Thepat, CNP
- Florence Lustman, France insurers
- DYOGO OLIVEIRA, CNSEG
- Ambassador Laudemar Aguiar (MRE)
- Ricardo Alban, president of CNI
Panel 1 – Insurance and climate in the world in transformation
- Pedro Farme d’Amoed, Guy Carpenter
- Michèle Lacroix, Scor
- Rebecca Chapman, PRI
- Timothy bishop, Ocde
Panel 2 – AI regulation, cybersecurity and combat to fraud
- Richard Vinhosa, Ezze Seguros
- Marie-Aude Thepat, CNP
- Senator Eduardo Gomes
Open Insurance – Challenges and opportunities
- ALEXANDRE LEAL, CNSEG
- Jérôme Balmes, France Insurers
Panel 3 – Insurance and Infrastructure Investments
- Paulo Gonet, PGR
- Davide Negri, BNP Paribas Cardiff
- Leonardo Deeke, along with Seguros
*The journalist traveled to Paris at the invitation of CNSEG
