Present in different links in the value chain, Cosan operates in essential sectors for the promotion of a low carbon economy through companies such as. All of them share the goal of reducing emissions, expanding logistics efficiency and ensuring access to increasingly renewable energy, with predictability and security for customers, partners and society.
In Edge, biomethane, 100% renewable gas, emerges as a solution to decarbonize cargo transportation, capable of replacing diesel in fleets and reducing up to 87% of greenhouse gas emissions. “Natural gas is very competitive, but the challenge is in infrastructure. The more efficiency we have brought to jail, the more competitive it will be to customers,” says Demétrio Magalhães, CEO of Edge.
In logistics, Rumo, the largest railway operator in Brazil, takes grains from the agricultural heart of Brazil to the main export ports, collaborating with world food security. In 2024 alone, there were more than 70 million tons carried by rails, avoiding the emission of about 7 million tons of CO2, when compared to road transport. “We took grains from the Midwest to the port of Santos, as well as other Brazilian ports, ensuring logistics efficiency for the international market. And we still do this emitting 8x fewer greenhouse gases than the highways,” says Paula Tagliari, sustainability of Rumo.
In energy, Raízen is a global leader in sugarcane ethanol production, a low-carbon renewable biofuel, produced in a sustainable way and capable of contributing immediately and scalable to the decarbonization of international transport. Sugarcane is highly efficient and produces about 80 tons per hectare, consolidated as the largest renewable source of the Brazilian energy matrix, ”explains André Valente, director of sustainability of the company.
For Cosan, the success of the portfolio solutions is only possible to join economic development, efficiency and environmental commitment. As summarized Marcelo Martins, CEO of the company: “A stronger Brazil is built with investments in infrastructure, innovation and sustainability, but also with people and generation of
This story gained prominence in a special from CNN Brazil, in which journalist Carlos Tramontina travels the operations of Edge, Rumo and Raízen in the interior of São Paulo, showing how Cosan connects energy and sustainable logistics to strengthen Brazil in the global scenario. Watch the special project:
