São Paulo Climate Week 2026 was a milestone moment for The Climate Pledge. Following a historic COP30 in Belém last year, the Pledge spent 2026 deepening its presence in Brazil by convening signatories and laying the groundwork for collaborative projects to drive decarbonization at scale. Read on for a look at how the Pledge community came together amid Climate Week, and the broader efforts the Pledge is making to foster community and advance climate action in Brazil.  

São Paulo Climate Week: celebrating progress, looking ahead
 
Throughout São Paulo Climate Week, signatories hosted and participated in events, sharing insights and best practices for achieving net-zero carbon emissions.

On August 4, C40 Cities hosted panel discussions at Hub Green Sampa, sharing updates on Laneshift in Brazil and the e-Dutra project, an initiative to create Brazil's first zero-emission logistics corridor connecting São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro along the Presidente Dutra Highway. Announced at COP30 in Belém in November 2025, e-Dutra aims to enable 1,000 daily electric truck trips by 2030. It’s supported by signatories like Amazon and Scania and collaborating organizations like DHL Supply Chain and the Smart Freight Centre.  

The Climate Pledge then hosted dozens of signatories at an evening reception at AYA Earth Partners Hub on August 5. We toasted the progress signatories have made in decarbonizing and welcomed companies not yet part of the Pledge community. Attendees included: Ambev, Brambles, Colgate-Palmolive, ERM, Evolution Mobility (EVM), EZVOLT, Groupe SEB France, Heineken, HP, Nespresso, Procter & Gamble, Prologis, To Do Green, Unilever, and Vai Facil. 

The Climate Pledge team took an opportunity to reflect on two other highly successful events from earlier in the year, including a February event for new signatories and an April workshop.  
 
Other events throughout Brazil

1. A toast to new signatories

In 2025, The Climate Pledge doubled the number of signatories headquartered in Brazil with the additions of Arrow Mobility, EVM, EZVOLT, and OASYS. To celebrate, the Climate Pledge came together in February to toast signatories, build relationships, and connect faces to names.

The gathering also brought together representatives from Amazon, Ambev, ERM, Heineken, and To Do Green. The conversations offered an early glimpse of the collaborative energy that would define the year ahead.

2. A signatory workshop day
 
In April, The Climate Pledge convened its first-ever signatory workshop day in São Paulo—an intimate, working session designed exclusively for signatories headquartered or operating in Brazil. The objective: encourage local network building and inspire ideas for collaboration.

Twenty-five representatives from 16 signatory companies attended, including AI/R, Amazon, Ambev, BBM Logistica, Bioelements, Brambles, Heineken, To Do Green, EVM, and EZVOLT.

The program featured a session on measuring and reporting emissions led by Daniel Bortolazzi, a sustainability program manager at Amazon, and Luiz Talarico, director of sustainability for Ambev.

Signatories also heard from the Pledge’s joint action team before breaking into groups to discuss ideas for collaboration. One group focused on decarbonization and another on the circular economy. The retreat demonstrated that when you bring the right people into the room, the ideas flow.

The bigger picture: why Brazil matters
 
Brazil is home to some of the world's most complex sustainability challenges, and some of its greatest opportunities. From the electrification of one of Latin America's busiest freight corridors to the growing community of companies committed to net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, the momentum is unmistakable.
 
As Laneshift's e-Dutra project moves from announcement to implementation, and as the signatory community in Brazil continues to grow, one thing is clear: We’ve only scratched the surface of what is possible.
 
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