Advancing Green Trade and Decarbonised Global Value Chains

Regional Climate Foundation
November 15, 2025 | Saturday
13:45 to
14:45

This panel will explore how powershoring strategies, green trade corridors, and voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) can work together to drive the decarbonisation of global value chains while promoting fair and inclusive trade. Powershoring—leveraging regional competitive advantages in green energy, critical resources, and industrial innovation—offers emerging economies in Latin America, Africa, and Asia a strategic pathway to anchor low-carbon production and attract sustainable investment. The development of green trade corridors can connect these regions through low-carbon logistics, aligned trade frameworks, and shared sustainability commitments. At the same time, VSS can help ensure that the new wave of industrial transformation aligns with environmental protection, social equity, and climate justice, opening access to international markets while raising sustainability performance. Featuring regional climate foundations, industry leaders, and international institutions, the session will examine models of cooperation, investment, and governance that enable responsible scaling of green trade. The dialogue will highlight how sustainability standards can mitigate risks for producers, ensure inclusive participation in green value chains, and strengthen the credibility of powershoring as a tool for just industrial transition and global climate ambition.

  1. Jorge Arbache (Professor at UNB and creator of the concept of Powershoring)
  2. Rosana Santos (Executive Direcot at E+ Institute)
  3. Rodrigo Fagundes Cezar (Professor – FGV RI)
  4. Axel Marx (Deputy Director – Leuven Center for Global Governance Studies)
  5. Livia Ignácio (Head of South America – Bonsucro)
  6. Representatives from ICM e ECF to be confirmed
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  • FGV RI