Directly from Orlando, United States, Brazilian Renderers—a partnership between the Brazilian Renderers Association (ABRA) and the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil)—participated in the Clean Fuels Conference, one of the leading global forums dedicated to renewable fuels. The event took place from January 19 to 22 and connected key players across the biodiesel, renewable diesel, and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) value chains.
Participation in the event marked the start of the year’s international agenda and placed the Brazilian animal rendering sector at the center of discussions on energy transition and supply security. The conference brought together clean fuel producers, feedstock suppliers, distributors, fleet managers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and executives involved in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria.
In a context of accelerated expansion of SAF and other low-emission fuels, animal rendering products gained relevance as strategic inputs for new energy pathways. Brazilian Renderers’ participation enabled real-time monitoring of technical discussions, regulatory developments, and market trends that directly influence global demand for sustainable feedstocks.
Throughout the week, the Clean Fuels Conference featured technical panels, exhibitions, and strategic meetings that helped map opportunities and risks for the sector, providing members with qualified insights into a market undergoing transformation and becoming increasingly competitive.
About Brazilian Renderers
Since 2012, ABRA and ApexBrasil have jointly promoted the Brazilian Renderers project, with the aim of fostering exports from the animal recycling sector—animal meals, fats, hemoderivatives, palatability enhancers, and hydrolyzed animal proteins. Through participation in trade fairs, the organization of workshops, and other special trade promotion initiatives, the project highlights key attributes of the animal recycling industry and its products—such as quality, sanitary status, and production sustainability—and strengthens the international branding of these products, fostering new business opportunities for Brazilian exporters. Information on how to join the sectoral projects is available at brazilianrenderers.com.
About ABRA
The Brazilian Association of Animal Recycling (ABRA) is an entity that represents industries in the animal recycling sector that produce animal meals, fats, hemoderivatives, hydrolyzed proteins, and palatability enhancers, which are used as ingredients in the formulation of feed for production animals and pet food, as well as fats used in the manufacture of biofuels. It is a non-profit organization. Founded in 2006, it works to promote its members, publicize actions related to the sector, mediate relations with other entities and government bodies, and foster business generation in both domestic and international markets. To learn more, visit: abra.ind.br.
About ApexBrasil
The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) works to promote Brazilian products and services abroad and attract foreign investment to strategic sectors of the Brazilian economy. To achieve these objectives, ApexBrasil carries out targeted trade promotion actions aimed at boosting exports and enhancing the value of Brazilian products and services overseas, such as prospective and trade missions, business matchmaking rounds, support for the participation of Brazilian companies in major international trade fairs, visits by foreign buyers and opinion leaders to learn about Brazil’s productive structure, among other business platforms that also aim to strengthen the Brazil brand.
The Agency also works in a coordinated manner with public and private stakeholders to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) to Brazil, focusing on strategic sectors for the development of competitiveness of Brazilian companies and the country. To learn more, visit: apexbrasil.com.br.
Source: ABRA Communications Office
Luísa Schardong, journalist, MTB/RS 0018094