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Vale acquires Biopalma to secure biodiesel supply

February 2, 2011

Analysis of:Vale speeds up investments in biodiesel | www.webwire.com

Vale, the leading global mining company, acquired Biopalma, a palm oil producer in Brazil. It paid US$ 173,5 MM for the remaining 70% of Biopalma.

Multiplus - still a numbers game.

September 11, 2010

TAM's coalition program provided a 15% return after its IPO last February. Good, what's behind it?

Another Giant Bets on Palm Biodiesel in Brazil

May 7, 2010

Analysis of:Petrobras, Galp to Invest $530 Million in Biodiesel | www.businessweek.com

Following Vale's steps, Petrobras, the Brazilian oil company, will invest in the production of biodiesel based on palm oil. The goal: supply the European biofuel market in 2014 and onwards. This is good news - for everyone.

Biofuels and the Environment: Part II

March 22, 2010

Analysis of:Will the Production of Clean Fuel Harm the Environment? | www.associatedcontent.com

Vale's huge biodiesel project in Brazil adds heat to the economic development x sustainability debate.

Palm Oil and Climate Change - We cannot afford to be simplistic

March 16, 2010

Analysis of:Palm oil deal 'a threat to the rainforest' | www.independent.co.uk

True that past and current palm plantation practices harm rainforests in Malaysia and Indonesia. But there is room for sustainable practices - however, there is a need for a more mature and complex discussion among stakeholders.

Multiplus IPO - Who's to blame?

February 5, 2010

Analysis of:Multiplus Is 2nd Brazil IPO to Raise Less Than Sought | www.businessweek.com

No doubt we're in a rough ride, but one cannot blame capital markets volatility for an underperforming IPO

Multiplus. Business strategy or cash infusion tactic for TAM?

January 25, 2010

Analysis of:Brazil's TAM unit Multiplus plans $721.2 mln IPO | www.reuters.com

TAM Airlines financial health suffered from losses in 2008 and a ¨just OK¨ 2009. The coming years will be tougher for the leading Brazilian airline.The recently launched Multiplus, the coalition program, looks more like a short-term financial scheme to strengthen TAM's fragile financial health.

Instead, CEOs Need to Come Up with Smart Questions

May 26, 2009

Analysis of:CEOs starting to run out of answers | www.vimay-group.com

Crises are acid tests for CEOs expected capabilities. Anglo-Saxon capitalism has created a governance and management model that has put excessive weight on the CEO figure. Under pressure, people tend to alter their reactions to stimuli and tend to develop different interpretations of reality. CEOs need to be aware that "bounded rationality" is a fact and their decisions will always be based on a limited, manageable piece of information. They will use intuition and a knowledge base with all its accumulated bias. That's why they need to listen to smart people, and instead of prompting answers to broad and unstructured questions, they need to ask the right and smart questions. They also need to manage complexity, and not try to reduce it by simply ignoring what doesn't fit their mental models.

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