NORTHEAST BRAZIL
WHY INVEST IN NORTHEAST BRAZIL?
Geostrategic location: close to North America, the Northeast is Brazil's Atlantic gateway, with strategic ports and extensive logistical capacity, favoring exports and integration with global chains.
Young and dynamic population: with one of the youngest populations in Brazil, the Northeast offers a large and expanding consumer market and an available and adaptable workforce, ideal for industrial, service and technology sectors.
Bioeconomy and unique natural assets: with its diverse biomes and sustainable agricultural practices, the region offers business opportunities in the bioeconomy, valuing traditional knowledge, biodiversity and green innovation.
Innovative and regional governance: the Northeast Consortium represents a robust institutional articulation between the nine states, facilitating partnerships, interstate coordination and legal security for large projects.
Expanding market with social impact: investing in the Northeast also means investing in inclusion and development. Projects here tend to have a high socioeconomic impact, generating growth with equity — a value that is increasingly appreciated in the Arab world.
Renewable energy power: the Northeast is the Brazilian leader in renewable energy generation, especially wind and solar, with a high level of solar irradiation and constant winds — a solid base for investments in green hydrogen and energy transition.
Sanitation: a robust pipeline of over R$72 billion in sanitation universalization projects, largely structured by BNDES, offers attractive opportunities for concessions and PPPs throughout the region.
Green Data Centers: The combination of abundant and low-cost renewable energy, tax incentives and growing fiber optic infrastructure makes the Northeast the ideal location for the installation of Green Data Centers, meeting the global demand for sustainable and efficient data processing.
Critical Minerals: proven geological potential for minerals essential to the energy and technological transition - Lithium, Rare Earths, Vanadium, Nickel, Copper, Graphite, etc.
Strategic Logistics: Deep-water ports, expanding railways, dual carriageways and international airports ensure global connectivity and efficient access to markets. Intermodal and mobility projects complement the network.
Green Hydrogen (H2V) and Derivatives: the region is establishing itself as a global hub for the production of H2V and its derivatives (ammonia, fertilizers, green methanol), with multiple projects and hubs under development.
Energy Storage: exponential growth of renewables creates significant opportunities in energy storage projects, essential to ensure the stability and reliability of the electrical system.
The Northeast Consortium is a political and institutional alliance between the nine states in the region. Created in 2019, it has become a reference in public innovation, combating inequality and international articulation. Currently led by the governor of PiauÃ, Rafael Fonteles, the Consortium implements structural policies focused on energy transition, social justice, family farming, sustainable tourism and digital transformation.
With an active presence in international forums such as COP, agreements with UNESCO, AFD and missions to Europe, the Consortium provides an integrated investment platform with legal security, technical support and shared governance.
THE NORTHEAST CONSORTIUM
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INDICATORS
GDP OF THE NORTHEAST
R$ 1.2 TRILLION
(approx. 16% of the national)
​REGIONAL GROWTH (2024)
3.9%
(total exports from the Northeast in 2024: USD$ 25 billion)
GENERATION OF FORMAL JOBS
331 THOUSAND
(in 2024)
RENEWABLE ENERGY
30 GW
(wind and solar power in operation)
100 GW
(of projects under development)
TOURISM
INCREASE 40%
(in the international flow)
FAMILY FARMING
95.1 MILLION
(tons of food, with exports of more than USD$ 14 billion)
Source: Bank of the Northeast, IBGE, SUDENE, BNDES
FINANCING, UNDER DIFFERENTIATED CONDITIONS, FOR INVESTMENT IN THE NORTHEAST
FINANCING SOLUTIONS TARGETED TO SUPPORT INVESTMENTS IN NORTHEAST BRAZIL
The Nordeste Consortium, through its investment platform, and Banco do Brasil, which has been voted the most sustainable bank six times, are structuring two investment funds to support private investors in private projects and PPPs – Public-Private Partnerships. The projects must be covered by the Brazil Northeast Ecological Transformation Program in line with the Federal Government's Ecological Transformation Program. In this initiative, the Consortium and Banco do Brasil are partnering with BNDES – National Bank for Economic and Social Development and BNB – Banco do Nordeste Brasileiro.
The two funds are part of a strategy to create financing instruments for sustainable development in the Northeast region that include subsidized financing, new funds, issuance of Bonds, financing programs for specific chains such as the production of SAF - Sustainable Agriculture Fuel, sustainable agriculture and food systems, Datacenters among others linked to the energy transition, bioeconomy, digital economy and sustainable infrastructure and adaptation.
The Northeast Consortium Investment Platform coordinates and participates in the structuring of these financing instruments together with its partners, public and private banks, multilateral organizations, family offices and other market operators.
The two funds being structured aim to offer differentiated market conditions and are:
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The FIDC Northeast Ecological Transformation Plan will offer working capital, structured as a Credit Rights Investment Fund.
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The FIP Northeast Ecological Transformation Plan will support investment through the acquisition of shares in projects, structured as a Participation Investment Fund.
PROJECTS
1. ENERGY TRANSITION
2. DIGITAL ECONOMY
3. BIOECONOMY AND AGROINDUSTRY
4. INFRASTRUCTURE AND LOGISTICS
5. TOURISM
CONTACT AND SCHEDULE A MEETING
telephone
(61) 3412-6806
address
SAUS – Block 01, Lots 3-A and 5, Block I – Mezzanine – Room 201 Postal Code 70070010
