Silence is not green why guidance regarding sustainability agreements is crucial

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Published: Dec 30, 2023
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sustainability, competition, agreements between competitors, Brazil, foreign authorities

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Ana Carolina Folgosi Bittar
Fernanda Hormung Victor
Mariana Llamazalez Ou

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The article discusses how guidelines related to such agreements do not imply an expansion of the goals of competition law nor a total deviation from traditional antitrust analysis. Furthermore, the article examines how other authorities and institutions are addressing this issue. The article also seeks to underscore the need for Brazil's competition authority to address this issue and establish its own guidelines to guarantee that the pursuit of a more sustainable society will not harm competition. Thus, this article aims to promote a dialogue on how competition law can foster efforts for sustainability, highlighting the importance of a balanced and responsible approach to the development of agreements between competitors that aim for a positive impact on the environment and indirectly on society

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Bittar, A. C. F., Victor, F. H., & Ou, M. L. (2023). Silence is not green: why guidance regarding sustainability agreements is crucial. Revista Do IBRAC, 2(2), 63–87. Retrieved from https://revista.ibrac.org.br/index.php/revista/article/view/200
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No. 2 (2023)
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Artigos para Revista do IBRAC
Author Biographies

Ana Carolina Folgosi Bittar

Advogada sênior da área de Direito Concorrencial do Mattos Filho. Master of Laws (LL.M) em Law, Science & Technology pela Stanford Law School (2019). Mestre em Direito pela Fundação Getúlio Vargas (2015). Graduação em Direito pela Universidade de São Paulo (2011).

Fernanda Hormung Victor

Advogada da área de Direito Concorrencial do Mattos Filho. Graduação em Direito pela Universidade de Brasília – UnB (2020)

Mariana Llamazalez Ou

Advogada da área de Direito Concorrencial do escritório Demarest. Pós-graduação em Finanças e Economia da Escola de Economia de São Paulo, da Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV EESP (2021). Graduação em Direito pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo – PUC/SP (2018) e bacharel em Ciências Contábeis pelo Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Comercial – SENAC (2020).

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