“Across Brazil and much of Latin America, Public-Private Partnerships are becoming the norm — the gap between the private and public sectors is narrowing in a way I’ve never seen before”, said José Manuel Entrecanales, chairman and CEO of ACCIONA, during his participation today in a pre-COP30 event in São Paulo.

José Manuel Entrecanales attended Climatenomics: The Investment Momentum, a business conference focused on accelerating climate investment and public-private collaboration. The opening was held at the future Santa Marina Station of São Paulo’s Line 6-Orange metro, a major infrastructure project being built by ACCIONA.

“We aim to create a positive impact wherever we operate — guided by a concept that defines our industry: smart infrastructure. ‘Smart’ serves as a standard and a mechanism for building sustainable, mitigating, adaptive, resilient, and transformative infrastructure — infrastructure that delivers real value to the societies it serves.”

Speaking at Climatenomics, he emphasized the importance of public-private collaboration to unlock large-scale sustainable infrastructure that delivers both economic and social value.

ACCIONA’s Chairman added that “It’s about putting the right framework in place — and that’s what COP30 is all about. One of its main objectives is to create the conditions needed to attract private capital to meet public needs. We’re in that process, and I’m very optimistic.”

In addition to José Manuel Entrecanales, attendees at the event included Felicio Ramuth, vice-governor of the State of São Paulo; Izabella Teixeira, Brazil’s former Environment minister and co-chair of the UN Environment International Resource Panel (IRP/UNEP); Luciana Costa, director of Infrastructure, Energy Transition and Climate Change at BNDES; María Mendiluce, CEO of the We Mean Business Coalition (WMBC); Dominic Waughray, executive vice-president of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD); and Leah Seligmann, CEO of The B Team.

Climatenomics: The Investment Momentum is an event organized by ACCIONA in partnership with The B Team, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), and the We Mean Business Coalition (WMBC).   
 
 

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ACCIONA has been operating in Brazil for 27 years, developing infrastructure projects in various states across the country.

Currently, it is constructing São Paulo's Line 6-Orange metro, the largest project of its kind currently in Latin America. Beyond its colossal financial scale and technical complexity, Line 6 has become one of the company's most iconic projects — a platform for implementing a regenerative purpose and a model of positive impact, proving that there is a different and more responsible way to deliver projects of this magnitude. The project has already generated over 11,000 direct jobs and, once operational, will benefit more than 630,000 passengers every day.

The company also operates in the water and sanitation sector in the states of Paraná, in partnership with Sanepar, and Espírito Santo, with CESAN, supporting the advancement of universal access to these essential services.

Furthermore, it has developed several emblematic infrastructures in the country, such as Terminal 2 of Port of Açu, in Rio de Janeiro, and the transformation of the historic Júlio Prestes train station in São Paulo into a world-class concert hall.