These multiple \u201czeroes\u201d refer to the technologies with which Sigma says<\/a> it is setting \u201ca new standard for environmentally sustainable mining\u201d. According to the company, it: uses \u201czero drinking water\u201d, since all water is treated and recirculated wastewater; has \u201czero tailings dams\u201d, since it eliminates its waste by selling or recycling it for road paving; uses \u201czero carbon-intensive electricity\u201d, because all the electricity it uses comes from renewable sources; and generates \u201czero toxic chemicals\u201d, thanks to a method called \u201cdense media separation\u201d. This positioning is central to its marketing, but it is also part of a business strategy that has allowed it to reap higher prices<\/a> in the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is a fifth fundamental \u201czero\u201d in Sigma\u2019s marketing: its mining operations, it says, are \u201czero carbon\u201d or \u201cnet zero carbon emissions\u201d. This means the amount of greenhouse gases it releases into the atmosphere is equal to the amount it has eliminated. It has achieved this, in its own words<\/a>, by having \u201ceffectively lowered its carbon footprint with a series of pioneering initiatives\u201d, such as carbon offsets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On 26 July 2023, Sigma Lithium announced its first<\/a> shipment of 30,000 tonnes of lithium and by-products (sent to China in the presence<\/a> of Brazil\u2019s vice-president Geraldo Alckmin and Minas Gerais\u2019s governor Romeu Zema). Sigma explained<\/a> it had achieved carbon neutrality for its shipment by \u201coffsetting the remaining \u2018hard to abate\u2019 carbon emitted during its production process\u201d, both at its mine and at its processing plant. It did so by purchasing 59,000 carbon credits from a voluntary carbon market project in the Brazilian Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This project reportedly reduced the carbon footprint of its mining operation to zero in its first year of production. However, it has been under investigation by the Brazilian justice system for over a year, over suspicions of illegal deforestation, misappropriation of public lands, corruption, and other possible crimes, as shown by a journalistic investigation<\/a> and the June 2024 Federal Police<\/a>\u2019s \u201cOperation Greenwashing\u201d. This allegation led the international certifier that endorsed it at the time to suspend<\/a> it. As of today, the project remains on hold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When consulted by journalists for this report, Sigma Lithium stated<\/a> that it has not used carbon credits since 2024, when it changed its strategy from using environmental offsets to reducing emissions from its own production: \u201cThe company reaffirms its commitment to mining with a very low environmental impact, based on technological innovation, health, safety and socio-environmental responsibility, in line with global decarbonisation objectives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are the findings of an investigation carried out by Rep\u00f3rter Brasil and the Latin American Centre for Investigative Journalism (CLIP), as part of the Lithium in Conflict<\/a> <\/em>project. This initiative brought together 10 media outlets from across Latin America, including Dialogue Earth, to understand some of the conflicts surrounding the lithium industry in the region. This investigation was also supported by the Pulitzer Center\u2019s Rainforest Investigations Network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most attention in the lithium market has tended to focus on Argentina, Bolivia and Chile, the so-called \u201clithium triangle\u201d that contains the world\u2019s largest<\/a> reserves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brazil, which is home to an estimated 1.3 million tonnes of lithium resources, according to the United States Geological Survey\u2019s annual minerals report<\/a>, is also trying to break into this market. It ranks tenth globally in terms of economically or technically feasible lithium deposits. Unlike its neighbours to the west, whose lithium is found in brine pools, Brazil\u2019s lithium is usually found in volcanic rocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One such company is Sigma Lithium, a Canadian mining company that has been operating for a decade<\/a> in the Jequitinhonha Valley, in north-eastern Minas Gerais. Here, in the municipalities of Itinga and Ara\u00e7ua\u00ed, 600 kilometres north of state capital Belo Horizonte, lie its main assets: the Grota de Cirilo mine and the Greentech processing plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In October 2024, the Brazilian state development bank, BNDES, approved<\/a> financing of BRL 486.8 million (about USD 89.4 million at the time) for the implementation of a new processing unit that Sigma calls its \u201csecond Greentech carbon-neutral factory\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sigma\u2019s public positioning revolves around the technological achievements that currently allow it to sell its lithium as \u201cgreen\u201d and \u201cquintuple zero\u201d. It is a narrative that the company has presented at several UN climate change summits, including Glasgow in 2021<\/a>, Sharm al Sheikh in 2022<\/a> and Dubai in 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sigma’s 26 July 2023 announcement<\/a> regarding its inaugural shipment detailed 15,000 tonnes of \u201cenvironmentally sustainable and carbon neutral battery-grade lithium\u201d, and another 15,000 tonnes of by-products. It set sail from the Atlantic port of Vit\u00f3ria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe were founded with the mission to produce environmentally sustainable lithium with the lowest possible greenhouse gas emissions,\u201d Sigma\u2019s CEO Ana Cabral said at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This environmentally sustainable character allowed Sigma to sell its lithium at a higher market price of USD 3,500 per tonne of lithium and USD 350 per tonne of by-products. A \u201cpremium product with premium pricing\u201d, in the words<\/a> of the company itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Its customer was Yahua International Investment and Development Co Ltd, a Hong Kong-based company that is part of the Chinese Yahua Group. It supplies<\/a> lithium hydroxide to electric vehicle manufacturers such as Tesla in the United States and BYD in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To fulfil its promise of achieving carbon neutrality throughout its lithium production chain, Sigma turned to the voluntary carbon market. It purchased 59,000 carbon credits to offset the same number of tonnes of CO2 emitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On paper, the deal is a win-win. Projects under REDD+, the mining company\u2019s carbon market initiative of choice, typically link local communities or private landowners who prevent deforestation in strategic ecosystems with companies seeking to offset their carbon footprint. In this case, Sigma pays the former for use of their environmental results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2005, the international climate action programme REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) has sought to make tropical forests worth more alive than dead through results-based payments for the carbon they store. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since its inception, REDD+ has been hamstrung by levels of finance far too low and far too slow<\/a> to compete with profits from deforestation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Source: Jonah Busch on Dialogue Earth<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n To this end, Sigma signed an agreement with Carbonext, one of the largest companies in the Brazilian carbon market. Both companies publicly celebrated the partnership. The mining company emphasised<\/a> \u201cthe carbon credits generated by Carbonext and its partners are of high quality and integrity.\u201d Jana\u00edna Dallan, president of Carbonext, stressed that \u201cprojects like the ones supported by Sigma protect more than two million hectares in the Amazon biome with constant local and satellite monitoring to ensure the high integrity and quality of forest conservation projects.\u201d As Sigma announced<\/a>, thanks to this scheme, it \u201csuccessfully achieved net zero carbon emissions\u201d in its pioneering shipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sigma is not the only mining company publicly emphasising its environmental performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cToday it is becoming economically beneficial to engage in a sustainability discourse. Many companies are doing it not only to reassure civil society or regulators, but also because a sort of secondary market for \u2018green lithium\u2019 has emerged,\u201d Thea Riofrancos<\/a>, a US-based researcher and author of the recently published<\/a> Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism, told our reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The carbon project that Sigma Lithium ultimately chose in mid-2023 to offset its emissions, called the Unitor REDD+ Project<\/a>, had a serious problem that would come to light almost a year later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On 28 August 2023, Sigma Minera\u00e7\u00e3o SA \u2013 one of Sigma\u2019s two Brazilian subsidiaries<\/a> \u2013 used 59,000 credits. That is according to the transaction record<\/a> of the US certifier Verra, which endorsed the initiative. It did so, according to the register itself (which breaks down six transactions), with the aim of \u201cenvironmental compensation for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to Sigma Lithium\u2019s annual production in Brazil\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The chosen project<\/a> revolves around 15 neighbouring farm properties in L\u00e1brea, in the south-west of Amazonas state. According to the project design document<\/a>, this municipality had the fourth highest rate of deforestation in Brazil between 2008 and 2020. By joining the project, these private properties, totalling 99,035 hectares, sought to prevent deforestation and the sale of illegal timber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The project listed proponents: the carbon market developer Carbonext Consultoria Ltd; and the agricultural company Ituxi Administra\u00e7\u00e3o e Participa\u00e7\u00e3o Ltd, owner of one of the properties included in the environmental scheme. The public face of the entire environmental initiative was the businessman Ricardo Stoppe Jr, a doctor from S\u00e3o Paulo described by an economic news portal as Brazil\u2019s largest individual seller<\/a> of carbon credits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Validated by the Spanish auditor Aenor and certified by Verra in May 2022, the Unitor project sold its first credits that same year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, not everything was as it seemed. In May 2024, Unitor and another project called Fortaleza Ituxi (both linked to Ricardo Stoppe Jr) were found<\/a> to have inconsistencies between the volume of timber declared to authorities, and the amount actually felled according to satellite images. The images were analysed<\/a> by the Center for Climate Crime Analysis (CCCA<\/a>) for a journalistic investigation<\/a> by Mongabay, as part of the collaborative project Opaque Carbon<\/a>, led by CLIP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The discrepancy found in the images suggested irregularities in timber management. Grupo Ituxi, the company responsible for both projects, denied to Mongabay any connection with the suspicions and stated that all its initiatives are audited and certified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two weeks after the investigation was published, the Federal Police launched<\/a> Operation Greenwashing against those responsible for the carbon projects, investigating possible links to land grabbing and illegal deforestation. This year, the Federal Police ended their investigation and formally concluded that Stoppe Jr and 30 other individuals misappropriated public lands for the generation of carbon credits, among other crimes, as revealed<\/a> by the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper in October. The Federal Police believe a criminal organisation was behind the scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stoppe Jr was arrested<\/a> in June 2024 but is currently on provisional release under electronic surveillance. The final report of the Federal Police investigation is being analysed by the Federal Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office (MPF), which will decide whether to bring the case to court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A week later on 13 June 2024, Verra suspended<\/a> them \u201cuntil all findings are satisfactorily closed\u201d. Carbonext told reporters for this investigation that it had written to Verra five days before to inform it of the police operation and its decision to \u201csuspend any sale, transfer, generation and issuance of credits from these projects until further notice from the authorities\u201d. As of October 2025, Unitor is described<\/a> on Verra\u2019s platform as \u201con hold\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sigma Lithium told our reporters it is now focused on its \u201cquintuple zero\u201d strategy, describing it as a \u201cpioneering model in the sustainable mining sector\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sigma, companies that purchased credits<\/a> from Unitor include the auditing firm PwC International, Colombia\u2019s state oil company Ecopetrol, the Austrian state oil company OMV, the Belgian chocolate company Guylian and Belo Horizonte airport\u2019s concessionaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sigma Lithium is not responsible for the actions of the promoters of the Unitor project and \u2013 as far as this journalistic collective has been able to ascertain \u2013 it is not implicated in the police investigation. Nonetheless, its name and status as a purchaser of credits from the project appear in at least one document from the Brazilian authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere is information about large companies and global brands using these irregular credits to appear sustainable to their consumer audience,\u201d says a legal recommendation<\/a> from the Federal Public Ministry of Amazonas. It calls for the suspension of REDD+ projects in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By mid-2024 at the latest, it should have been clear to Sigma that the Unitor credits it used to offset its emissions were problematic. It was a problem because the mining company\u2019s carbon neutrality goal is strongly tied to offsets. As explained in a 2025 shareholder report<\/a>, Sigma\u2019s \u201cambitious\u201d net zero targets are \u201cmeasured as emissions minus carbon credits\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another similar 2023 report<\/a> detailed its net zero strategy. Sigma would take responsibility for all its emissions, across scope 1 (direct emissions), scope 2 (energy consumption emissions) and scope 3 (value chain emissions). For the latter, it proposed achieving this in two phases: the first in 2023, to include the emissions from the transport of its goods across the 700 kilometres from Minas Gerais to the port in Vit\u00f3ria; and another from 2024 onwards, which would include its maritime transport emissions. For transport, it planned to use biofuels, while for residual emissions \u2013 or those that could not be reduced by other methods \u2013 it would resort to carbon credits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Given that the carbon market is relatively new, there is no explicit methodology on how companies should proceed when they realise the credits they purchased and used turn out to have serious environmental or social problems. However, experts consulted by Rep\u00f3rter Brasil and CLIP agreed these companies have a responsibility to be transparent towards their customers, investors and the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf it is a serious company, upon learning of the case, it should inform investors and customers, notify them that it will discard the 59,000 credits because it is unsure of their integrity, and purchase others to guarantee zero-carbon production, this time paying more attention to their quality,\u201d said Shigueo Watanabe Jr, a researcher at the environmental organisation ClimaInfo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another researcher working in the sector interviewed for this report, who spoke on condition of anonymity, agreed that companies should act publicly and transparently. \u201cA company that is an interested party in a project involved in a scandal over possible environmental crimes should make some kind of public announcement, in addition to stating its position and what it is doing to remedy the situation. It\u2019s a matter of reputation,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carbonext told our reporters that, as soon as it became aware of the investigations, it legally terminated the service contracts for the development of the three carbon projects and notified Verra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because \u201cthe ownership and legality of these credits could be affected,\u201d the carbon project developer explained that it decided to suspend \u201cany sale, transfer, generation and issuance of credits from these projects until further notice from the authorities\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carbonext did not respond when asked whether it notified the companies that used its credits of Unitor\u2019s suspension, nor whether it recommends any procedure for buyers to replace them. In its view, \u201cthere has been no environmental integrity issue\u201d because \u201cthe work proposed by the project has been implemented, audited and its results verified.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Verra told this investigation that it does not inform credit users of a project\u2019s suspension since it \u201cdoes not engage in market transactions, meaning we don\u2019t have a direct relationship with the \u2018end user\u2019 you speak of.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n At least one of Sigma\u2019s major shareholders has a stated interest in ensuring its investments are increasingly low in greenhouse gas emissions. Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages the Norwegian Government Pension Fund (the world\u2019s largest<\/a> sovereign wealth fund), seeks<\/a> to ensure all companies in its portfolio commit to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 or earlier. They must \u201calign their activities with global net zero emissions in line with the Paris Agreement\u201d, and set \u201cscience based\u201d interim and long-term emission reduction targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Norges Bank Investment Management declined to comment when asked if it was aware of the problems of possible environmental integrity issues with the carbon credits used by Sigma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sigma\u2019s approximately one hundred shareholders<\/a> are mainly global asset managers and banks from around the world. The largest investor, with 43% in shares, is the Brazilian company A10 Investimentos Ltda. This investment management firm is legally represented by Sigma\u2019s co-chair<\/a>, Ana Cabral, and controlled (according to the mining company\u2019s most recent annual financial report<\/a>) by Sigma\u2019s other co-chair, Marcelo Freire da Paiva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The buyer of the first Sigma lithium shipment declared \u201ccarbon neutral\u201d using Unitor carbon credits was Yahua International Investment and Development Co Ltd. This Hong Kong-based outfit is a subsidiary of the Chinese company Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group Co, better known as Yahua Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Established in 1952, Yahua Group is one of the oldest chemical companies in China. Its businesses are currently divided between non-military explosives and the lithium production chain, including mine exploration, processing and product sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The company says<\/a> it plays a \u201cvital role in the global clean energy value chain\u201d. It has a significant customer base, with direct buyers<\/a> including the electric vehicle and battery companies Tesla, BYD and CATL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Like its supplier Sigma, Yahua attaches great importance to reducing its emissions. It has signed several commitments regarding the reduction of its products\u2019 carbon footprints, which it describes in its latest sustainability report<\/a> as \u201cgreen and low-carbon\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reporters for this investigation asked Yahua whether Sigma Lithium informed it that its cargo sold in 2023 was offset with carbon credits from a now-suspended project under federal investigation. At the time of publication, Yahua had not responded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The battery manufacturer CATL confirmed Yahua Group is part of its supply chain but noted that \u201caccording to our traceability system and supply chain mapping, we can verify that the materials supplied to CATL by Yahua do not come from Sigma Lithium.\u201d The company added that it applies \u201crigorous due diligence protocols\u201d to its suppliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n BYD did not respond to reporters\u2019 questions about what measures it took to verify the origin of the lithium purchased from Yahua Group, or to check for any social and environmental irregularities. Tesla was also contacted, but did not reply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The questioning of \u201czero-carbon lithium\u201d is not the only issue surrounding Sigma. Traditional peoples\u2019 associations, civil society organisations and public bodies have denounced the potential negative impacts of the lithium industry in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMore than 100 families affected by the project suffer daily negative impacts, collective and individual damage, such as high noise levels, dust, cracks in their homes, health problems and losses in food production,\u201d says a letter signed<\/a> on 21 August by 68 entities. Those include quilombola<\/em> (communities formed by descendants of enslaved African people) and Indigenous organisations, workers\u2019 unions and local politicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The letter was in response to a tribute paid by the Minas Gerais legislative assembly to Sigma Lithium\u2019s CEO and co-founder, Ana Cabral. Two days later, she received the title of honorary citizen of the state for her \u201crelevant services rendered to Minas Gerais\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a ruling<\/a> published in December 2024, Brazil\u2019s Federal Public Ministry warned lithium mining has a high environmental impact, \u201cwith the potential to aggravate the vulnerability of traditional communities\u201d. The document identified 258 traditional communities affected by various companies. In the case of Sigma, the document highlights that there is a \u201cclear deficiency\u201d in the granting of environmental licences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In early September, the MPF sent a recommendation<\/a> to the National Mining Agency requesting the suspension and review of lithium exploration and extraction authorisations in Ara\u00e7ua\u00ed, where Sigma operates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to water access issues, another problem highlighted by the MPF is the emission of dust and the presence of toxic waste \u201cassociated with respiratory problems and skin diseases in nearby populations\u201d. One such community is Piau\u00ed Po\u00e7o Dantas, a village of family farmers near the Grota do Cirilo mining complex. \u201cWe breathe dust 24 hours a day\u201d said one resident, who spoke with our reporters on the condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Residents of Piau\u00ed Po\u00e7o Dantas also reported increased noise in the community, and cracks in houses caused by the tremors generated by detonations. These perceptions are mentioned in a technical report<\/a> by the Minas Gerais state prosecutor\u2019s office (MPMG), which heard from four communities that surround the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reporters for this investigation asked Sigma about these documents. The company did not respond but has previously denied<\/a> any irregularities in the prior consultation, in its relationship with neighbouring communities, or in its environmental record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Sigma has continued to sell its \u201cquintuple zero lithium\u201d (which includes the assurance of carbon neutrality) to other global companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In September 2024, Sigma reported a shipment of 22,000 tonnes<\/a> of lithium to the Japanese automotive giant Mitsubishi. Between that same month<\/a> and April 2025<\/a>, it reported four shipments totalling 76,000 tonnes<\/a> to IRH Global Trading Ltd, a critical metals and minerals trading company in the United Arab Emirates, owned by the Royal Group of Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In all of these transactions, the mining company emphasised \u201czero emissions\u201d, although it did not publicly report whether it used carbon credits \u2013 or which projects it employed to achieve this. Verra\u2019s public transaction register<\/a> does not list any further transactions in which Sigma appears as a beneficiary, although the voluntary carbon market allows users to opt out of publicly disclosing their name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sigma says it has not used carbon credits since 2024. The company also does not detail any alternative decarbonisation or environmental efficiency measures it has incorporated instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sigma changed its environmental compensation strategy after the credits it used to reduce emissions in its first year of production became implicated in a federal investigation for possible environmental crimes. Despite this, the mining company has yet to speak publicly about the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This article is a Lithium in Conflict collaboration<\/a>. The project explores how the lithium industry is operating in Latin America. It is led by the Latin American Center for Investigative Journalism (CLIP)<\/a> in partnership with Consenso<\/a> (Paraguay), La Regi\u00f3n<\/a> (Bolivia), Quinto Elemento Lab<\/a> (M\u00e9xico), Rep\u00f3rter Brasil<\/a> (Brasil), Ruido<\/a> (Argentina), Climate Tracker Latam<\/a>, Dialogue Earth<\/a>, Mongabay Latam<\/a> and Columbia Journalism Investigations (CJI)<\/a>. 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<\/div>Green lithium in Brazil<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A carbon project that hid deforestation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/div>A potential issue of environmental integrity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/div>Alerts about possible land impacts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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