Sustainability Report 2021
SUMMARY
Presentation
Message from
Management
The Águas do
Brasil Group
Integrity and
Transparency
Fostering
Universal Access
to Sanitation
Water Security
Efficient
Our Utility
and Climate
Water
Companies
About this
Report
GRI
Summary
Corporate
Information
Change
Cycle
Social impact
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Access to water supply and wastewater collec-
tion and treatment services is a citizen's right,
which gives them dignity and adequate health
conditions. The services provided by the com-
pany are essential to the population, a right
assured by the Federal Constitution and one of
the millennium goals established by the United
Nations. Respect for all those served by guar-
anteeing their rights as consumers and citizens
allows us to contribute to society.
More than 100 diseases linked to the lack of ba-
sic sanitation generate increased cases of infant
and adult mortality, increased hospitalizations,
and put communities at risk. The health impacts
are reflected in education and income genera-
tion by increasing absenteeism among school-
age children and youth, as well as workers. Areas
without sanitation also suffer from real estate
devaluation, impacting economic development.
The implementation of the water supply
service in Paraty was fundamental for reducing
diseases among the population. The rate of
waterborne diseases in the city plummeted,
reaching almost zero in 2019.
Social responsibility is a premise of the Group's
operations to build relationships with local
communities and leave a development legacy
for the municipalities served. To this end, in
addition to striving for excellence in the levels of
service provided, it seeks to maintain a close and
transparent relationship with society, seeking
opportunities to contribute to local development
not only through its operations but also through
social and environmental education actions. All
utility companies (100% of operations) carry out
engagement actions and programs aimed at the
local community (see Social and environmental
actions for more information).
In 2021, the company's main actions were
geared toward tackling the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Crisis Committee was implemented to
propose sanitary measures for employees and
customers. Externally, the Niterói (RJ) utility
company participated in a scientific study
under an agreement signed between the city
of Niterói and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
(Fiocruz) to quantify the inert viral load of
SARS-CoV-2 in the municipality's wastewater
networks. The follow-up helped the Health
Department to monitor the advance of the
virus in several regions of the city.
Aware of human rights issues, the Águas do
Brasil Group does not allow in its operations the
hiring of child labor, young people exposed to
hazardous work, forced or slave-like work, and
monitors these risks in its supply chain. It also
has never identified, in the operations, situations
of violations of indigenous peoples' rights.
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HEALTH SITUATION IN PARATY-RJ
COMPARISON 2013-2017
Urban water supply index (%)
National System of Information
on Sanitation (SNIS) 2011-2018
60
100
Infant Mortality
(deaths per thousand live births)
10,56
2013
2017
2013
1,60
2017
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