Investor Presentaiton
Construction work
on the Cerrado
Project, a new
pulp plant in Ribas
do Rio Pardo
Photo: Thiago Senne Martins
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2022
ECOEFFICIENCY IN THE CERRADO PROJECT
The Cerrado Project, currently under construction
in the town of Ribas do Rio Pardo, is the largest
single-line pulp facility in the world and one of
the most significant private investments currently
underway in Brazil. Scheduled to be operational
in 2024, it will be the most competitive plant in
terms pulp production costs. The new plant will
also produce clean energy, with an average 180
MW energy surplus-enough to power a city of 2.3
million residents for one month.
The project is driving social transformation in the
region. We will invest R$48 million in initiatives
in the areas of health, education, housing, and
public and traffic safety, as part of our Basic
Environmental Plan. We also voluntarily approved
a social development plan including 23 initiatives
to strengthen education, promote regenerative
agriculture and provide training for the workforce,
among others, through an additional investment of
close to R$14 million. We also offered professional
training to local residents, helping to create jobs
and generate income.
To prevent sexual violence against children,
adolescents and women, we have been working
together with the local and state governments
and civil institutions to promote lectures, training
and communication campaigns involving more
than 3,000 workers.
UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE SITE
The new plant will incorporate the most
advanced technologies in the industry,
enabling low consumption of raw materials,
chemical products and water in the industrial
process, and eliminating the need to send
industrial waste to landfills. The site's unique
features include the gasification of biomass
to replace fossil fuels in lime kilns, reducing
GHG emissions intensity.
ADVANCES IN THE
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Optimization of manufacturing processes
promotes better use of natural resources,
including the reuse and recycling of industrial
waste. Our commitment to circularity is
integrated into the routine operation
of our industrial units, with a focus on
reducing waste generation and disposal in
landfills (which ends the life of materials)
and increasing reuse and recycling.
Learn more about our different
initiatives
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