Investor Presentaiton
40 STRATEGY AND PERFORMANCE
Managing emissions
(G4-EN15, G4-EN16, G4-EN17, G4-EN18
and G4-EN19)
Aware of the potential conse-
quences of climate change for the
business and for society as a whole
and of the impacts caused at some
stages of its production cycle,
Eldorado is attentive to discussions
around this question and seeks to
enhance its processes and decrease
its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
The company's first production
stage, however, generates positive
impacts. Using responsible planting
practices the company's eucalyp-
tus forests, which have a planting
to harvest cycle of around seven
years, sinks more CO₂ from the
atmosphere than older forests.
Eldorado monitors its emissions on
an annual basis and publishes its
greenhouse gas inventory based on
the Brazilian GHG Protocol pro-
gram, which takes into account the
emission factors established by the
Intergovernmental Panel on Cli-
mate Change (IPCC). From 2015 to
2016, the company's direct emis-
sions were reduced by 20%, from
369,774.82 tCO₂e to 295,770.75
tCO,e. The decrease was the result
of the substitution of fuel oil with
natural gas in the lime kiln, one of
the stationary sources at the Três
Lagoas industrial plant.
There was also a decrease in indi-
rect emissions (scope 2 and relative
to purchased energy) and in other
relevant indirect emissions (scope
3, which includes, for example,
emissions from the transportation
of timber and pulp by third-parties
and the emissions generated by
business travel). Eldorado's energy
intensity, measured by the quantity
of tCO,e generated over the quan-
tity of pulp produced, decreased
from 0.27 to 0.21 tCO,e/ADT (see
the following chart and the compa-
ny's complete emissions data in the
Attachments section).
Reductions in 2016
29,450.84 tCO₂e of emissions
avoided by Eldorado in 2016
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2,300
forestry area employ-
ees were trained to
identify the fauna on
Eldorado's lands
Waste management
(G4-EN23)
Solid waste management at Eldo-
rado complies with the directives
set forth in Brazil's national solid
waste policy and the solid waste
management plan, including ac-
tions related to the generation,
disposal and reduction of this type
of waste.
Although there was an 8.8%
increase in the total volume of
waste generated due to larger
waste volumes in the growing
areas, the company made a series
of advances during the year. After
new procedures adopted in the
wastewater treatment plant at the
Três Lagoas industrial unit, it was
possible to reduce the volume of
biological sludge, driving a positive
impact on waste disposal in land-
fills. The volume of waste recycled
also grew during the year (complete
information in the Attachments
section).
Managing biodiversity
(G4-EN11 and G4-EN12)
As part of its environmental man-
agement strategy, Eldorado is con-
stantly engaged in the preserva-
tion of conservation areas located
near the company's planting areas.
The farms in which the eucalyp-
tus forests are concentrated are
located in the Cerrado biome and
are spread over 13 municipalities
in Mato Grosso do Sul: Água Clara,
Anastácio, Aparecida do Taboado,
Bataguassu, Brasilândia, Dois
Irmãos do Buriti, Inocência, Pa-
ranaíba, Ribas do Rio Pardo, Santa
Rita do Pardo, Selvíria, Terenos and
Três Lagoas. These areas extend
over 103,000 hectares, of which
more than 81,000 hectares have
consolidated vegetation, while the
remainder is being reconstituted.
The Canoas and Pântano farms,
in Selvíria, and the Serrinha farm,
in Três Lagoas, have High Conser-
vation Value Areas (AAVC in the
Portuguese acronym) for which
reason they are the target of an
integrated protection, conserva-
tion and monitoring plan. The plan
includes actions such as property
surveillance; signs prohibiting
hunting, fishing and the extraction
of timber; fire hazard warnings;
environmental education initiatives
for nearby communities; training
programs for Eldorado employees;
and ongoing monitoring of flora
and fauna, in particular medium-
sized and large birds and mammals
(see the complete list of protected
and restored habitats in the Attach-
ments section).View entire presentation