Sustainability Report 2025 Veracel Celulose
Sustainability
Report
2025
We are Veracel Celulose
Responsible by Nature
In 2025, we continued advancing along a path connected to our territory and guided by a long-term vision, where sustainability, performance, and competitiveness go hand in hand. This report brings together the main achievements, learnings, and commitments that support our operations, connecting forests, industry, logistics, technology, people, and nature in an integrated strategy for generating social, environmental, and economic value.
Throughout this page, with links to the full report, we present initiatives, indicators, and results that reflect our commitment to valuing life and nature, engaging with communities, driving operational innovation, fostering territorial development, and building relationships based on respect, trust, and responsibility.
Who We Are
Today
34
years of operations in Southern and Far Southern Bahia
11
municipalities within our direct area of influence
201
thousand hectares under our management
+ R$
7
million
invested in social initiatives, benefiting nearly 1,700 families
1.070
employees and
2.215
employees from partner companies
21
million tons of pulp produced since the beginning of industrial operations
+100
thousand hectares of preserved Atlantic Forest
+ R$
409
million spent with local suppliers in 2025
10
years of
exclusive maritime transportation of pulp (avoiding more than 103 thousand tons of CO₂e during the period)
the Veracel
Way of Acting
The Veracel Way of Acting reflects how we connect strategy, governance, ethics, and socio-environmental responsibility to our operations and relationships throughout the territory. Integrity, human rights, transparency, innovation, and dialogue guide our actions and strengthen the continuous evolution of our practices.
Good Conduct Week with open lectures and online broadcasts, reinforcing the Code of Conduct and addressing topics such as AI, data privacy, and harassment.
First Industrial Environmental Management Seminar open to the community, in partnership with IFBA.
Lilac Seal awarded by the Government of Bahia in recognition of initiatives focused on gender equity.
Participation in sectoral human rights working groups and the implementation of a Human Rights due diligence process with international consulting support.
SustainabilityJourney
For 34 years, we have built a trajectory that connects production, environmental conservation, and regional development in Southern and Far Southern Bahia.
Code ofConduct
Our Code of Conduct guides the company’s relationships and decisions, strengthening a culture of ethics, integrity, and respect.
HumanRights
In 2025, we advanced our human rights agenda through an independent assessment that heard more than 250 people from Veracel’s value chain.
People Who
inspire
People are at the center of everything we do. Safety, development, diversity, well-being, and valuing people are part of Veracel’s commitment to those who build our journey in the territory every day.
GREAT PLACE TO WORK (GPTW)
Recognition in several rankings, including lists focused on diversity and workplace excellence in Bahia and the industrial sector.
• GPTW Diversity
• GPTW Best Companies to Work for in Bahia
• GPTW Industry
• GPTW Agribusiness
LILAC SEAL – GOVERNMENT OF BAHIA
Recognition for promoting gender equity and adopting practices aimed at creating safer workplaces for women.
BUSINESS COALITION FOR RACIAL AND GENDER EQUITY
Featured in the Corporate Best Practices Guide, which brings together leading companies promoting racial and gender equity in the workplace.
NATIONAL QUALITY OF LIFE AWARD (PNQV® 2025)
Recognition for initiatives focused on health promotion, quality of life, and well-being at work.
Our People
Diversity, development, well-being, and valuing people are part of the initiatives that strengthen Veracel’s culture and employee experience.
Safe Work
In 2025, prevention, awareness, and risk management actions reinforced Veracel’s commitment to safer workplaces for employees and business partners.
Territory
in Motion
Our operations are closely connected to territorial development and to the relationships we build with communities, institutions, local producers, and partners. Dialogue, regional development, productive inclusion, and strengthening local value chains are part of Veracel’s commitment to creating a positive impact in Southern and Far Southern Bahia.
More than 20 years of artisanal fishing monitoring along Southern Bahia’s coastline.
5,400 school kits distributed through the Education is Life Program in 34 Indigenous villages, benefiting more than 1,400 families.
Approximately R$ 7 million invested annually in family farming, benefiting 1,697 families across 34 communities.
6 family farming associations participating in regional gastronomic events supported by Veracel.
More than R$ 1.3 million invested through incentive laws in cultural projects for children and youth, including Ecoar Bahia and Lyra Popular de Belmonte.
Porto Seguro Bird Festival and the use of Estação Veracel as a destination for nature tourism, science, and environmental education.
Coastal Communities and Artisanal Fishing
1st Veracel Women in Fishing Award
The first edition of the award recognized and celebrated women involved in artisanal fishing, strengthening female leadership in coastal communities across the region.
Sea Turtle Monitoring and Rehabilitation
Monitoring and rehabilitation actions for sea turtles contribute to the conservation of coastal biodiversity along Southern Bahia’s coastline.
Humpback Whale Monitoring
Humpback whale monitoring contributes to knowledge generation and marine wildlife conservation along the Bahia coast.
Indigenous Peoples:
Respect and Ongoing Dialogue
Continuous dialogue, active listening, and the strengthening of territorial relationships guide Veracel’s engagement with Indigenous peoples in the region.
Family Farming and
Local Economy
We support initiatives aimed at strengthening family farming, generating income, and developing local value chains, contributing to sustainable regional development.
Life and
Nature
Producing and preserving are not opposing paths, but parts of the same strategy. Biodiversity protection, environmental restoration, responsible natural resource management, and efforts to address climate change guide our actions and strengthen our commitment to life and nature.
100
thousand hectares dedicated to environmental conservation
+
300
KG
of plastic waste removed from beaches
2,436
participants in environmental education initiatives
1,198,255.63
tons of CO₂ removed from the atmosphere
6,069
ha
of the Estação Veracel Private Natural Heritage Reserve (RPPN): the largest Atlantic Forest RPPN in Northeastern Brazil, recognized as a KBA (Key Biodiversity Area) and IBA (Important Bird and Biodiversity Area)
Native Forest
Restoration
In 2025, the Muçununga Project strengthened initiatives focused on environmental restoration, landscape regeneration, and Atlantic Forest conservation.
Doing More with
Less Water
Efficient water management remains a priority at Veracel, with initiatives focused on reducing consumption, increasing reuse, and continuously improving water efficiency across operations.
Climate at the Center
of Environmental Strategy
Environmental conservation, landscape restoration, and emissions management are part of Veracel’s actions to address climate change challenges.
Waste, Co-products, and Circular Economy
Our waste management approach is guided by circularity, prioritizing reducing, reusing, recycling, and properly disposing of materials that cannot be reintegrated into productive cycles.
Aberje Award 2025
Veracel Celulose was the winner of the 2025 Aberje Award – North and Northeast Region, in the “Special Publication” category, with the project “Veracel Celulose – How We Connect Indicators with Purpose.” This recognition reinforces the company’s commitment to transparent, integrated communication focused on generating sustainable value for its stakeholders.REPORTS IN ENGLISH FOR DOWNLOAD
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