In partnership with Conservação Internacional we work to provide the conservation of biodiversity in the entire Centro de Endemismo de Belém, via engagement with stakeholders and support to implementation of public policies that bring positive impacts beyond our borders.

Our forest reserves, comprising around 60% of our land space, are also monitored, protected and perform an important role in the maintenance of CEB biodiversity. Our objectives are ongoing: between 2022 and 2025 we shall expand the monitoring together with the CI to our partnered producers, with the goal of reaching 24 new areas by the end of the period. In 2028 we will be concluding the restoration of 500 hectares of riparian forest on our farms.

Our forest protection and restoration activities are expanding beyond the Amazon. In the area near our factory in Limeira/SP, we have restored 2.5 hectares of Atlantic Rainforest.

Since 2002, we have undertaken a strict no-deforestation policy; we no longer convert forests into palm plantations and we focused our efforts in modernization initiatives of our plantations and agricultural practices for soil efficiency, such as periodic analysis and fertilizer management, monitoring of emissions due to changes in soil use and non-development of plantations in organic turf soils or unsuitable soils for palm cultivation.

Another relevant company objective is Zero Carbon, one of the main challenges of companies and governments for fulfillment of goals established in the Paris Agreement.

Recently, in partnership with Biofílica Ambipar Environment, we kickstarted Projeto REDD+ Agropalma, an incentive program developed by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), a project that will enable the start of carbon credit sales by Agropalma.

In addition to neutrality of emissions, we want to contribute so that other companies may also do their part in fighting climate change.

Currently, Agropalma reuses water in a two-phase process in the industries. Residual water, originated from clarification and drying, is reused in the pressing phase, thus decreasing the need for more water collection. While the effluent is pumped to a treatment lagoon, where it undergoes anaerobic decomposition and, after going through the entire process, is used as a fertilizer in our plantations.

The application of our liquid fertilizer is done through a biomass-generated electric-powered pumping system. This way, in addition to harnessing all nutrients and effluent water, an energetic gain is obtained, since we already reduced the need for chemical fertilizer.

Consequently, the energy spent in production and transport of this fertilizer is also reduced.

Agropalma School

In the same line of social development, Escola Agropalma is also noteworthy. Offered to the children of all company employees, its priority is ensuring a high-quality basic education and, moreover, providing access to university education.

In addition, the school also provides youth and adult education (EJA) in the night shift, contributing to the improvement in the skills of our collaborators and their dependents in literacy and basic mathematics.

Partnered farmers

In 2002, we pioneered our family farming program that today counts with 272 family farmers and 60 integrated producers. These partner producers are our most important suppliers, taking up around 26% of the fruits processed in our factories.

We strive to provide family farmers the best planting materials and agricultural input, as well as providing counseling on sustainability practices and legal requirements, all of these certified by RSPO.

Over the last 15 years, this project increased their remuneration in 685% and demonstrated that it is possible to combine income generation and environmental preservation.