Environmental Commitment

We have developed our business in a vertically integrated manner, incorporating multiple uses of the forest, always prioritizing the rational and sustainable use of natural resources.

One of the Grupo RB main commitments is caring for the environment, as we understand that business excellence depends on the responsible use of natural resources, as well as the manufacture of products that do not harm the environment.

We continuously seek to improve our products and processes, always aiming to eliminate or mitigate environmental impacts. We also develop initiatives with our employees and the community, seeking to raise awareness for sustainable development.

Environmental Management

  • Monitoring and technical evaluation of all processes in our business units, including control of atmospheric emissions, noise, effluent treatment and discharge, and compliance with legal requirements;
  • Waste management, through best management practices in balance with the National Solid Waste Policy;
  • Environmental Education Program for employees and the local community;
  • Energy source, through the prioritized consumption of renewable fuels with effective control over atmospheric emissions.

RPPN FERLAG Resinas Brasil

Private Natural Heritage Reserves (RPPNs) are protected areas under Federal Law 9.985/2000, as defined by the National System of Conservation Units (SNUC). They are privately owned, have a perpetual character, and their main objective is the conservation of biological diversity.

A Private Natural Heritage Reserve (RPPN) is created with the objective of protecting the fauna, flora, and natural aspects existing within it, promoting the protection of the biodiversity of Brazilian biomes and all associated ecosystem services.

Consolidating our commitment to sustainability, on June 3, 2022, through Ordinance No. 464 issued by the Chico Mendes Institute linked to the Ministry of the Environment, we formalized the creation of our first Private Natural Heritage Reserve, named RPPN FERLAG Resinas Brasil, located in the municipality of Nova Campina (SP), with a total area of 90 (ninety hectares).

In addition to the unique fauna and flora of the region, our Private Natural Heritage Reserve (RPPN) is part of the famous Nova Campina Canyons, one of the rarest geomorphological sites in the country, classified as the eighth largest canyon in the world in terms of length.

The rock formations are the same as those found in Vila Velha, near Ponta Grossa (PR). They stretch for 260km with amplitudes reaching 200m, and are approximately 5km wide. There you will find rivers, waterfalls, rapids, hills, pinnacles, ruin-like reliefs, grottoes and small caves in sandstone that contain archaeological remains, an important natural historical heritage of the region.

Do you know what a planted forest is?

These are areas reforested through the planting of seedlings, cultivated according to a sustainable management plan. This practice recovers previously degraded spaces, reduces environmental impacts, and promotes the economic and social development of communities surrounding the plantations and factories.

Conservation

Planted trees are a renewable, recyclable, and environmentally and human-friendly raw material. Brazil has 9 million hectares planted with eucalyptus, pine, and other species for the production of wood panels, laminate flooring, pulp, paper, energy production, and biomass. Planted trees are responsible for 91% of all wood produced for industrial purposes in the country – the remaining 9% comes from legally managed natural forests.

Furthermore, to avoid pressure and degradation of natural ecosystems, energy forests contribute to the supply of forest biomass, firewood, and charcoal of plant origin.

In addition to their productive functions, tree plantations play an important role in providing environmental services: they prevent the deforestation of natural habitats, thus protecting biodiversity; they preserve the soil and river springs; they restore degraded areas; they are sources of renewable energy and contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions because they are natural carbon sinks.

Source: iba.org

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