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Bracell, a global leading player of high quality rayon-grade and specialty-grade cellulose from plantation wood, has released its 2017 Sustainability Report. The report highlights several achievements in the company’s sustainability journey, including its continued investment in communities surrounding its area of operations in Bahia, Brazil.
A significant milestone for the company was the release of its Sustainability Policy, anchored in the following seven pillars:
Remarking how sustainability is a journey with everyone, Bracell Managing Director Marcelo Moreira Leite said, “We need to ensure that our products and service suppliers understand the importance of their role in the sustainability of our business and how they should comply with our policy.”
Bracell upskills people from surrounding communities such as these women who now work as seamstresses in a local garment factory.
The report also includes the following achievements:
Bracell’s operations include managing 150,000 hectares of freehold timberland and production facilities. It has an annual capacity of 485,000 metric tons of dissolving wood pulp, providing the raw materials and key ingredients for a wide spectrum of products including sunglasses frames, soft ice-cream, sausage casings, cosmetics, detergents, pharmaceuticals, and tyre cords.
You can read Bracell’s sustainability report here.