Tietê Agroindustrial's Environmental and Social Commitment

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Combatting Child and Forced Labor

Not using child or slave labor.

Wetland Areas

Not converting native vegetation areas into sugarcane fields.

Burning Process

Not using burning processes for establishing new sugarcane crops.

Native Areas

Do not convert native vegetation areas into sugar cane fields.

Environmental Management

Implement environmental management in swampy areas where sugarcane cultivation already exists.

Carbon Stock

Do not carry out activities in areas with High Carbon Stock (HCS), such as tropical forests.

Biodiversity

Not to impact, with its agricultural and/or industrial activities, areas of high or rare biodiversity and/or springs

Rights and Consents

Respect land ownership rights, including the free, prior, and informed consent of indigenous and local communities.

Use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Do not apply herbicides without proper use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as established by the applicable standards.

Conservation of HCVs (High Conservation Values)

Do not undertake activities in High Conservation Value (HCV) areas in a manner that would cause irreversible loss of one or more of the six HCVs.

According to the HCV Network website (https://www.hcvnetwork.org/hcv-approach), an HCV is a value of exceptional or critical biological, ecological, social, or cultural significance. The six categories of HCVs are:

HCV 1: Species Diversity

Concentrations of biological diversity, including endemic and rare species, threatened or endangered species that are globally, regionally, or nationally significant.

HCV 2: Landscape Level Ecosystems, Ecosystem Mosaics, and IFL

Large landscape-level ecosystems, ecosystem mosaics, and Intact Forest Landscapes (IFLs) that are globally, regionally, or nationally significant and contain viable populations of the vast majority of species occurring naturally in natural patterns of distribution and abundance.

HCV 3: Ecosystems and Habitats

Rare, threatened, or endangered ecosystems, habitats, or refuges.

HCV 4: Ecosystem Services

Critical ecosystem services, including protecting water catchments and controlling erosion of vulnerable soils and slopes.

HCV 5: Community Needs

Sites and resources fundamental to meeting the basic needs of local communities or indigenous peoples (for livelihoods, health, nutrition, water, etc.), identified through engagement with these communities or indigenous peoples.

HCV 6: Cultural Values

Sites, resources, habitats, and landscapes of global or national cultural, archaeological, or historical importance and/or of critical cultural, ecological, economic, or religious/sacred importance to the traditional cultures of local communities or indigenous peoples, identified through engagement with these communities or indigenous peoples.

Protected Areas

Do not initiate new ventures in protected areas, such as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Ramsar Wetlands on the List, Alliance for Zero Extinction Sites, IUCN Categories I-IV areas, peatlands (peat cover).

Human Resources

Adopt and promote a human resources policy that encompasses all workers (including issues such as the prohibition of human trafficking, minimum wage payment, health and safety, maximum working hours, complaint mechanism, and the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining).

Biological Controls

Preferentially implement pest and disease management using non-chemical methods, such as biological control, allowing vegetation to develop naturally. Tietê aims to minimize the use of chemical products, including pesticides and chemical fertilizers. The use of chemical products is guided by a management plan that implements appropriate POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants) in the handling and use of hazardous chemicals for the safety of workers and the environment. Tietê does not use chemicals classified as WHO Class 1A and 1B or listed in the Stockholm or Rotterdam Conventions.