Local development and impacts on communities

Project/program 

Description 

Social benefit generated 

KPI 

Public Management Support Program (Multi-Year Plans) 

This initiative stimulates regional socioeconomic development and supports the upgrading of skills and training of municipal public managers, using planning as a management tool for the efficient application of public resources. This work helps reduce the demand for welfare and non-systemic services presented to Klabin. 

The Public Management Support Program is offered to 14 high-priority municipalities, providing training and consulting services to improve planning and the use of public resources, such as taxes paid by the Company. 

In 2024, municipalities aligned their management action plans with Multi-Year Plans, monitored with the support of specialized consulting services provided by Klabin. They also assessed the effectiveness of implemented actions. 

In 2024, this work involved 177 secretariats and 927 government employees (56% appointed officials and 44% career civil servants). In all, 1,198 measures were planned and monitored. 

In terms of implementation effectiveness, 32% of the actions had been completed and 60% were in progress in November 2024. In other words, 92% of the actions planned by the municipalities had been launched. 

Reduction in welfare and non-systemic demands. 

Social Progress Index 

The Social Progress Index is a tool that assesses the socioeconomic conditions of regions impacted by Klabin’s industrial and forestry operations and expansion projects. It enables the Company to identify, measure and monitor positive and negative impacts, as well as strategically allocate resources to social, economic and environmental programs and projects. 

The Social Progress Index allows for improved regional organization and the planned application of resources by public authorities in the short, medium and long term, in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 

In 2024, the initiative’s website underwent a redesign that gave rise to the 2030 Regional Portal, which presents the Social Progress Index scores for 12 municipalities in Paraná, 15 in Santa Catarina, and Goiana in Pernambuco, unifying the indicators in a single place. The data was updated through 2024. https://www.territorio2030.app.br/home 

Possibility of measuring the results of Klabin’s social projects in the regions where it operates and verifying the positive impacts on the evolution of Social Progress Index indicators. Guidelines for social and environmental investments, as well as for enhancing Klabin’s image among the community and investors. 

“Klabin Transforma Matas Sociais” (“Klabin Community Forests Program”) – Planning Sustainable Properties 

This program puts into practice the objective of the Company’s Sustainability Policy: to support the development of communities where the Company operates. Underway since 2015, in partnership with environmental NGO Apremavi and the Brazilian Micro and Small Enterprise Support Service (SEBRAE), it supports rural producers in improving their properties and production. 

Conducted in 11 municipalities in Paraná and five in Santa Catarina, the Klabin Community Forests Program assists small and medium-sized rural producers in various areas, such as bringing their properties into compliance with environmental legislation, supporting food marketing, training, property diversification, and encouraging the development of associations and cooperatives. 

In 2024, the program carried out a survey of 310 participating rural producers, which had the following results: 

- 93% of respondents rate the program positively; 

- 86% of farmers recognize the program’s environmental benefits: 

1. 67% have increased their food production; 

2. 58% have cut their use of pesticides; 

3. 57% have expanded their income; 

4. 46% have expanded their sales networks. 

Income generation and improved quality of life. 

Solid Waste Program 

Klabin’s Solid Waste Program, developed with the Caminhos do Tibagi Intermunicipal Consortium since 2012, promotes and supports selective waste collection in seven municipalities in the Campos Gerais region of Paraná: Imbaú, Ortigueira, Reserva, Rio Branco do Ivaí, Telêmaco Borba, Tibagi and Sapopema. It is supported by Ambipar Environment, a consulting firm specializing in structuring cooperatives and coordinating partnerships between these groups, public authorities and society. 

The Solid Waste Program focuses on selective collection, social inclusion of members of recycling cooperatives, and community engagement to encourage environmentally responsible waste disposal. 

Since its implementation, the program has contributed to an increase of approximately 86% in the income of recycling agents. Klabin has also donated materials such as reusable bags for municipal selective waste collection. 

In 2024, the Acamarango cooperative in Reserva and ReciclaTB in Telêmaco Borba became social franchises and now provide models for management, productivity, institutional compliance, reduction of improper waste disposal, and supply to the recycling market. 

Support for municipalities in complying with the National Solid Waste Policy. 

Facilitation of selective waste collection in municipalities where Klabin operates. 

Increase in income of waste pickers and their transformation into social entrepreneurs. 

“Klabin Transforma Semeando Educação” (“Sowing the Seeds of Education Program”) 

This program seeks to improve public education by training municipal schools’ administrators, as well as Portuguese and mathematics teachers. 

Since its inception in 2017, the program has benefited 146 schools and impacted more than 1,200 teaching professionals. The initiative is carried out in 20 municipalities where Klabin operates in Paraná, Santa Catarina, São Paulo and Pernambuco. 

In 2024, the program involved 253 schools, benefiting more than 1,200 teachers and 370 administrators. 

In 2024, 11 of the 12 municipalities where the program is underway in Paraná recorded an increase in their Basic Education Development Index (IDEB) score. There were improvements in the municipalities of Congonhinhas, Curiúva, Doutor Ulysses, Imbaú, Ortigueira, Reserva, Rio Negro, Sapopema, Telêmaco Borba, Tibagi and Ventania. The municipality of Rio Branco do Ivaí maintained its average score compared to the previous survey, conducted in 2021. 

In Santa Catarina, two municipalities served by the program, Otacílio Costa and Palmeira, improved their indicators.  

In 2024, teacher training for the Natural Sciences module began in the municipalities of Telêmaco Borba, Imbaú and Ortigueira. 

Improvement in the quality of education, as measured by the Brazilian government’s Basic Education Development Index (IDEB), in the municipalities where Klabin operates. 

Training of skilled labor. 

Objectives 

2024 goal 

Analysis of 2024 result 

Monitor the indicator regarding acceptance of Klabin in communities. 

Maintain Klabin’s acceptance rating at 80% in the municipalities where it operates, based on a set of indicators that measure perceived impacts, economic development, environmental conservation, employment, social commitment, business promotion and image. 

The following municipalities are covered:  

Paraná: Telêmaco Borba, Imbaú, Ortigueira, Tibagi, Reserva, Curiúva, Rio Branco do Ivaí, Ventania, Sapopema, Congonhinhas, Cândido de Abreu, São Jerônimo da Serra, Paranaguá and Rio Negro; 

Santa Catarina: Correia Pinto, Lages, Otacílio Costa, Palmeira, Ponte Alta, Santa Cecília, Ponte Alta do Norte, São Cristóvão do Sul and Capão Alto;  

São Paulo: Itapetininga, Angatuba, São Miguel Arcanjo and Campina do Monte Alegre;  

Pernambuco: Goiana. 

The community acceptance indicator averaged 83.60% in the municipalities where Klabin operates. 

This result exceeded the goal in all locations, taking us closer to Klabin’s Sustainable Development Goal.