Fibria negotiates sale of Piracicaba Unit to Oji Paper

Fibria has signed an exclusivity agreement with Oji Paper Co.Ltd., valid to September 29^th, for negotiating the sale of the Piracicaba Unit (São Paulo state), for an estimated price of around US$ 313 million. The agreement was announced on August 11^th.

Gathering of stakeholders in Vitória

Fibria held a Stakeholder Dialogue gathering in Vitória (Espírito Santo state), on August 11^th and 12^th, which was attended by 245 representatives of local communities, NGOs, academic institutions and other company stakeholders. The aim of the event was to build transparent dialogue and sustainable relations in the regions where the company operates. The topics of the debate were climate change, forest certification, small-scale farming, forest partnerships and local development. The guests also attended the theatrical show "O Auto de São Benedito", put on by 60 people from the Helvécia community, in Nova Viçosa (Bahia state), with support from Fibria.

Jacareí gets an air monitoring station

On August 10^th, Fibria presented to Jacareí (São Paulo state) that municipality's first automatic air-quality monitoring station, which will assist the planning of pollution control. The station will be operated in partnership with CETESB (São Paulo State Company for Environmental Technology), INPE (National Institute for Space Research) and ETEC (Jacareí School of Agriculture).

The Forests Dialogue report available on the internet

A summary is available on the internet of the TFD forum held in June in Washington DC (USA). The Forests Dialogue (TFD) is an organization devoted to dialogue and promoting collaborate solutions in the forest sphere. The theme of the gathering was the relationship between the 4Fs: forests, food, fuel and fibers. Fibria was represented at the event by the general manager for Sustainability and Corporate Relations, Carlos Alberto Roxo, who is a co-leader of the TFD Steering Committee. Click here to access the document.

Former Fibria CEO gains recognition

In August, Fibria's former CEO, Carlos Aguiar, was presented in São Paulo (São Paulo state) with the Latin-American CEO of the Year award, by RISI, the international agency well-known for providing information on the forest products industry. Aguiar will join Fibria's Board of Directors in 2012.

Fibria receives QualiAR award

On August 4^th, the company received the QualiAR 2011, an award presented by the Espírito Santo State Federation of Transport Companies (FETRANSPORTES) to companies that show outstanding fleet performance when it comes to curbing pollution under the Transport Environmental Program - DESPOLUIR. Every item of equipment used in the forestry operations of the Posto da Mata Forestry Office (Bahia state) earned certification approval for the period July 2010 to June 2011.

Did you know...

...that Fibria is responsible for one of the leading programs for the restoration of Brazil's Atlantic Forest?
The goal is to restore more than 4,000 hectares of forest in this year alone and, by the end of 2023, to have planted a total of roughly 28,000 hectares on company lands. Our partners in the project are the University of São Paulo's Ecology and Forest Restoration Laboratory (LERF/ESALQ/USP), the Atlantic Forest Restoration Pact (PRMA) and the BioAtlantic Institute (IBio).