It has been a long time since environment concern ceased to be exclusive to environmentalists. Nowadays, environmental preservation is the same as to preserve the LIFE of our planet.
Grupo Petrópolis is aware of its responsibility to environment and understands that each one should play their role, therefore, it has taken the Environmental Commitment, that includes the whole cycle of business relationship, manufacturing processes and social development.
To preserve environment as a way to work against global warming and defend life.
Environmental Policy
- Continuous improvement in environmental performance;
- Prevention of pollution;
- Compliance with current legislation;
- Integration of communication with community and society.
Grupo Petrópolis' volunteering activities, together with communities, aim at environmental preservation. The goal of the project is to plant more than 1 million of native trees from the Atlantic Forest, spread in the cities of Boituva, Petrópolis, Teresópolis and Rondonópolis. This work is planned to invest R$ 10 million
Goals
- To Preserve Flora and to Reforest;
- To Preserve Water Resources;
- To Reduce Negative Impacts of Wastes in Communities;
- To Promote Environmental Education and Integration.
Benefits
- Capture of more than 85 thousand tons of CO2 from atmosphere;
- Retention of 36 billion liters of water per year;
- Restoration and Enrichment of more than 20 million square meters of Atlantic Forest areas.
Planting of 1.1
million trees:
- 40 thousand in Boituva
- 473 thousand in Petrópolis
- 507 thousand in Teresópolis
- 100 thousand in Rondonópolis
Management and control system with the following objectives: to prevent, to correct, to compensate and to monitor environment-related activities. This system consists of:
WATER RESOURCES
ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS
SOLID WASTES
ELECTRIC ENERGY
WATER RESOURCES
It works with water consumption management with the objective of reducing consumption in three different stages of the productive process. Each stage consists of specific activities:
Water Capture
- Water capture that respects the capacity of water sources and permissions of environmental agencies (Water Sustainability)
- Conduction of directed researches and studies
- Control equipment installation
- Water contamination prevention
Product Manufacturing
- Development of Water Preserve Program
- Trainings for collaborators on water consumption
- Purchase of equipment with consumption-reduction technology
Liquid Effluent Release
- Effluent treatment with high-efficient and high-tech equipment (up to 98% of organic matter removal)
- Trainings for collaborators on proper disposal
- Daily laboratorial analysis on the quality of treated effluent and receiving water body
