Better Health for All

The company's core business of eucalyptus pulp production, involving large-scale plantations and aerial pesticide application, causes severe and widespread negative health impacts on local communities.

These operations have led to numerous instances of pesticide exposure, resulting in illnesses, injuries, and potential long-term health problems, with an average of 15 daily pesticide poisoning victims from 2010-2019 and an 86% increase in affected people in 2022. The company's practices contaminate food crops and water sources, hindering communities' ability to grow healthy food, and contribute to the deterioration of mental health due to stress and insecurity. The company has been accused of concealing these negative impacts and lacking transparency regarding pesticide application, while marketing itself as a 'green' company. Vulnerable populations, including quilombo and indigenous communities, are disproportionately affected by these operations.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

Fibria Celulose S.A. is a pulp and paper company, not a financial institution. Consequently, KPIs related to financial services, such as underserved client share, pricing fairness, exploitative fee exposure, inclusion initiatives, data accessibility, fair lending compliance, financial literacy initiatives, debt burden ratio, geographic inclusion, and product simplicity, are not applicable to its core business and are scored 0. The company made a social investment of R$11.7 million in partnership with BNDES in Mato Grosso do Sul

, and its rural land development program led to a 54% income increase for participating communities . However, these figures cannot be scored against the 'profit reinvestment' KPI due to the absence of pre-tax profit data, nor against the 'wealth building outcome' KPI as the income increase is not presented as a percentage of users achieving specific outcomes.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

No specific company data for FBR.US was provided across any of the Fair Pay & Worker Respect KPIs in the articles. The articles discuss general industry averages for CEO-to-median pay ratios (FTSE 350, S&P 500)

and gender pay gaps (OECD countries), as well as general information on pay equity audits and policies, but none of this information is specific to FBR.US.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

The company achieves 100% product traceability for wood supply through a Due Diligence System.

All supplier contracts include or refer to the company's Code of Conduct, which contains specific clauses rejecting slave labor and requiring compliance with labor and social security laws and human rights. In 2010, 66% of total spending was directed to local suppliers. Over 97% of sales in 2016 were to customers demanding FSC and/or PEFC certification. However, the company continues to face a serious problem of wood theft involving child labor and labor exploitation. Supplier approval audits based on social responsibility are conducted every two years.

Honest & Fair Business

No KPIs could be scored for Honest & Fair Business due to a lack of specific, quantifiable data points matching the rubric's thresholds. Evidence regarding regulatory fines referred to environmental compliance violations, which are not explicitly 'ethics-related' as per the value's definition. Transparency, ESG controversy, and complaint resolution KPIs lacked specific index scores or median resolution times. While an Ombudsman Channel and an Anti-Corruption Policy with zero tolerance were mentioned

, the articles did not provide sufficient detail on their implementation, effectiveness, or specific metrics (e.g., training frequency, uptake rates, investigation timeframes) to align with the rubric's tiers. Similarly, evidence for financial restatements referred to environmental data adjustments, not financial , and audit coverage focused on suppliers or sustainability reports rather than company assets or revenue . Board conflict information was a policy statement, not a percentage of current members . Third-party verification was noted for specific policies or reports , but not as an overall percentage of all ethical claims.

Kind to Animals

The company's public policy engagement includes lobbying to avoid paying environmental compensation

and repressing initiatives seeking rights for communities impacted by its eucalyptus plantations . These plantations are described as a major threat to the Atlantic Forest . This active lobbying against environmental protections aligns with supporting the weakening of existing protections. No specific evidence was found for cruelty-free certification, animal testing, humane certifications for animal operations, ethical input substitution, animal agriculture ethics, or animal-free R&D collaboration. While the company has conservation initiatives, such as restoring 37,000 hectares of degraded areas and monitoring 5% of the southern muriqui population , the quantitative thresholds for revenue percentage in the wildlife conservation impact KPI were not provided, leading to its omission.

No War, No Weapons

No data relevant to FBR.US or the 'No War, No Weapons' ethical value was found in the provided articles. All articles explicitly state that they focus on Suzano S.A.

or Suzano Fibria and do not contain information pertaining to FBR.US or the requested metrics.

Planet-Friendly Business

In 2024, the company's total Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions were 3,917,959.74 tCO₂e.

Suzano submitted emissions reduction targets to the SBTi, but validation is pending due to a temporary suspension of the FLAG methodology for the sector. Approximately 88.16% of the company's energy matrix is sourced from renewable fuels. In 2024, 82.2% of the product portfolio was covered by life cycle assessments. Suzano applies a Due Diligence System to 100% of its wood supply, with 100% traceability, and publishes a Zero Deforestation Annual Report since 2020, with third-party verification. The company reported 13 significant environmental compliance violations in 2024, resulting in R$10,408,130.20 in pending fines. It conducted 50 detailed environmental assessments for dams. Suzano adheres to TCFD recommendations and uses IPCC climate scenarios for physical risk analysis, considering 4 global scenarios and 22 climate models. 0% of water withdrawal is from water-stressed basins. 40% of Suzano's land, approximately 1.1 million hectares, is dedicated to conservation, with a target to connect 500,000 hectares of fragmented areas by 2030. , 80% of invited suppliers from critical categories participated voluntarily in the CDP Climate Change in the Value Chain Program. However, the company faces 262 possible/probable civil and environmental proceedings, including accusations of land-grabbing, pesticide misuse, water pollution, and lack of community consultation, indicating disproportionate burdens on vulnerable communities.

Safe & Smart Tech

No recent security news or data breaches are reported for Fibria Celulose S.A. based on continuous monitoring of its security posture.

No other specific data points are available for cybersecurity investment, privacy certifications, encryption, AI ethics, or other related metrics.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

The company has faced significant challenges in waste disposal compliance, with four incidents of non-compliance with environmental regulations in 2023

, and non-monetary sanctions and over R$10 million in pending fines in 2024. Despite these issues, the company has set ambitious waste reduction targets, aiming to reduce industrial solid waste sent to landfills by 70% by 2030 from a 2018 baseline , and a 91.5% reduction by 2025 with a long-term goal of zero landfill. Numerous transformative waste reduction initiatives are in place, including converting industrial inorganic waste into soil correctors (241,200 tonnes in 2024) , using primary sludge for seedling tubes (avoiding R$1.2 million in disposal costs for 74,000 tonnes of waste) , and generating energy from waste. Three plants (Jacareí, Limeira, Rio Verde) have achieved zero industrial waste to landfills. Circular design principles are embedded in operations, such as the Woodspin site producing recyclable textile fiber and industrial sites recirculating 80% of water. Hazardous waste management includes the separation and recovery of methanol waste for fuel and reverse logistics for batteries, pesticide packaging, and light bulbs as required by law.