Klabin’s Forestry Unit is not only responsible for the supply of raw material - wood - to all the company’s paper mills, but is also the largest supplier in Brazil of logs from planted forests to the plywood and sawmill industries. Its processes guarantee reliable, low cost products which are in tune with the Company’s Sustainability Policy.

Klabin owns almost 100% of its forests that are certified by the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) and was the first company in the Pulp and Paper sector in the Southern Hemisphere to win FSC certification, in 1998, for its forested

Environmental Certification

Its concern with environmental preservation, social responsibility and the need to adopt Sustainable Development concepts has brought the company recognition both publicly and from important organizations which are involved with environmental protection.

Klabin was the first company from the Pulp and Paper sector of the Americas to have its forests, in Parana, certified by the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council), testifying to the fact that the company is running its operations according to the highest standards of environmental conservation and socio-economic sustainability. This process was begun in 1996 and Forest Management certification was obtained in 1998.

In 1999, the company was awarded certification for the management of its medicinal plants. And in 2001, the full cycle was completed when it was awarded chain of custody certification for non-wood forest products, opening the door for the Company to opportunities to sell phytotherapic and phytocosmetic products with the FSC trademark.

The forests located in Santa Catarina were certified by the FSC in 2004. The Monte Alegre Unit in Telemaco Borba, Parana, which is the biggest paper mill in Brazil, in July of 2005 received the FSC Mixed seal, guaranteeing that at least 70% of the wood used in paper production is certified by the FSC, and that the rest is controlled wood, originating from fostered plantations.

These certifications have served to corroborate Klabin’s policy of decades, which is one of respect for the environment and in favor of sustainable, socio-economic development. Furthermore, they have reaffirmed the group’s international image as a promoter of the rational usage of natural resources.