Pioneer in the adoption of Sustainable Development concepts in the country, Klabin demonstrates its commitment to conserving natural resources in all its activities, by practicing the principles of its Sustainability Policy on a daily basis.

Klabin’s contribution to environmental preservation is clearly visible in the forestry sector, thanks to the perception and conservationist vision of its first directors. Based on its research mainly in the areas of genetics and silviculture, in the field and in soil management, every year the company successfully introduces new forests which are highly productive and environmentally healthy.

Klabin’s production depends on wood from forests planted with eucalyptus, the plantations of which are intermingled with extensive areas of preserved native woodlands in a stewardship system known as a mosaic landscape. Klabin has 212 thousand hectares of planted forests and 192 thousand hectares of preserved native woodlands, meaning that for every 100 hectares planted, the company preserves another 80 hectares of natural forest, contributing to the abundant biodiversity found in these areas.

Klabin’s forests have been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), for over ten years, attesting to the fact that they are managed in a socially just, environmentally proper and economically viable way. This green trademark makes Klabin more competitive in national and international markets – increasingly more demanding about the origin of the wood they consume.

Thanks to its forest stewardship, Klabin was the first Brazilian company to receive recognition from the international organization Rainforest Alliance as a “Trendsetter in Sustainable Development”.

The FSC already certified Klabin’s non-wood forest products in 1999. In 2001, it certified the company’s chain of custody for phytotherapy and phytocosmetic products.

The fauna in Klabin’s forests in Parana has been the object of research since the decade of the eighties. Until today, 660 species of mammals, birds, amphibians, insects, reptiles, crustaceans and fish have been identified, representing about 40% of the fauna catalogued in the state of Parana. 15 of this total are on the list of animals considered to be endangered by IBAMA; birds such as the tiger heron (Tigrisoma fasciatum fasciatum), blue ground dove (Claravis godefrida), vinaceous parrot (Amazona Vinacea) and mammals such as the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus), ocelot (Felis pardalis), small wild cat (Leopardus tigrinus), margay (Leopardus wiedii), puma (Puma concolor), and brocket deer (Mazama nana).

In the forests of Santa Catarina, among the 304 species of animal already identified, five species of rare birds were found: vinaceous parrot(Amazona Vinacea), king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa), ultramarine grosbeak (Cyanoloxia brissonii), red-billed scythebill (Campylorhamphus trochilirostris) and the sabiá-uma (Platycichla flavipes Turdus) and two mammals (ocelot (Felis pardalis), and small wild cat(Leopardus tigrinus). In the fauna of Santa Catarina, five of these species are considered by IBAMA to be endangered, like the vinaceous parrot, the ocelot and the small wild cat.

Klabin’s Phytotherapy Program was established in 1984, combining environmental preservation with social responsibility. Around 30 medicines used to treat the health of employees and the community of Telemaco Borba, Parana, were developed by its researchers with due authorization from Anvisa (National Association of Sanitary Inspection).

Also produced in the laboratory of Phytotherapy Products are 31 products of the Phitosfera Line – Health & Beauty and 12 products of the Laboral Line, all of them produced from medicinal plants, the majority of which come from the native woodlands of Monte Alegre Farm.

To expand the forest base, which is vital to sustain its activities, Klabin interacts with small and medium-sized farmers in the Forestry Incentive Programs. As well as being economically viable, these incentives have managed to generate more widely spread and shared wealth, settling people in the countryside, distributing the benefits from production and preserving nature.

The company set up the Legal Woods Program in partnership with the NGO Apremavi (Association for the Preservation of the Environment and Life) in the States of Santa Catarina and Parana, in order to encourage rural properties to plan their production, comply with environmental legislation and recuperate and conserve Areas of Permanent Preservation and Legal Reserves.

• In December 2010, Klabin owned 212 thousand hectares of planted forests and 192 thousand hectares of preserved native woodlands (one hectare is the equivalent of a soccer field).


• The studies of biodiversity conducted in these areas have already recorded 964 species of animals in the company’s forest areas, including 15 species considered endangered by IBAMA.


• Klabin was the first Brazilian company to be recognized by the Rainforest Alliance as the “Trendsetter in Sustainable Development” for its forest management.