Recognizing the potential impact of its industrial and forestry operations on natural habitats, Suzano implements a risk assessment and determines measures based on the Mitigation Hierarchy Theory. These measures aim to prevent, mitigate, adapt, restore, and compensate for negative impacts and increase the positive impacts inherent to its operational activities.

The company has environmental licenses for all its units, which determine the mitigation measures needed to minimize the environmental impacts of its operations. These measures result in a set of controls and monitoring that guarantee compliance with the quality parameters for treated effluent, atmospheric emissions, noise levels, soil protection, water quality and biodiversity of water bodies, fauna and flora, where applicable, in the regions where the plants and forestry areas are located.

The industrial units' operating routines follow the precepts of continuous improvement based on the PDCA cycle and ISO 14001, which allows for the qualification of environmental risks and thus the establishment of process control measures.

To ensure the responsible origin and traceability of the wood, as established by Suzano's Wood Procurement Policy, all the forest areas where the company operates are previously evaluated to verify compliance [the absence of deforestation, proximity to High Conservation Value Areas (HCVAs), Conservation Units (CUs), indigenous or quilombola areas, impact on water resources] before acquisition or contracting.

To guarantee the management and control of impacts in its AIA Matrix, Suzano determines control measures, which are shared internally with the operational areas through training for company and contracted employees, intending to promote continuous learning about the importance of environmental care in daily activities. Here are some examples of the measures adopted by Suzano in the routine of its operational activities:

• Microplanning forestry operations (before forestry, harvesting and logistics activities), containing environmental recommendations aimed at preventing and mitigating impacts;
• Pre- and post-operation socio-environmental monitoring (before and after forestry, harvesting and logistics operations), to verify the effectiveness of the socio-environmental recommendations suggested in the micro-planning stage;
• Minimum tillage: minimal interventions for planting, which promote minimal soil disturbance and guarantee the maintenance of organic matter;
• Fauna and flora monitoring to assess the impact of forestry operations on biodiversity, as well as the responses of populations and ecosystems to conservation practices;
• Periodic rounds with a team specialized in identifying socio-environmental occurrences and intensified patrols carried out by property surveillance, to prevent and deal with occurrences that have an impact on biodiversity;
• Installation of identification and orientation signs at all the company's operating units, to prevent and mitigate the impacts caused by illegal practices;
• Trained firefighting brigades and monitoring equipment to mitigate the impacts of fires;
• Firebreak maintenance as an essential practice in fire prevention and containment;
• Water abstraction at legally authorized points, respecting the limits established for catchment and shared use with adjacent communities;
• Ecological restoration is used to form corridors connecting remnants of native vegetation and to form networks of ecologically representative conservation areas to restore adverse impacts.

In addition to these measures adopted in its operational routine, Suzano has a long-term commitment that goes beyond its gates and focuses on the territory where biodiversity is most threatened, as defined by the Ministry of the Environment (MMA). The company is committed to connecting half a million hectares - the equivalent of four times the size of Rio de Janeiro - of native vegetation fragments utilizing ecological corridors in the Amazon, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest biomes by 2030.

The creation of these corridors connects isolated areas, enabling animal movement, increasing vegetation cover, and consequently, conserving biodiversity. For more information on the progress of the commitment, click here.