Consolidated results of income-generation programs
Suzano plays a strategic and fundamental role in promoting human rights, integrating respect for human dignity and cultural guidelines into all its operations and initiatives. With a consolidated presence in more than 224 municipalities in 9 Brazilian states, we seek to boost economic development and promote a profound and sustainable social transformation that values people, communities, and local organizations, contributing to a regenerative economy.
Our strategic approach to social impact is based on creating strong partnerships and collaborative networks that respect the particularities of each territory. These alliances are carefully structured to stimulate long-term territorial development, leveraging the territories' main socio-environmental, economic, and cultural indicators. We invest in innovative and scalable solutions designed to contribute to:
- Strengthening and improving relationships with communities and neighbors;
- Poverty alleviation;
- Improving the quality of education;
- Developing and implementing best environmental practices;
- Enhancing institutional relationships;
- Promoting corporate volunteering and global citizenship.
Learn about our approach to investment in “Private Social Investment Management."
Suzano's strategic social investments aim to benefit the regions it operates in by increasing shared value and fostering social inclusion. The company prioritizes respect for human rights, ensuring transparency, accountability, and a strong commitment to collective well-being in all its actions and programs. Ongoing dialogue with stakeholders is crucial to ensure initiatives address the actual needs of communities, while honoring their autonomy and local cultures.
Suzano’s programs demonstrate a focus on holistic human development and sustainability for communities and organizations, tackling key issues like boosting the local economy, supporting traditionally vulnerable groups, and fostering more equitable living standards.
Within this framework, our initiatives for social impact centered on income generation are connected to the program sectors of inclusive recycling, sustainable extraction activities, entrepreneurship, local supply networks, employment access, and Suzano’s value chain. For more information, visit “Reducing poverty”.
The table below provides a summary of the following data:
- Consolidated results of income-generating programs/projects.
Consolidated results of income generation programs/projects¹ ²
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022⁶ | 2023⁶ | 2024⁶ | 2025⁶ | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participants³ | Number of people benefited⁴ | Total revenue generated⁵ | Number of participants³ | Number of people benefited⁴ | Total revenue generated⁵ | Number of participants³ | Number of people benefited⁴ | Total revenue generated⁵ | Number of participants³ | Number of people benefited⁴ | Total revenue generated⁵ | Number of participants³ | Number of people benefited⁴ | Total revenue generated⁵ | Number of participants³ | Number of people benefited⁴ | Total revenue generated⁵ | |
| número total | número total | R$ | número total | número total | R$ | número total | número total | R$ | número total | número total | R$ | número total | número total | R$ | número total | número total | número total | |
|
Total⁵ |
4.296 |
24.467 |
48.695.194,76 |
4.825 |
30.736 |
93.016.679,85 |
14.100 |
47.237 |
79.306.566,37 |
49.212 |
114.522 |
85.998.729,00 |
45.456 |
158.663 |
121.882.970,00 |
71.088 |
260.841 |
163.213.404 |
- This indicator measures the total number of participants and beneficiaries involved in Suzano's income-generating programs.
- The data represent the combined outcomes from the Bahia, Espírito Santo, Maranhão, Mato Grosso do Sul, and São Paulo regions.
- The participant count includes individuals directly engaged in the income-generating programs supported by Suzano. This figure is cumulative from the beginning of the commitment.
- The number of beneficiaries includes those living with participants in the programs and part of the same household, who benefit from improved income, nutrition, housing, or asset acquisition. This total is cumulative from the start of the commitment.
- Revenue generated is the combined annual income from the sale of products and/or services related to the programs, plus wages. The methodology distinguishes this income from other family earnings. This figure is annual, not cumulative.
- The revenue data were collected via census by the project organizations, using a standardized method provided by Suzano. Participants self-reported this information.