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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: 

  • Qualifying and improving relationships with communities and neighbors;
  • Poverty reduction;
  • Improving the quality of education;
  • Developing and working with the best environmental practices;
  • Improving institutional relations;
  • Promoting corporate volunteering and global citizenship. 

Learn about our investment strategy in “Private social investment management”.

Through strategic social investments, Suzano seeks to benefit the regions where it operates, increasing shared value and promoting social inclusion in various forms. The company prioritizes respect for human rights at the heart of its agenda, ensuring that principles of transparency and accountability guide all actions and programs, and a firm commitment to collective well-being. Constant dialogue with stakeholders is essential to ensure that our initiatives meet the real needs of the population, respecting their autonomy and local cultures.

Suzano's programs reflect its concern for integral human development and the sustainability of people and organizations. They address crucial issues such as strengthening the local economy, including traditionally vulnerable groups and promoting fairer living conditions.

In this context, our social impact initiatives focused on generating income are linked to Suzano's programmatic lines of inclusive recycling, sustainable extraction, entrepreneurship, territorial supply networks, access to employment, and the value chain. Find out more at "Reducing poverty”.

The table below consolidates the following data:

  • Number of participants and beneficiaries of social income generation programs and projects;
  • Total revenue from social income generation programs and projects.

Consolidated results of income generation programs/projects¹ ²

202020212022⁶2023⁶2024⁶
Number of participants³Number of people benefited⁴Total revenue generated⁵Number of participants³Number of people benefited⁴Total revenue generated⁵Number of participants³Number of people benefited⁴Total revenue generated⁵Number of participants³Number of people benefited⁴Total revenue generated⁵Number of participants³Number of people benefited⁴Total 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$

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

  1. The indicator monitors the total number of participants and people benefiting from the income generation programs in which Suzano invests.
  2. The number of participants is considered to be people directly assisted by the income generation programs in which Suzano invests.
  3. The number of people benefiting is obtained by counting the people who live in the same household as the participants in the income generation programs and projects and who benefit from their results (improved income, food, housing conditions, acquisition of goods).
  4. Revenue is obtained from the sum of the total annual income resulting from the marketing of products and/or services related to the programs and projects.
  5. This represents the total results of the Bahia, Espírito Santo, Maranhão, Mato Grosso do Sul, and São Paulo regions.
  6. The revenue generated was obtained through census data and the extrapolation of sample data collected to evaluate the social income generation programs and projects invested in by Suzano. In 2022, the reduction in the total revenue generated compared to 2021 may have affected the methodology applied. Still, the results show that the number of participants, beneficiaries, and people lifted out of poverty exceeded those in previous years. In 2024, the increase in the number of people who benefited and the total revenue generated is related to the leverage provided by the partnerships.