Santa Catarina, July 8, 2019 – Klabin signed a partnership with the City of Lages to recover seven kilometers of asphalt on the access road leading to Salto Caveiras, a tourist region located 15 kilometers from the city center. The company will invest around R$200 thousand in the project. 

The project will include the digging of ditches to improve drainage during the rainy season and increase the durability of the asphalt, new asphalting of deteriorated portions of the road and the installation of new traffic signage that will provide information on taking precautions with heavy vehicles.

The Secretary of Agriculture and Fishing of Lages, Osvaldo Uncini, commented on how the partnership with Klabin is beneficial to all. “It is a very important region, used for transporting grains and wood, while people also use the road, particularly during holidays and the summer vacation period. The structure was outdated and the project with Klabin will significantly improve the region,” he added.

Improvements are expected to be completed by July 15. Drivers should redouble attention when passing construction sites, follow speed limits and observe all posted signage.

About Klabin 

Klabin is the largest producer and exporter of paper for packaging in Brazil, the leader in corrugated board packaging and industrial bags and the only company in the country to offer one-stop shop solutions in hardwood, softwood and fluff pulp. Founded in 1899, Klabin has 17 industrial units in Brazil and one in Argentina. In Santa Catarina alone, Klabin generates over 5,200 direct and indirect jobs.

Klabin pioneered the adoption of mosaic-based stewardship, which consists of planted forests interspersed with preserved native forests, forming ecological corridors that allow native wildlife to roam their natural habitat while contributing directly to protecting the soil, water and biodiversity. Klabin’s forest area in Santa Catarina covers a total of 135,000 hectares, 68,000 of which are native forests. The company also maintains in Santa Catarina a State Natural Heritage Private Reserve (RPPNE), the Serra da Farofa Complex, which is an area dedicated exclusively to the conservation of biodiversity, academic study and research. The region is home to important headwaters, such as those that flow into the Canoas and Caveiras rivers, as well as to endangered wildlife species.

Klabin’s entire management is guided by Sustainable Development and, in Santa Catarina, the company has implemented social and environmental programs, including the Growing Up Reading Program, the Growing Up Program, Environmental Protectors and the Legal Forests Program.

Klabin also supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is a signatory to the UN Global Compact and the Brazilian Pact to Eradicate Slave Labor, and seeks suppliers and business partners that share its values of ethics, transparency and respect for sustainability principles.

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