22/05/2015

2015 Winter Clothing Drive: Klabin will donate 26,000 boxes

São Paulo, May 22, 2015 – Klabin will donate 26,000 corrugated board boxes for use by the state of São Paulo to collect clothing through the 2015 Winter Clothing Drive, promoted by the Social Solidarity Fund of the State of São Paulo (FUSSESP).

 

This is the fourth consecutive year in which Klabin has participated in the campaign.As of today, corrugated board boxes will be available in locations frequented by heavy pedestrian traffic, such as drug stores, supermarkets, schools, condominiums and public or private companies.

 

The cardboard boxes for donation, like all paper and packaging produced by Klabin, are 100% recyclable, produced from raw material from planted and certified forests.

 

The company is FUSSESP’s main partner in this Campaign.

 

To find clothing drive locations, go to www.campanhadoagasalho.sp.gov.br

 

About Klabin

 

Klabin, Brazil’s largest paper producer and exporter, is the leading manufacturer of paper and board for packaging, corrugated board packaging, industrial sacks and timber in logs.Founded in 1899, it has 14 industrial units in Brazil and one in Argentina.Klabin is organized into three business units:Forestry, Paper (paperboard, kraft paper and recycled) and Conversion (corrugated board and industrial sacks).

 

Klabin’s management is entirely oriented towards sustainable development, and pursues integrated and responsible growth that combines profitability, social development and a commitment to the environment.Klabin has been a component of the Corporate Sustainability Index (ISE) of the São Paulo Stock Exchange (BM&FBovespa) since 2014.It is also a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact and the Brazilian Pact to Eradicate Slave Labor, and seeks suppliers and business partners that adopt the same values of ethics, transparency and respect for sustainability principles.

 

Learn more at www.klabin.com.br