Bahia, September 23, 2019 – To celebrate Arbor Day, commemorated on September 21, Klabin, in partnership with the Education and Environment Department of Feira de Santana, Bahia, held an event to raise awareness among students of municipal schools and the Praça do Céu community by planting fruit trees. The company, Brazil’s largest producer and exporter of packaging paper, donated 179 seedlings of different species, including avocado, orange and ipe, which were planted by students, teachers, volunteers and Klabin employees.

The event lasted the entire week at the Maria Antônia, Monsenhor Jessé, Caique, Bonfim de Feira, Adelba, Maria Quiteria and Praça do Céu schools.

Klabin is considered a global benchmark in sustainable development. All of its forestry and industrial activities are based on this concept to help preserve biodiversity and the ecological balance of the ecosystems where it operates. The company also implements social programs to promote education on environmental preservation, and to help drive the social and economic development of the regions where it operates.

About Klabin

Brazil’s largest producer and exporter of packaging paper, Klabin is the country’s only company offering one-stop solutions in hardwood, softwood and fluff pulp and the leader in the corrugated board and industrial bag packaging segments. Founded in 1899, Klabin has 17 industrial units in Brazil and one in Argentina.

With its entire management guided by Sustainable Development, Klabin pursues integrated and responsible growth that combines profitability, social development and environmental commitment. Klabin has been a component of the Corporate Sustainability Index (ISE) of the São Paulo Stock Exchange (B3) since 2014. A signatory to the United Nations Global Compact and to the Brazilian Pact to Eradicate Slave Labor, Klabin seeks suppliers and business partners that share its values of ethics, transparency and respect for sustainability principles.

Learn more at www.klabin.com.br