Instituto BrasilAgro joins the UN Global Compact

The BrasilAgro Institute was accepted into the United Nations (UN) Global Compact, an initiative that brings together companies committed to promoting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The social arm of the company BrasilAgro, which produces food, fiber and bioenergy, the institute was founded in 2020 with the aim of creating and managing projects that make it possible to positively impact people's lives in the communities in which it operates. 

Today, the company maintains operations on farms in six Brazilian states, in addition to Paraguay and Bolivia. 

"Joining the UN Global Compact represents progress so that the BrasilAgro Institute can, through the goals established by the SDGs, produce more effective social indicators, in addition to reinforcing its commitment to socio-educational promotion", explains Ana Paula Zerbinati, director from Instituto BrasilAgro and head of Investor Relations at the company. 

In the 2021/22 harvest, BrasilAgro invested R$3,5 million in actions carried out by the institute, which represents 1,1% of the company's net profit in the last harvest. Most of the resources were allocated to educational initiatives, including teacher training and adult literacy. 

"The distance in these places has always been a challenge, whether for the teacher who was looking for qualifications or for the worker who throughout his life had not managed to become literate. The BrasilAgro Institute, with classes on the farms, reduces this difference and helps to broaden the horizon of each one through learning", says Zerbinati. 

The projects developed by the company also include training courses, with the creation of apiaries and the organization of small producers to sell organic products, the cultivation of vegetables and medicinal plants in an agroecological garden and the subsidy of an agricultural technician to guide cashew farming, in partnership with Amigos do Bem. 

During the pandemic, the Institute also donated food, personal hygiene items, cleaning and clothing. In recent years, total investment exceeded R$5 million. 

"BrasilAgro operates in regions far from urban centers and, often, lacking resources for social and economic promotion, which is why the BrasilAgro Institute's work is so important", highlights André Guillaumon, CEO of BrasilAgro.