Agropalma and sustainable agriculture 4.0

One hundred and sixty thousand tons of palm oil in 2018, with total Brazilian production being 450 thousand tons. Four thousand employees and revenue of R$1 billion. And all this with sustainable production, with low impact from a socio-environmental point of view. This is Agropalma, a producer of certified palm oil in Latin America.

High productivity with sustainability was possible thanks to two fronts: the program, launched by the company in 2001, “Zero Deforestation”, with the proposal to use for planting and production only already devastated areas and not a square meter more, was a of successful initiatives. Furthermore, in 2008, Agropalma began the certification process to obtain the RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) seal and was certified in 2011.

The company maintains 12 other international certificates, most of which are granted to companies that have reduced the socio-environmental impacts of planting. “It’s not just an environmental issue, which undoubtedly motivates us, but a commercial issue”, says Agropalma’s socio-environmental responsibility manager, Tulio Dias. “Many buyers avoid doing business with non-certified producers. And we would lose customers if we didn’t meet the requirements they demand.”

Proof that above-average productivity rhymes with sustainability has been proven: in the last decade, Agropalma doubled production without causing socio-environmental impacts, operating only in areas already deforested and using the tools of agriculture 4.0: technology, innovation and logistics.