Valgroup’s Sustainability

Our goals and commitments for a present and future sustainable management

Sustainability is on the rise. This subject is dominating discussions and conferences, and influencing government’s, and companies’ policy making.

Valgroup’s sustainability has been an essential part of our existence since our inauguration. It represents the core of our business and, thus, we invest and we dedicate a lot to find a solution that strengthens the circular plastic economy, as well as contributing to the social development, while adhering to the ethics and transparency principles.

To reinforce our commitment, we have recently published our goals regarding sustainability. These are:

Environmental Goals

• Reach carbon neutrality until 2040; 
• Operate with 50% of clean and renewal energy until 2025 and 100% until 2030; 
• Recycle 25% of our production until 2025, 50% from 2030 and 100% until 2040.

Social Commitment

To support the social development, which is the essential pillar of a sustainable future, Valgroup has established some guidelines to take actions with the aim to reduce inequalities and to facilitate populations’ access to basic human rights. These are:

• Contribute to eradicate the hunger; 
• Support the education of quality for children and disadvantaged young people; 
• Respect the human rights; 
• Support the diversity and inclusion through a fair offer of opportunities.

Transparency and corporate ethics

Valgroup follows a rigorous Ethics and Behavior Code, containing ethical principles that guide actions and commitments besides of implementing a Compliance Program to guarantee the integrity, transparency, mitigation of risks and credibility of the company.

This is all made in compliance with the best international practices of governments, optimization of processes and internal controls to improve the management, ensuring internal independencies, disseminating the compliance culture, and adhering to ethical principles, conduct standards, rules of conduct and applicable obligations, among other measures that aim to guarantee the sustainability of the long term businesses.

What has Valgroup done so far?

With more than 45 years of history, Valgroup has become the largest plastic recycling company in Latin America. This was possible because of the following investments and initiatives:

• We recycle 100.000 tons of PET per year, equivalent to 4,8 billions of bottles; 
• We have a sustainable innovation portfolio, such as products with accelerated biodegradability, simplified structures, recycled resins, products made of renewable raw materials, among others;

• We support social projects that provide access and opportunities to disadvantaged people;

• We invest in Deink Brazil, a deinking developer with innovative technology that totally removes the ink of the printed plastic residues, either from post-industrial origin or post-consumption, improving the recycling process of those materials.

Learn more about Valgroup’s sustainable initiatives and some other references at: https://valgroupco.com/sustentabilidade/