{"id":2084,"date":"2022-03-17T15:11:26","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T18:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-dev.valgroupco.com\/?p=2084"},"modified":"2022-04-22T16:05:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T19:05:27","slug":"sustentabilidade-na-valgroup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.valgroupco.com\/en\/esg\/sustentabilidade-na-valgroup\/","title":{"rendered":"Valgroup\u2019s Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><i>Our goals and commitments for a present and future sustainable management<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sustainability is on the rise.  This subject is dominating discussions and conferences, and influencing government\u2019s, and companies\u2019 policy making.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valgroup\u2019s 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. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To reinforce our commitment, we have recently published our goals regarding sustainability. These are:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Environmental Goals<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reach carbon neutrality until 2040;<\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Operate with 50% of clean and renewal energy until 2025 and 100% until 2030;<\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recycle 25% of our production until 2025, 50% from 2030 and 100% until 2040.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Social Commitment<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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\u2019 access to basic human rights. These are:  <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contribute to eradicate the hunger;<\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support the education of quality for children and disadvantaged young people;<\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Respect the human rights;<\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support the diversity and inclusion through a fair offer of opportunities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Transparency and corporate ethics<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>What has Valgroup done so far?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We recycle 100.000 tons of PET per year, equivalent to 4,8 billions of bottles;<\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have a sustainable innovation portfolio, such as products with accelerated biodegradability, simplified structures, recycled resins, products made of renewable raw materials, among others;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We support social projects that provide access and opportunities to disadvantaged people;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more about Valgroup\u2019s sustainable initiatives and some other references at: <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/valgroupco.com\/sustentabilidade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/valgroupco.com\/sustentabilidade\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valgroup\u2019s sustainability has been an essential part of our existence since our inauguration.   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