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4 ODEBRECHT SUPPORTS DEVELOPMENT OF NEW FINANCING STRUCTURES

A participant of the Línea Uno Consortium, responsible for building Line 1 of the Panama subway, Odebrecht América Latina helped develop the financial structuring to make the project feasible through a new type of guarantee.

8 THE BAPTISM OF THE FIRST OOG FPSO

Odebrecht Oil and Gas promoted a baptism ceremony in Singapore for the City of Itajaí FPSO, the company’s first floating oil production unit: it marked the start of OOG’s operations in the market of chartering and the operation of units in Brazil. >

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the Presidente Tancredo Neves Rural Family Home, which is part of the Bahia Southern Lowlands Environmental Protection Area Mosaic Program for Development and Growth Integrated with Sustainability (PDCIS), supported by the Odebrecht Foundation.

38 DAM AND PLANT COMMUNITY MEETS IN SANTO ANTÔNIO

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The construction work for the Panama Subway Line 1 began in April of 2011 and will receive investments of US$ 1.6 billion

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Odebrecht Supports Development of New Financing Structures

A participant of the Línea

Uno Consortium, responsible

for building Line 1 of the

Panama subway, Odebrecht

América Latina also helped

develop the financial

structuring to make the

project feasible. Through

a new type of guarantee,

the Multilateral Investment

Guarantee Agency (MIGA)

– the entity dedicated to

sovereign risk insurance

belonging to the World Bank

group – is supporting the

Panamanian Government’s

efforts to finance the largest

urban transport project in

the country’s capital.

On June 30 of this

year, the agency issued

a guarantee of US$ 320

million, with a 12-year

term, which made the US$

250-million loan possible,

granted by Citibank, and

which also covers the

financing interest. Citibank

is the leading bank in the

operation, which also has

the participation of Bank

of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and

Mizuho Corporate Bank.

“The development of new

guarantee structures that

make long term financing

operations possible is

crucial for us to better

serve our clients,” said

Vinício Fonseca, responsible

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for Structured Financing

at Odebrecht América

Latina. “We are honored to

contribute, together with

Citibank and MIGA, toward

this pioneering project in

Panama,” said Fonseca.

The new financial

structuring is considered

first-of-its-kind for projects

in Latin America and

the Caribbean. “It is the

first time that MIGA has

issued a guarantee of this

type for a project in Latin

America, which represents

yet another alternative for

making new investments

possible, both from clients

as well as Odebrecht itself,”

revealed Fonseca.

According to him, the

process began in March

2011 and MIGA examined

several points for issuing

the guarantee, such as the

project’s social-economic

and environmental

benefits for Panama. “The

agency also analyzed

the engineering and

construction methodology,

attesting to Odebrecht’s


capacity for completing

subway construction

projects,” he said.

Izumi Kobayashi, Vice

President of MIGA, stated

that the priority is for the

agency to cooperate with

projects that have large and

complex infrastructure. “We

are very pleased to be able

to support a development

that will serve residents

and tourists in Panama,

contributing toward a more

sustainable environment,”

said Kobayashi.

Line 1 of the Panamanian

subway is considered

the government’s most

important project after

the expansion of the

Inter-Oceanic Channel

and will allow for a more

sustainable transport

system for the country’s

capital. Extending 13.7 km

and with 13 stations, the

line will cover the North-

South axis of the city and

will serve an estimated

15,000 passengers per

hour, with estimated travel

time of 23 minutes.

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The Línea Uno Consortium is formed by Odebrecht América

Latina and by the Spanish company FCC (Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas)


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The Baptism of the First OOG FPSO

The City of Itajaí FPSO has the capacity to produce 80,000 barrels of oil per day and will operate in a water depth of 270 to 1,000 meters


On July 21, Odebrecht

Oil and Gas (OOG)

promoted a baptism

ceremony in Singapore

for the City of Itajaí FPSO

(Floating Production

Storage and Offloading),

the company’s first

floating oil production

unit. The ceremony

marked the start of OOG’s

operations in the market

of chartering and the

operation of these units

in Brazil.

The event included the

presence of Members of

Teekay Petrojarl and OOG

– which together form

the joint venture that

will operate the unit – as

well as representatives

of Petrobras and the

shipyard Jurong,

responsible for building

the FPSO.

The baptism ceremony

of a ship or platform

is one of the most

emblematic moments

of its construction.

On the occasion, the

“godmother” of the

Cidade de Itajaí FPSO,

Liss Marian Myklebostad,

wife of Arvid Skaar,

Project Manager, broke

the traditional bottle of

champagne on the ship’s

hull to bless the vessel

and its crew.

The Cidade de Itajaí

FPSO is set to depart still

in August, with estimated

arrival to Brazil in October

of this year. The unit will

operate in the Southern

portion of Santos Basin,

located along São Paulo’s

coast near the coast of

Santa Catarina, in the

Baúna and Piracabas

fields.

For the operation, the

joint venture structured

a base in Itajaí which,

in addition to other

activities, will support

the logistics of materials

and people for boarding.

According to Rodrigo

Lemos, FPSO Contract

Director in Brazil, the

idea is to build a closer

relationship with the

client. “Petrobras has

been developing the

concept of Integrated

Operations Management,

designed to boost

operational safety and

efficiency and reduce

costs,” explained Lemos.

According to him, 95% of

the crew members have

already been contracted.

The City of Itajaí FPSO

has the capacity to

produce 80,000 barrels

of oil per day and will

operate in a water depth

of 270 meters. The vessel

is also prepared to work

in a water depth of up to

1,000 meters.

Lemos stated that, for

Petrobras, City of Itajaí is

a FPSO of opportunity:

“If for some reason the

production in the fields

of Baúna and Piracaba

is reduced, the unit can

easily be transferred to

another site,” he said.

“Considering the latest

information on the

reserves in these fields

and the nearby ones, it is

estimated that the unit

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Members of Teekay Petrojarl and OOG and representatives of Petrobras and the Jurong shipyard take part in the baptism ceremony – considered one of the most emblematic moments in the unit’s construction


will remain in the region

during the entire contract

term, which is nine years,

and renewable for six

more.”

The Contract Director

also emphasized the

Members’ work on the

project, from winning

the bidding to the

baptism ceremony. “We

will end the conversion

of City of Itajaí on a

high note with a major

emphasis on Health,

Environment and Safety.

I would like to thank all

of those involved for

their dedication, from

the financing to the

conversion and finally,

the baptism.” He further

stated: “We need to

maintain the focus and

pace of the work to

guarantee that the unit

can leave the shipyard

without any pending

issues and ensure that

it is approved to begin

operating as quickly as

possible after its arrival to

Brazil.”


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The Gove Hydroelectric Power Plant Facility,

developed by Odebrecht Angola in the Province

of Huambo, is generating energy. With the start

of operation of three turbines during the month

of July, approximately 500,000 people are being

benefited.

Located 112 km from the city of Huambo,

the Gove facility has the capacity to generate

60 MW and consists of three turbines that can

generate 20 MW each. The project is set to

be completed in August. It is estimated that

the hydroelectric power plant will benefit

3.4 million inhabitants from the Provinces of

Huambo and Bié.

Gove Hydroelectric Power Plant Facility in Angola Generates Energy

The supply of electric energy will also contribute toward the industrial and agricultural development of the regions of Huambo and Bié


The Rota das Bandeiras Concessionaire – an

Odebrecht TransPort company responsible for

the administration of the Dom Pedro Corridor in

rural São Paulo – began the second phase of the

duplication work on the Engenheiro Constâncio

Cintra (SP-360) Highway, which connects Itatiba

to Jundiaí. The project is advancing to the stretch

between Kms 68 and 70 and also includes the

remodeling of the Caxambu Clover.

During the first phase, delivered in March of this

year, the concessionaire duplicated 1.8 km of lanes,

between Km 81+500 and KM 83+300, the urban

stretch of Itatiba. In addition to the construction of

a new stretch, the project included the creation of a

bicycle lane and the reformulation of the sidewalks

for pedestrians.

The Rota das Bandeiras investment plan

includes resources of R$ 98.4 million to duplicate

the SP-360, which will receive a series of

improvements designed to enhance users’ comfort

and safety, such as the complete remodeling of

the circulation within the Louveira Clover and the

construction of a lower passageway at Km 70.1, as

well as a walkway at Km 72.1 of the highway.

Along the stretch between Km 68 and Km 70,

the construction work began with earth leveling

services. After preparing the terrain, a drainage

system will be installed, and then the paving of the

new lane will begin. Finally, a sign system will be

installed for the site, with plaques and painting of

the ground. On the Caxambu Clover, a second team

works to build two new access viaducts that will

facilitate access from Jundaí to the neighborhood

of Caxambu.

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In rural São Paulo, the number of

accidents involving motorcyclists along

the Dom Pedro Corridor dropped 12.8%

during the first half of 2012, compared

to the same period last year. According

to the survey conducted by the Rota das

Bandeiras Concessionaire, a total of 252

incidents were recorded during the first

six months of this year, compared to 289 in

2011.

To help reduce the rate even further,

Rota das Bandeiras took advantage of

Motorcyclist Day on July 27 to promote

a new edition of “Smart Stop.” The event

occurred in Paulínia, on July 26 and 27,

at Km 132 of the Professor Zeferino Vaz

Highway (SP-332), and featured a series

of services offered free of charge to the

motorcyclists.

The participants were able to perform

a complete inspection of their machines.

The safety items checked included the

operation of the back and front brakes and

lights, as well as the motor oil.

“Rota das Bandeiras has constantly

undertaken awareness raising campaigns,

because it believes that they are important

for achieving a significant reduction in

accidents,” said Adherbal Vieira da Silva,

responsible for Social Responsibility at the

concessionaire. “The drop in the number

of incidents involving motorcyclists

reinforces our conviction of believing in

the users of our roads,” said Silva.

Dom Pedro Corridor Shows Drop in Number of Accidents Involving Motorcycles

Motorcyclists participate in “Smart Stop,” perform inspections on their means of transport and receive information for reducing the risks of accidents

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The Venezuela Minister of Energy and Mines, Rafael Ramírez, shows President Hugo Cháves the advances made preparing the terrain for expansion of the refinery

The President of the Bolivarian Republic

of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, inspected the

expansion of the areas of the Puerto La Cruz

Refinery, belonging to PDVSA, in the state of

Anzoátegui, where the Converpro Consortium,

in which Odebrecht Engenharia Industrial

participates, is currently preparing the terrain.

With investments of US$ 5 billion, the

refinery will have the capacity to process

210,000 barrels of crude and extra-heavy

oil per day. The Processing Center will be

inaugurated in 2015. “This is a modern refinery;

a new refinery in expansion,” said President

Hugo Chávez.

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Pleasant conversation

brimming with the memories

of important moments in

the history of soccer in Brazil,

and primarily the 1970 World

Cup. This is how former player

Carlos Alberto Torres marked

his presence during “Breakfast

with the Leader” on July 13

at the site for the Maracanã

Stadium remodeling work.

The meeting involved the

participation of Members and

leaders from the Maracanã Rio

2014 Consortium (Odebrecht

Infraestrutura and Andrade

Gutierrez).

“Capita,” as he became

known after the victory of the

global three-time championship

in 1970, remembered his career

in soccer, from his time at the

Santos Soccer Club to the

Brazilian National Team. Carlos

Alberto drew a name for a

jersey from the 1970 World Cup

among the 15 Members who

participated in the meeting. The

winner was bricklayer Francisco

José dos Santos Souza: “I was

thrilled to win the jersey,” he

said. “I really like the captain

Brazilian Captain of the 1970 World Cup Participates in “Breakfast with the Leader” at Maracanã

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Carlos Alberto Torres, also known as “Capita,” delivers the 1970 Brazilian Team jersey to bricklayer Francisco José dos Santos Souza

for all that he represented for

Brazilian soccer.”

Paulo Falcão, Contract

Director, summarized the fifth

edition of “Breakfast with the

Leader:” “Carlos Alberto Torres

is an example to be followed.

The meeting fulfilled the

objective of strengthening

our relationship with the

workers.” For Wilson Busanello,

Administrative and Financial

Manager, the initiative has

presented good results.

“Each team has a different

opportunity and presents new

ideas, promoting improvements

that have had a positive effect

on the daily routine at the

construction site,” he said.

Carlos Alberto Torres

ended his participation with a

message for Members. “Myself,

Zico, Zagallo and Dinamite

have already made history at

Maracanã. Now, you are the ones

making history. Good luck!,” he

ended, referring to the presence

of the former players who had

already participated in previous

editions of the event.

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The coach of the São Paulo

Corinthians Sports Club, better

known as Tite, fulfilled a promise

that he had made in March

of this year: if the team won

the “Liberators of America”

Cup, he would work for a day

on the Corinthians Arena

construction project, currently

being undertaken by Odebrecht

Infraestrutura, in São Paulo’s

Eastern Zone.

After the team won its first

championship title on July 27, Tite

went to the construction site of

the arena that will host the 2014

World Cup, wore the same blue

uniform as the Members, and put

on his boots and helmet.

Before beginning his work at

the construction site, the soccer

coach visited a group of youth,

children of the workers, who

were participating in the program

“A Day of Leisure with My Child

at Odebrecht.” He was warmly

received by the children, gave

autographs and posed for photos.

Tite then went to the

grandstands of the East building

and helped Members place bricks

on a wall that will be erected at

the site. “It is with much pride and

Observed by workers and the press, Tite helps assemble one of the walls of the East building grandstand

The Corinthians coach also visited the children of Members who participated in the construction site tour program during the school vacation in July

Coach Becomes Member for a Day at Corinthians Arenasatisfaction that I do this work

with you,” he said to the workers.

“I had already tried to do this once

at my home, but I got it wrong,

since I put too much water in

the mortar. Now I learned how

to do it right,” said the coach

jokingly, promising to return to

the construction site “whenever

possible.”

The construction work for

the Corinthians Arena is 45.17%

completed and should be

finalized in December 2013. There

are currently 2,200 Members

working on the project.

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A sponsor of the Training Program for the

newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, Odebrecht took

the 11 trainees from the 53rd group to visit

the construction work being undertaken in

Rio de Janeiro for the 2014 World Cup and

2016 Olympic Games, in which Odebrecht

Infraestrutura is participating. The visit took

place on July 22 and 23 at the construction

site for Maravilha Port, the city’s port region

remodeling project, and Maracanã Stadium, at

the end of the 2014 World Cup.

The youth also had the opportunity to see

Odebrecht TransPort’s work on SuperVia,

responsible for the Rio de Janeiro train lines,

when they visited the Operational Control

Center and traveled on the company’s trains

and on the Complexo do Alemão Cable Car. The

group also toured the tourism projects for the

city, such as the Museum of Tomorrow and the

Rio de Janeiro Museum of Art (MAR), and also

learned a bit about the municipality’s history at

the archeological site of the Valongo Docks –

the world’s largest slave trading market during

Brazil’s Colonial Period.

Igor Lamy, responsible for Communication at the Maracanã Rio 2014 Consortium, receives the youth at the construction site for the Maracanã remodeling work, the site for the 2014 World Cup games and closing ceremony for the event

Folha de S. Paulo Trainees Tour Sports Projects in Rio de Janeiro

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From July 10-13, more than 300 children

ages 7 to 14, children of Members, were at the

construction site of the Embraport Project,

currently being undertaken by Odebrecht

Infraestrutura in Santos, located in São Paulo’s

coastal region, for the second edition of Enjoying

the Vacation Program at Odebrecht.

Accompanied by their parents, the children

began the visit at 7:00 a.m. with breakfast at the

cafeteria. The group then went on a boat tour

around Barnabé Island and a bus tour to see

the construction of Brazil’s largest multiuse port

terminal. After a lunch held together with the

parents, the youth took part in art workshops,

made kites and also learned about growing

small vegetable gardens.

Embraport Gathers 300 Children for the Enjoying the Vacation Program

The initiative received the support of the Aquário de Santos team, which took replicas of the species that live in the region’s swamplands to address environmental preservation




Prompted by the hunger

for knowledge, Rosimare

dos Santos, age 17, joined

the Presidente Tancredo

Neves Rural Family Home

(CFR-PTN) last year. Located

in the Bahia Southern

Lowlands, the teaching

unit offers professional

education adapted to the

rural reality. Daughter of

rural producers, the young

woman wanted to develop

her skills in agriculture.

“My life began to change,”

said Santos, a resident of

Beira Rio, located in the

municipality of Teolândia.

“At the Home, I found the

opportunity I needed. I

wouldn’t like to have to

leave my region in search

of work like my brother and

cousins did,” she said.

Santos works for one

week as an intern at the

teaching unit, learning

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works; when we work with

technique, things change,”

she said. “It was not easy

to get my dad to plant

differently, since he has

been a farmer for a long

time. I convinced him with

my results.”

In addition to sharing the

learning with her family,

the youth also takes it

to her neighbors during

the seminars held in the

community, an activity

included in the training.

“Here, we are all formers of

new cultures,” she said. With

her dreams coming true,

Santos is already planning

her future: “I want to study

Agronomy and then return

to the rural region with

more knowledge to offer my

community.”

Stories like Santos’ have

marked the history of CFR-

PTN, which has sought

to contribute toward the

During the three years of the course, the youth learn about a range of different crops, spending one week at the unit and two on their properties to apply the knowledge acquired

Santos began her training at the Family Home in 2011: “When we work with technique, agriculture works.”

Training for Lifein both the classroom

and on the field, and

another two weeks on her

property, applying the

new knowledge acquired.

The methodology is called

Trade-Off Teaching and

the training lasts for three

years. “I see that agriculture


development of young

rural entrepreneurs for

the past 10 years. The

first steps were taken on

August 2, 2002, when rural

community associations

from the municipality

of Presidente Tancredo

Neves mobilized to create

the Rural Family Home

Association. “The seed was

planted with the hope that

the children of the farmers,

driven by their desire to

stay in their native land,

would organize to fight

for quality education that

met their needs and that

of the globalized world,

valuing rural knowledge,”

said Juscelino Macedo,

Leader of the Manioc Root

Strategic Cooperative

Alliance. In addition to

CFR-PTN, the alliance also

includes the Presidente

Tancredo Neves Rural

Producers’ Cooperative

(COOPATAN). Both are part

of the Bahia Southern

Lowlands Environmental

Protection Area Mosaic

Program for Development

and Growth Integrated

with Sustainability

(PDCIS), supported by the

Odebrecht Foundation.

João Neto, age 25, was a

student of the first group.

He began the course in

2003 and learned about

rural administration,

cooperativism, soil

management, irrigation,

drainage, as well as several

different cultivation

methods – techniques

that helped him develop

his crops without

environmental impacts.

He is currently completing

the university-level course

in Business Administration

and is responsible for the

COOPATAN Sales Sector,

besides his own activities

as a farmer. “I am a rural

entrepreneur,” said Neto.

“I want to maintain my

connection with the rural

region and always seek out

new knowledge, since we

can never learn enough,” he

said.

For Lucas Santos, age 20,

the Family Home brought

discipline and a vision of

the future. The resident of

the community of Gendiba


Balbino dos Santos, a member of COOPATAN, and his children, students of CFR-PTN, on their property: the cooperative and Family Home are part of PDCIS, which is supported by the Odebrecht Foundation

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support of the program

“Tribute to the Future” –

which supports initiatives

certified by the Odebrecht

Foundation through income

tax-deductible donations

by the Organization’s

Members.

Santos joined

COOPATAN and the result

from the cultivation,

together with all of the

family’s production,

will be delivered to the

cooperative. “The price

is higher and it is fixed,”

he explained. “It’s not

like when we sold to

middlemen, with a different

value every day. We only

receive the benefits, said

Santos, who is one of

the 65 youth from CFR-

PTN who are also part of

COOPATAN. “For the past

10 years, the Family Home

has been working together

with the cooperative,

offering education focused

on the reality of the rural

region and on improving

the income earned,” said

Juscelino Macedo. “We

are promoting significant

changes in our region,” he

said.

In 2009, CFR-PTN was

authorized by the State

Board of Education to

administer the technical

high school course,

becoming the first entity

with this type of approval

in Brazil’s North/Northeast

region. Previously,

those who completed

the training received a

professional qualification

certificate. “The Home

guarantees access to

formal and professional

education, important for

the development of young

farmers so that they can

act as citizens and as rural

entrepreneurs committed to

sustainability,” said Osvaldo

Barreto, Bahia’s Secretary of

Education.

During the 10-year

history of CFR-PTN,

Rosimare Santos, João

Neto and Lucas Santos

are a few of the 250

rural entrepreneurs

that completed or are

completing the training

offered by the teaching

unit. “This is a school that

offers great knowledge,

I, in Presidente Tancredo

Neves, is completing the

technical high school

course in Agriculture. “With

the orientation I found at

the Home, I started up my

own banana cultivation

educational-production

project,” said Santos. “I am

already harvesting and I

plan to buy a piece of land

with my earnings so that I

can expand my plantation,”

he said.

The investments for

implementing Lucas’ project

were provided with the


forms youth conscious of

their reality in the rural

areas and has helped

many families believe in

agriculture,” said Rosimare

Santos.

DISCIPLINE THAT

GENERATES RESPECT AND

CONSOLIDATES TRUST

Throughout the course

of its history, CFR-PTN

has worked together with

COOPATAN to establish

a series of partnerships.

Whether financial, political

or technical, the support

has helped improve the

teaching unit’s actions.

The first of them began to

be constructed in August

2003, with the Brazilian

Agricultural Research

Company (EMBRAPA).

With the support of

the Bahia Department

of Agriculture, EMBRAPA

installed a Demonstrative

Field of Technologies for

Manioc Root Cultivation.

“By educating the

youth and introducing

new technologies, the

agriculture in the region

made some important

advances,” said José

Raimundo Ferreira Filho,

Agronomic Engineer for

the EMBRAPA Manioc Root

and Fruit Production area,

who accompanied the

installation of the Family

Home. “I saw producers

and their children gain new

perspectives for the future

and quality of life,” he said.

There was also the

establishment of a

cooperation agreement

in teaching, research and


extension with the Federal

University of Recôncavo da

Bahia (UFRB) to undertake

studies with the manioc

leaf in order to use it as in

ingredient in animal feed,

and with the manipueira – a

residual liquid generated

through pressing the

shredded manioc root pulp

–, which can be used to

produce fertilizers.

The year 2010 marked

the inauguration of the

Territorial Technological


Vocational Center through

an agreement with the

Bahia Department of

Science, Technology and

Innovation, which invested

R$ 329,000. The project is

allowing for the diffusion

of scientific knowledge and

improvement of the manioc

cultivation through an

analysis of the plant fibers,

water and soil.

Financial institutions

such as Banco do Brasil

and the Brazilian National

the youths’ properties.

“Our partnership makes it

possible to re-apply PAIS

in the Southern Lowlands.

“There will be more than

180 units installed in

the region and 25 units

in Presidente Tancredo

Neves,” said Jorge Streit,

President of the Banco do

Brasil Foundation. “Besides

promoting sustainable

agriculture that does not

harm the environment,

this social technology also

guarantees high quality

food and the generation of

income,” said Streit.

In 2012, the Mitsubishi

Corporation extended its

support to PDCIS and plans

to invest US$ 1.8 million

over the next three years

in three family homes

in the Bahia Southern

Lowlands. One of these

is CFR-PTN. “The projects

are important for Brazilian

society and perform their

function efficiently,” said

Minoru Akita, General

Manager of Corporate

Social Responsibility in

Japan for Mitsubishi. “The

resources will be used to

Economic and Social

Development Bank (BNDES)

are also contributing

toward the initiative. “It

is a winning partnership,”

explained Ângelo Fuchs,

Head of the Solidary

Economy Department at

BNDES. “What impresses us

is this complete integration

and strategic alignment for

production inclusion,” said

Fuchs.

“For Banco do Brasil, it

is a great pleasure to see

that we are able to promote

social transformation,”

said Armando Soares,

Sustainable Development

and Family Farming

Manager at Banco do Brasil

in Bahia. “Family farming is

feasible, strong and it ‘feeds’

Brazil,” said Soares.

The Banco do Brasil

Foundation made it

possible to acquire the

agricultural equipment, and

in 2011, it offered the social

technology called PAIS -

Integrated and Sustainable

Agro-Ecological Production,

installed at the Home’s

head office, and which is

gradually being taken to

Fernanda Silva was a student of the institution’s first group and is currently Production and Technological Innovation Director at the Family Home


fund the training of new

rural entrepreneurs,” he said.

“The youth, which are the

new generation, are learning

with hopes and dreams,” said

Kana Hasegawa, responsible

for Corporate Social

Responsibility in Brazil for

Mitsubishi.

In addition to these recent

partnerships, CFR-PTN

receives support from the

federal, state and municipal

governments, the Municipal

Board for the Child and

Adolescent; National Rural

Learning Service (SENAR);

Brazilian Support Service for

Micro and Small Companies

(SEBRAE); the bank Caixa

Econômica Federal;

Michelin Group; Microsoft;

Dell and Oi.

THE FAMILY HOME IN

FIGURES

14 Members on the

teaching staff

150 youth trained in five

groups

100 youth trained in three

groups

65 students who are

cooperative members

SINCE THE BEGINNING

“It is extremely gratifying

to lead a project that I

helped build,” said Fernanda

Silva, the Production and

Technological Innovation

Director of the Home, who

was also a student of the

teaching unit’s first group

who graduated in 2006. “I

know that we will reach a

future focused on education

for life, through work and

with orientations on values.

I still remember our first

day of class. Today, after

10 years, I continue to help

write this story,” said Silva.

“My greatest link with

CFR-PTN is not restricted to

its structuring, but rather

the possibility for us to

consolidate a teaching unit

focused on rural education,”

said Joana Almeida,

Educational Advisor for

the Odebrecht Foundation,

who also served as

educational coordinator

at CFR-PTN from 2003 to

2007 and still accompanies

the team of educators at

the Home. “This was the

dream of many young

farmers. Making it come

true was not easy, but

the involvement of the

families made a difference.

As the years went by, we

only realized that this

was a victorious initiative,

one consolidated when

we obtained, in 2009, the

State Board of Education’s

authorization to administer

the Professional Technical

Education High School

course in Agriculture,” said

Almeida.

“Seeing to Home

celebrate 10 years makes

me very happy,” said Clovis

Faleiro Jr., responsible

for Institutional Relations

at the Odebrecht

Foundation and Executive

Director of the Home in

2005 and 2006. “I was

able to contribute, just

like so many others,

to strengthening the

institution, which became a

reference for Brazil. “There

is no rural education and

development institution

in the country that is

capable of doing what CFR-

PTN does. The institution

became a beautiful

example,” said Faleiro.



SHARING EXPERIENCES

Since 2006, the Family Home has received participants from the

Organization’s and Braskem’s Engineering and Construction Entrepreneur

Development Program. Members of Odebrecht and the graduates take to

opportunity to discuss the dreams and expectations of those who have

such distinct realities and think about the future based on a single culture:

Odebrecht Entrepreneurial Technology.

“They leave this meeting as new friends, colleagues with different stories, but

with the same ideal: to exercise productive leadership within their contexts and

make the world a better place to live,” said Olindina Dominguez, responsible

for CIADEN – Knowledge and Information to Support Business Development at

Odebrecht.

Aerial view from the Presidente Tancredo Neves Rural Family Home: the teaching unit celebrates 10 years in 2012


> FAST NEWS – PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT

From June 25 to 28, the

Foz do Brasil Santa Cruz

industrial unit (TKCSA)

promoted at its administrative

headquarters – located at the

ThyssenKrupp CSA industrial

plant in Rio de Janeiro – the

Technical Seminar on Water

and Effluent Treatment.

The event involved the

participation of Members

from the sanitation units –

Limeira, Porto Ferreira, Rio

Claro and Santa Gertrudes

–, the industrial units –

Klabin, TKCSA and VSB –, the

industrial project COMPERJ

Water and the Foz Corporate

Engineering area.

The seminar addressed the

chemical concepts of water

and the water and effluent

treatment unitary operations,

presented operational and

chemical processing practices

for effluent treatment, the

steam generation and cooling

systems and microbiological

control, in addition to

allowing for an exchange

of experiences between

the company’s different

businesses.

The meeting was held

as part of a partnership

between the Santa Cruz unit

Foz do Brasil Holds Technical Seminar on Water and Effluent Treatment

The debates and lectures during the seminar were used to define actions for optimizing processes and boosting the units’ operational safety

and Nalco, an Ecolab Group

company and the global

leader in technologies for

water treatment, together

with the support of the People

and Organization team of Foz

do Brasil. “It would not be as

beneficial to hold an event

of this size if it were intended

solely for the Members of the

Santa Cruz unit,” said Young

Partner and event coordinator,

Gustavo Almeida Pereira. “It was

better to have the participation

of professionals from different

scenarios,” he said.

For Thalita Lacerda dos

Santos, responsible for

Water and Sewage at Santa

Gertrudes, the opportunity

for synergy between the

professionals from the

industrial and sanitation

segments was the highlight:

“The seminar was enriching,

since it strengthened the

theoretical concepts and

allowed for contact with

different practices and new

approaches, common to the

areas,” said Santos.

http://www.fozdobrasil.com.br


As a result of the experience at the Build

Better Professional Training Center, supported

by the Odebrecht Foundation, Ariângelo

Pereira and Marcos Brasileiro, both age 22,

enrolled in the Civil Engineering course at a

college in Salvador, Bahia, and were allocated

to work at Hangar, an Odebrecht Realizações

Imobiliárias (OR) development.

“I’m ready to assume a new challenge,

which will contribute positively toward the

training received at the center,” said Pereira. “In

the end, I’ll return to my region and apply the

knowledge acquired,” he said.

The opportunity for insertion at OR took

place during the “Social Responsibility and

Sustainability” module of the Organization’s

Engineering and Construction Entrepreneur

Development Program (PDE), in 2011. On

the occasion, Pereira met Paulo Carvalho, the

project’s Administrative-Financial Manager,

who agreed to support him when he

completed his training at Build Better.

“Everyone needs opportunities for

development,” said Carvalho. “This strengthens

the virtuous cycle of knowledge, which brings,

among other results, the generation of jobs

and income. This is what is happening now

for these youth. Ariângelo and Marcos are

living proof of transformation and inclusion

with dignity. I’m happy to be able to be a part

of this story of overcoming and success,” said

Carvalho.

OR Earns Reinforcement from Young Professionals from Valença

Ariângelo Pereira during the theoretical classes at Build Better: an opportunity for growth at one of the Odebrecht Organization companies



From June 25-29, Odebrecht Engenharia

Industrial held a Lessons Learned workshop

in São Paulo, involving the participation

of 27 Members from the Engineering,

Supply, Civil, Metal Structure, Piping,

Equipment, Electrical, Instrumentation and

Commissioning areas of the projects RNEST,

PAT, POY and PET, PVC-MVC, Butadiene II

and COMPERJ and Odebrecht Engenharia de

Projetos (OEP).

The group discussed the Lessons Learned

during the past years at the EPC (Engineering,

Procurement and Construction) developments,

as experiences that have repercussions on the

next projects and which may help contribute

toward the OEP guidelines. There was the

identification of 299 critical points and 244

suggestions, recommendations and areas

for improvement were recorded, with 30

immediate actions.

Odebrecht Engenharia Industrial and Engenharia de Projetos Promote Lessons Learned Workshop

Under the orientation of Saulo Vinícius, Managing Director, Odebrecht Engenharia Industrial and Odebrecht Engenharia de Projetos gathered specialists from a range of different disciplines





On July 16, the Pre-Professional Practices

Program was launched at Odebrecht

in Argentina in partnership with three

universities from the country: Universidade

Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca UTN and Salta

Catholic University.

A group of 10 students from the Civil

Engineering, Mechanics and Industrial courses

were selected for the first group. Over a one-

week period, the university students visited

the construction work at CCR-YPF, Aguas

del Parana, PAC SMS and the Rio Colorado

Consortium, together with Members who

shared their daily work routine with the

participants.

The program will continue with a distance

education module, and during the summer

vacation time, the youth can participate as

interns in one of the Odebrecht projects in

Argentina.

Odebrecht Launches Pre-Professional Practices Program in Argentina

Young university students from the first group during a visit to the Aguas del Parana Project


With aims of training specialists in the tunnel

excavation areas, the Línea II Consortium, in which

Odebrecht Venezuela participates, is holding

the “Los Teques Tunnel Construction Professional”

Training Program for the first time. The initiative is

also designed to disseminate technical knowledge

– Education for Work – as well as train new and

better entrepreneurs, contributing toward the

Organization’s Survival, Growth and Perpetuity.

Started on July 12 with the participation of

28 Members from the Altos Mirandinos Mass

Transport System project – the Los Teques Subway

– the course covers the theoretical and technical

areas of the methodologies for underground

excavations using NATM (New Austrian Tunneling

Method) and TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine).

The program consists of two distance

modules, with guides, books and videos selected

in the Rail Transport Knowledgeable Community

so that participants take part in the activities

online. The group is oriented by other specialist

Members.

Besides this, the professionals will have two on-

site meetings, in September and November, with a

lecture on Sustainability administered by Manager

José Ricardo Salles Di Siqueira, which will address

the importance of Safety, Health and Environment

on the work fronts.

Línea II Consortium Promotes First Tunnel Construction Professional Training Program

Future new Odebrecht Venezuela “tunnel construction professionals:” the company is participating in the construction of 71.3 km of subway lines in the country


http://www.ve.odebrecht.com/


The Population Resettlement Program and

Structuring Highways Project, both developed

by Odebrecht Angola, are currently promoting

the Continued Professional Qualification

Program - Acreditar (Believe) for 80 former

military personnel, with aims of reintegrating

them into the job market.

The initiative, developed in partnership with

the Angola Road Institute (INEA) and Ministry of

City Planning and Construction (MINUC), offers

courses in the trades of Bricklayer, Heavy Vehicle

Diver and Motor Grader Operator. This year,

Acreditar Angola is repeating the experience

that worked so well in Benguela last year, with

a group of former military personnel from the

Province of Kuando Kubango.

In the beginning, the participants complete

the Basic Module, which covers the following

areas: Health, Quality, Environment, Safety and

Workplace Psychology. The group will then

be divided into three groups to complete the

Specific Modules.

On July 23, the inaugural act for Acreditar took

place at the Population Resettlement Program

installations. The event included the presence of

the Minister of City Planning and Construction,

Fernando Fonseca, Coordinator of INEA, Manuel

Molares D´Abri, Vice Minister of Social Assistance

and Re-Insertion, Miguel Ângelo “Vietnam,”

Vice Minister of National Defense, Agostinho

Nelumbra “Sanjar,” military authorities and

Members of Odebrecht Angola.

Acreditar will Train Yet Another Group of Former Military in Angola

The group of Minister Fernando Fonseca also visited the Acreditar classrooms


In order to integrate the professionals from

the Converpro Consortium – in which Odebrecht

Engenharia Industrial participates – and PDVSA

in Venezuela with the Odebrecht Entrepreneurial

Technology (TEO), the Organization held the

Action Program (AP) Construction Seminar,

encouraging team work focused on results.

During the opening speech, Rafael Gilly,

General Manager of the consortium, and Paulo

Sá, Operations Manager, commented on the

importance of the meeting between the teams

that work on the construction projects to prepare

the terrain for the expansion of the Puerto La Cruz

Refinery, being undertaken by the Venezuelan

state-owned company. Francisco Penteado,

Managing Director of Odebrecht Engenharia

Industrial for Central America and the Caribbean,

emphasized the importance of the workers’

interaction. “It’s an experience to share our

experiences and knowledge,” said Penteado.

During the two days of the event, Members

participated in lectures and group dynamics

that address the principles, concepts and

criteria of TEO and reinforced the Trust

between Leader and the Led. “One of the

things that most called attention in the

seminar content was the importance of

Trust in the professional relationships,” said

Abelardo Sulbarán, responsible for Direct

Compensation at PDVSA.

According to Oscar Mata, People and

Organization Manager at the consortium, the

PDVSA’s integration with TEO will help contribute

toward the project development. “Applying

methodology to our project will add value to the

development,” said Mata.

Converpro Consortium: Integration with TEO

Professionals from Converpro and PDVSA gather for lectures on Odebrecht Entrepreneurial Technology (TEO)





On July 26, the Moatize Expansion Project

– a Vale project undertaken by Odebrecht

in Mozambique – held the graduation

ceremony for the first group of the digital

inclusion program Hit the Net (Caia na Rede),

which consists of 20 Members.

The certificates of course conclusion

were delivered by Paulo Brito, Contract

Director, and Antonio Caiado, Administrative

and Financial Manager. On the occasion,

Paulo Brito congratulated participants and

encouraged them to continue with their

professional training: “I am very happy to

see your interest in discovering the world

of IT, the Internet and the new types of

interaction between people,” said Brito. “I

hope that they continue to seek out new

knowledge forever.”

Hit the Net continues with two other

groups at the Moatize Expansion Project and

is also undertaken at the Dom Bosco High

School and Cateme Secondary School.

Moatize Expansion Project Trains First Hit the Net Group

Participants from the first Hit the Net group celebrate their certification in basic IT and Internet knowledge


> KNOWLEDGE

The last meeting

of the Dam and Plant

Knowledgeable

Community was held

at one of the largest

hydroelectric power plants

currently being built by

Odebrecht. The Technical

Mission to the Santo

Antônio HPP, in Rondônia,

was held in June and

involved the participation

of more than 100 Members

from different countries.

After the opening

Dam and Plant Community Meets in Santo Antônio

36

Luiz Gabriel Azevedo, responsible for Sustainability at Odebrecht Energia, addresses the sustainable aspects at energy developments


Dam and Plant Community Meets in Santo Antônio

37

speech made by Augusto

Roque, Responsible for

Engineering at Odebrecht

Energia and Community

Leader, the participants

l istened to presentations

about the projects

underway in the energy

sector. The event also

addressed topics such

as the structuring of

environmentally correct

businesses, an overview

of the construction of

dams and hydroelectric


power plants in Brazil and

worldwide and business

opportunities in Africa.

The Knowledgeable

Community Technical

Missions generate in-

depth discussions about

a specific construction

project with aims of

recording best practices

and the learning obtained

in that environment, as

well as to gather Members’

contributions to prepare

the Organization for

the project ’s current

challenges. Accordingly,

the second day of the

meeting was focused on

providing an immersion

at the Santo Antônio HPP,

a development with 3,150

MW of total capacity that

already has four turbines

in commercial operation.

The participants

visited the construction

site and also l istened to

testimonials by contract

leaders about winning

> KNOWLEDGE

Leonardo Borgatti, Contract Director of civil construction work at the Santo Antônio HPP, goes over the project’s details for the participants


the rights to the plant

construction project.

Directors addressed

the technical planning

aspects, creative

methodologies used,

electromechanical

assembly and the

challenges related to

labor and logistics, among

other items.

The meeting was closed

by Henrique Valladares,

Entrepreneurial Leader at

Odebrecht Energia, and

by Antonio Daiha Blando,

Managing Director of E&C

Energia.

The Dam and

Plant Knowledgeable

Community was the

first to be installed at

Odebrecht in 2001 and is

designed to promote the

exchange of experiences

and learning among

Members, help them

resolve technical issues

and disseminate good

practices. To learn more,

access the Corporate

Portal .

The Santo Antônio HPP, located in the capital of Porto Velho, will have a

total capacity of 3,150 MW: four turbines are already

operating

http://portal.odebrecht.com/comunidades/Paginas/default.aspx

http://portal.odebrecht.com/comunidades/Paginas/default.aspx


In July, the magazine Imprensa disclosed

the fifth edition of the ranking “The Most

Sustainable Companies According to the Media,”

elaborated annually by the publication. In the

overall ranking, which included 800 companies,

Braskem came in at 42nd and Odebrecht came

in at 193rd place.

In the listing by sector, classified into

Construction and Chemical and Petrochemical,

the companies ranked 3rd place. Odebrecht also

came in at 3rd place in the ranking by topic in the

category of Transparency.

In order to elaborate the list, there was an

analysis of the news stories published in all

2011 editions of the magazines Época, Época

Negócios, Exame, IstoÉ, IstoÉ Dinheiro, Veja, Carta

Capital, Amanhã and AméricaEconomia as well as

the daily newspapers Folha de S. Paulo, O Estado

de S. Paulo and O Globo.

The survey indicated the companies that

received positive news coverage for their

sustainable practices and actions. The survey was

designed to reveal those companies that best

develop their image among opinion shapers.

On July 17, the Transparency Trophy

revealed the list of the 20 Brazilian companies

recognized as the most transparent in 2012.

Braskem was included in the list of the

publicly traded companies with earnings

of over R$ 5 billion, which included SABESP,

CEMIG, CSN - Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional,

EMBRAER, Gerdau, Natura Cosméticos,

Petrobras, Usiminas and Vale.

The selection, which was made using the

statements disclosed last year, analyzed some

2,000 companies, divided among publicly

traded and private ones, from the sectors of

commerce, industry and services (except for

financial companies) in Brazil. Promoted by the

National Association of Finance, Administrative

and Accounting Executives (ANEFAC), the

Accounting, Actuarial and Financial Research

Institute Foundation (FIPECAFI) and Serasa

Experian, the award analyzes the clarity and

quality of the financial statements and other

information disclosed by the companies.

The trophies will be delivered on

September 20, the same date on which the

Distinguished Company of the Year will be

announced.

Odebrecht and Braskem Considered Among Most Sustainable Companies by Imprensa Magazine

Braskem Earns Transparency Trophy

> FAST NEWS – AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

http://www.braskem.com.br

http://www.odebrecht-ec.com.br



On July 26, Odebrecht confirmed the

maintenance of the Quality Management

certificate under the ISO 9.001-2008 Standard

through the audit conducted at the construction

site of the Santo Antônio Hydroelectric Power

Plant, an Odebrecht Energia investment

located in Rondônia. The project was selected to

represent the company’s operations in the energy

sector.

The certifying agency Bureau Veritas

Certification (BVC) audited the civil construction

work processes, which fall under the responsibility

of the Santo Antônio Civil Consortium (CSAC), as

well as the assembly work, being undertaken by

Odebrecht. The focus was to assess the quality

of the project, which also included the areas of

Environment and Workplace Safety.

Antônio Sérgio Barbin, Quality Manager at

CSAC, commented on the results: “The audit

process guaranteed us the certification and

brought us some new learning,” he said. “It

represents a source of motivation for us, since

we have a system that works well. This gives us

an edge, considering that our objective is to

grow, develop and differentiate.” According to

Mical Muniz, Quality Manager for the assembly

work, complying with the ISO 9.001 standard

is the result of lasting and integrated work

with the development’s different sectors. “Our

teams structured their activities and became

involved with the processes for us to maintain the

certification,” he said.

Santo Antônio HPP Maintains Quality Certification for Odebrecht

The opening and closing of the audit took place at the auditorium of the overlook along the left bank of the Madeira River. Present at the event were leaders and Members of the companies, as well as Alberto da Silva Mehes, a representative of BVC, and Renata Zamboni, from the Odebrecht Quality area

http://www.odebrecht.com/en/businesses-and-interests/energy


On July 5 and 6, Odebrecht Engenharia

Industrial organized its first Sustainability

and Social Projects meeting, involving the

participation of 32 Members. The goal was to

align the Organization’s Sustainability Policy

with the projects’ operations and provide

a space for exchanging knowledge and

information among professionals from the

sector.

André Paraná, responsible for People

and Organization, Sustainability and

Communication at the company, and

Sérgio Leão, responsible for Sustainability at

Odebrecht, opened the event by presenting

strategic aspects of Sustainability at the

Organization.

During the second day of the meeting,

Simone Coelho, from the Institute, Foundation

and Company Group (GIFE), conducted a

training session on the Elaboration of Social

Projects, focusing on the importance of

qualifying the company’s operations. There

was also the presentation of the changes to

the new version of ISAM (Social-Environmental

Indicators), a tool for the systematic monitoring

of social-environmental indicators.

1st Sustainability Meeting - Odebrecht Engenharia Industrial Social Projects

> FAST NEWS - SUSTAINABILITY

Members from the Social Project area of the contracts in Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela gathered in São Paulo for training and discussions




In the search for sustainable

practices for preserving the

environment and its natural

resources, the Santo Antônio

Hydroelectric Power Plant

developed a new water reuse

system: separator of water and

oil within a closed cycle.

The structure was created

to treat the water used to wash

trucks and equipment on the

construction site’s Washing and

Lubrication Ramp. With the

new system, the project saves

one million liters of water per

month.

The ramp is the site with the

highest rate of oily effluents

at the construction project.

With the previous process, the

water mixed with oil and grease

was treated, meeting the legal

standards for the release of

effluents into the environment,

and discarded into the receiving

body of water. With the creation

of the Water and Oil Separator

within a closed cycle, the

previously existing structure

gained modern treatment

resources, allowing for the

reuse of water. Nelson Alves,

Santo Antônio HPP Launches New System for Reusing Water

Together, the water treatment structures installed at the project allow for the 12.5% reuse of the resource collected at the construction site

Environment and Workplace

Safety Manager, explained:

“We decided to do more than

required by law. We treat the

effluent and we reuse it, ceasing

from releasing it into the

environment and preserving

natural resources.”

The products chosen for

the water treatment were the

Polymer and Organic Veta

(extracted from the bark of the

Black Cassia tree), the same

used in the Industrial Water

Treatment Plants. The former

structure received a water

mixer, decantation box, made

with gravel (to retain the solid

substances) and a filter with

two passageways, made from

charcoal (to eliminate odors).

After the process has been

completed, the water is ready

to be used once again. With the

use of pumps, it continues on

to the washing reservoir on the

Ramp.

For Nelson Alves, the new

system is sustainable, since

it brings environmental and

economic benefits. “It benefits

the environment and helps

generate savings for the

company,” said Alves.

http://www.santoantonioenergia.com.br

http://www.santoantonioenergia.com.br


How many times to you travel by airplane on

average per year? What is the fuel used in your

vehicle? Do you separate the waste that can

be recycled? The answers to these and other

questions will define the number of trees that

need to be planted to neutralize your carbon

emissions into the environment. The calculation

can be performed at the website of the Land

Conservation Organization (OCT) – an institution

associated with the Bahia Southern Lowlands

Environmental Protection Area Mosaic Program

for Development and Growth Integrated

with Sustainability (PDCIS), supported by the

Odebrecht Foundation.

The result is displayed in numbers of trees and

values, in Brazilian reais, of the planting. In this way,

it is possible to decide to perform the action or fund

the service so that OCT performs the same. The

initiative, called Payment Program for Environmental

Services – Carbon, is also known as Pratigi CO2

Neutral, due to the institution’s site of operations.

OCT promotes the reforestation of the Pratigi

Environmental Protection Area, located in the

Bahia Southern Lowlands. “We are creating an

opportunity through a social-environmental

project, prompting everyone to feel responsible

for contributing,” said Volney Fernandes,

Environmental Service Cooperative Alliance Leader.

To measure how many trees it is necessary

to plant to neutralize your carbon emission into

the environment, click here to access the OCT

website.

Neutralize Your Carbon Emission!

Students and teachers from 3,870 primary

schools began to receive the kits from

the Cultural Horizon Project. Sponsored

by Braskem, promoted by the publisher

Editora Horizonte and supported by the

Federal Cultural Incentive Law, the initiative

is designed to promote the training of

the teaching staff and improve students’

knowledge of environmental issues. A total of

10,000 kits will be distributed in the states of

São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul,

Alagoas and Bahia.

The Cultural Horizon Project was developed

by journalists and specialized educators. The

material contains six editions of the magazine

Horizonte Geográfico, two posters with the

message “Attitudes at Home” and the Reading

Incentive Guide, which addresses topics such

as conscious consumption and packaging in

people’s daily lives.

In August, teachers from the Rio de Janeiro

public school network will be trained during

on-site meetings. It is expected that five groups

with 30 teachers each will be trained. The

events will be elaborated with a social-cultural

focus on the topic of “Conscious Consumption”

and will use literary and informative texts to

promote debates and reflection.

Braskem Promotes Environmental Education at Over 3,800 Schools



http://www.oct.org.br/wp/projeto-co2-neutro-pratigi/



On June 23, São Paulo

filmmaker Daniel Rabanéa

received the CHICO|Saneatins

Sustainability Trophy from the

Managing Director of Saneatins,

Mário Amaro. Rabaneá received

the trophy in the category

“Environmental Brazil,” from the

largest film and video festival in

Tocantins, called CHICO.

The ceremony, held in

Palmas, included the presence

of the members of the festival’s

organizing committee,

Organization Members and the

press. During the event, there was

the presentation of the awarded

short film “Essence,” produced

and directed by Rabanéa. Lasting

three minutes, the film addresses

in a playful fashion the rational

use of water and will be used

in SANEATINS presentations at

schools and for the community.

Mário Amaro emphasized

that SANEATINS’ commitment

to universalizing basic sanitation

in Tocantins is a fundamental

part of its efforts to develop a

sustainable development model

in the state, one with more health

Saneatins Delivers CHICO |SANEATINS Sustainability Trophy

Mário Amaro awards filmmaker Daniel Rabanéa during the largest film and video festival in Tocantins. The youth won the trophy sponsored by SANEATINS

and quality of life for people: “We

are increasingly focusing our

participation on projects that

promote discussion on the topic

of access to water and sewage

services,” said Amaro.

For filmmaker Daniel Rabanéa,

the inclusion of the video in

the SANEATINS environmental

education program brings him

personal satisfaction. “I have a

degree in biology,” he said. “It

is really nice to see our work

being recognized and used as a

mechanism for communication

and education,” he emphasized.

Click here to view the awarded

short film.

Promoted by the Image

and Sound Center (CIM) and

sponsored by the Tocantins State

Government, the CHICO Festival

took place during the Tocantins

International Literary Fair. The

programming included 113

films and 75 hours of activities,

including special and competitive

exhibits, panels, workshops and

class entity meetings, among

others.

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The students from the winning schools of

the “A New Look at Plastic” Project, promoted

by the Akatu Institute and Braskem, had the

opportunity to visit the Triunfo Petrochemical

Center in Rio Grande do Sul during a visit held on

July 10.

The group toured the company’s units in the

state, visited the Environmental Station and a

screening unit in Dois Irmãos, where it observed

the separation of the garbage and processing

of the plastics in practice. The students then

visited the plastic wood production unit that uses

recycled raw material from Acinplas in Estância

Velha.

The big winner of the project was the Luiza

Nunes Bezerra State School from Juara, Mato

Grosso, with the projects “Environmental

Education – Our Hands Can Save the Planet” and

“Garbage Transformed into Art,” which involved

200 students. Among the proposed initiatives

are the promotion of an ecological evening with

the presentation of a play, puppets, parodies

and an exhibit for the community and creation

of paintings made from recycled materials,

addressing topics related to the environment,

citizenship and conscious consumption.

The “A New Look at Plastic” Project reinforced

the importance of topics associated with

conscious consumption and sustainability among

educators and students from public and private

schools in Brazil. The initiative was designed to

encourage them to propose solutions to current

problems, such as the choice of what to consume,

the differences in the production chains, the

inappropriate disposal of wastes and prevention

of water and energy waste. The project reached

more than 1,500 schools selected from the Faça

Parte (“Become Part”) Institute network.

Winning Schools of the Environmental Project Tour Braskem

Young students were able to learn about the complete lifecycle of plastic, from its production at Braskem, continuing on to the stages of recycling and then the final recycled product




Giroflex-forma, leader in

the furniture market in Latin

America, launched the first

seats made from plastic of a

renewable origin in Brazil, in

the VIP boxes of the Morumbi

Stadium in São Paulo.

Developed in partnership

with Cromex and Braskem ,

the chairs installed use

polyethylene (PE) originating

from sugarcane ethanol – a

100% renewable material

of high added value and

recyclabil ity.

“ The new feature is the

sustainability involved in the

project design,” said Linaldo

Vilar, New Business Director

at Giroflex-forma. “ This is

because the plastic used in

the seats uses ethanol as its

raw material, a renewable

energy source that replaces

the traditional petroleum-

based compound,” said Vilar.

Over the next three years, the

company plans to invest R$ 6

mill ion in the market of seats

for sports arenas.

Manufactured by Braskem,

the resin from the “sugarcane

seats” is recognized

worldwide for maintaining

the benefits and properties

of traditional plastic and for

being more sustainable. The

differential is its capacity to

help reduce the greenhouse

effect: for each ton produced,

up to 2.5 tons of carbon gas

(CO2) are captured and fixed

from the atmosphere.

Morumbi Stadium Receives Country’s First Sugarcane Seats



To celebrate National Work Accident

Prevention Day, on July 27, the Foz do Brasil

operations undertook several different

actions to raise Members’ awareness about

Workplace Safety.

From Uruguaiana, in Rio Grande do Sul,

extending through the cities of Mairinque

and Mauá, in São Paulo, and Cachoeiro

de Itapemirim, in Espírito Santo, there

was the organization of initiatives that

discussed topics such as Unsafe Behavior,

Use of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE),

Respect for Signs and Compliance with

Procedures.

Foz do Brasil Reinforces Importance of Safety

Mairinque: simulations of accidents and situations of risk were conducted with the workers’ participation

Mauá: the topics addressed in the lectures promoted a sense of responsibility among Members, reinforcing the precautions to be taken when completing tasks

Cachoeiro de Itapemirim: the Daily Safety Training (DST) presented a video produced by the unit’s Health, Safety and Environment team

Uruguaiana: special activities emphasized that the precautions with safety should be daily


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