The Company was upgraded to A- in Climate Change and is well positioned in other reported criteria in CDP’s annual assessment
CDP, the largest and most respected global platform of corporate sustainability information, disclosed on Tuesday (8) the results of the reports for 2019, which show that JBS advanced in the rated criteria, occupying the best position among the Brazilian companies in the Food, Beverage & Tobacco sector.
The Company was evaluated on three criteria: Climate Change; Water Security; and Forests, the latter being subdivided into the categories Wood, Cattle and Soy. In 2020, JBS rose from B to A- in Climate Change, reaching the leadership level in this topic, and from B- to B in Forests: Soy, maintaining score B in the other items analyzed.
“JBS has been working hard on the transition to a low-carbon economy and we are pleased with the results achieved this year. The progress in Climate Change especially reflects our growing commitment to the reduction in emissions, with consistent actions to engage our suppliers, in addition to delivering increasingly transparent data to the market”, explains Márcio Nappo, Sustainability Director of JBS.
Among the initiatives reported to the platform is JBS Biodiesel, the first biofuel company in Brazil to obtain certification for the issuance of decarbonization credits (CBIOs) through its plant in Lins (SP), as well as an additional plant certified in 2020, in Campo Verde (MT). It is also worth highlighting that, for the first time, JBS has received the Gold Seal of the Brazilian GHG Protocol Program, in addition to mapping new business opportunities focused on the circular economy – such as the beginning of the construction of its fertilizer plant at Guaiçara (SP), which will make JBS the first food company in Brazil to use organic waste generated at its plants to produce fertilizer.
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Paraná Climate Seal
In December, JBS also received the Paraná Climate Seal, an initiative of the government of Paraná that acknowledges the efforts by companies that voluntarily report to the State Secretariat for Sustainable Development and Tourism (Sedest) information about how they register greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Using third-party assurance of its GHG emissions this year, JBS has been promoted to the Gold category.
The 6th edition of the initiative saw the participation of 115 production units of a total of 46 companies, and the awards ceremony was held on-line. For reporting, data is collected about the use of fuel to produce energy at the plants, electricity consumption, the analysis of the effluents generated by the plants and the consumption of fuel used for transportation.
JBS has eight production units in the State of Paraná, in the municipalities of Campo Mourão, Carambeí, Jacarezinho, Jaguapitã, Lapa, Rolândia, Santa Fé and Santo Inácio, in addition to feed and incubator plants.