Message from the CEO
“We achieved one of the main goals announced in the last ESG Report published by us: to be recognized by leading international platforms as a company that creates value and promotes development through its business.”
Teresa Vernaglia, CEO of BRK
ESG Goals
As part of our business growth strategy, we have made commitments to the sustainability agenda. We set corporate goals connected to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the main demands of Brazilian society.
In our governance model, the management of corporate risks and ESG aspects are integrated. The Risk Management Policy, built throughout 2021 with the aim of formalizing the guidelines already practiced by the company, was approved by the Board of Directors in early 2022. The management of risk management processes was incorporated into the Sustainability and Risk Board.
Climate change
We are committed to having zero our greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, with intermediate reduction of 10% by 2025 and 30% by 2030
Main intiatives
Efficient sewage treatment plants, with the potential to abate 90% of emissions compared to conventional treatment systems
Solar sludge dryers
Biogas burners
Self-generation of electricity from renewable sources
Energy efficiency
70% of our total electricity consumption will be supplied by renewable carbon-free sources by 2030
In 2021, 54% of our company’s total electricity consumption was provided by renewable sources.
Water security
We will reduce water distribution losses to a ceiling of 25% by 2030
Between 2017 and 2021
We avoided wasting 21 billion liters of water. This volume is equivalent to 8,400 Olympic swimming pools or guarantees the supply of a city of 380,000 inhabitants for 1 year.
Loss Reduction Program
An integrated action to identify and correct leaks in the network, avoiding the waste of water resources.
Diversity and inclusion
We will have 40% women in leadership positions by 2024
45%
of women in top leadership*
*CEO and Directors
30%
of women in leadership roles*
*Supervision and above
By 2025, we will have 40% of self-declared black or brown employees in leadership positions
DiversifiK Program
The DiversifiK Program was created to structure our actions while focusing on plurality and diversity. The actions carried out across the company strengthen the topic in our ESG Strategy and promote the engagement of all employees. One of the main benefits of the development of DiversifiK has been the inclusion, in the corporate ESG Strategy, of targets related to diversity.
Social investment
In the more than 100 cities we serve, our Private Social Investment strategy helps make sanitation synonymous with growth and prosperity.
Security
Our Safe Work Management System (SWMS), deployed since 2019, aims to eliminate and mitigate high-severity incidents. SWMS covers 100% of the units and allows the identification of activities with the greatest potential for injury or fatalities and the implementation of safety barriers.
The high-risk incident rate (HRI) and the total frequency rate (TIFR) had significant reductions between 2018 and 2021. In the same period, investments in units (CAPEX) increased by 125%, with more activities in the field.
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