Suzano S.A.

Review summary

Suzano submitted its Nature Strategy to the It’s Now for Nature campaign and met all the review criteria.

Suzano’s materiality assessment addresses nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities in its direct operations of forestry and industrial processing.
Suzano has conducted a thorough materiality assessment and disclosure of its Nature Strategy in alignment with the TNFD LEAP approach and TNFD recommendations.
The focus areas addressed are: Ecosystem Use (Area of Land/Freshwater use), Biodiversity (Invasive species), Water use, Waste/Pollution, and Climate change

Suzano has set SMART targets for its material nature-related issues with deadlines from 2025 until 2030.
For example: 
- Land: connecting 500,000 hectares of corridors by 2030.
- Water: Reduce water withdrawal in industrial operations by 15% by 2030.
- Pollution: Reduce the volume of industrial solid waste sent to landfill 70% by 2030.
- Climate: Reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 50.4% by 2032.

Suzano’s action plans use the AR3T framework/Mitigation hierarchy. Each material area within the focus groups has several related actions.
For example, actions designed to address pollution include:
- Inclusive Recycling Program for the disposal of recyclable waste
- Deployment of integrated pest and disease management systems for detection, monitoring and targeted control
- Implementation of dust control measures near communities during planting and harvesting periods through road wetting protocols

The Board has approved the nature strategy of Suzano, with delivery executed by the Sustainability Department, overseen by the Board-based Sustainability Committee
The board is advised by a Sustainability Committee
Remuneration policies are linked to ESG targets: “a portion of the variable compensation of its Executive Leadership Team is linked to the achievement of environmental, social and governance (ESG) targets”