The Sustainability Steering Committee, led by Bracell’s president, Praveen Singhavi, is responsible for strategic decision-making concerning key sustainability matters. The committee oversees and validates the management of environmental, social and governance risks and impacts, ensuring that sustainability is aligned with long-term business planning.

Among its responsibilities, the committee is also in charge of validating Bracell’s materiality matrix, ensuring that priority is given to the most important issues for stakeholders and company strategy. (See more in GRI 3-2)

Sustainability steering committee oversight of internal and external audits

The Sustainability Steering Committee monitors the results of internal and external audits, assessments on compliance with Forestry Certification Endorsement Program (PEFC), ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification standards, carried out annually, and audits on the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Performance Standards and Equator Principles, which take place twice yearly (see more in ESG certifications and badges).

It also monitors and oversees continuous improvement processes as part of the Bracell Integrated Management System (see more in GRI 2-13), for compliance with the requirements of certification standards, legislation and international sustainability protocols.

All applicable policies, protocols, regulations and standards are  incorporated in internal procedures outlining processes and guidelines on managing social, environmental and governance issues. These documents are part of Bracell’s Integrated Management System, accessible to all Bracell employees.

Sustainability Steering Committee oversight of priority topics for internal and external stakeholders

Bracell’s Managing Director of Institutional Relations, who is a member of the Sustainability Steering Committee, is responsible for overseeing activities designed to cultivate relationships with external stakeholders, including local communities, traditional communities and peoples, trade associations, and government organizations and representatives.

Other strategic stakeholders (employees, contractors, suppliers, customers and financial institutions) also have their interests represented by the executives of each department responsible for relations with and engagement of those stakeholders: heads of forestry and industrial operations, logistics, sales, finance, human resources, as well as the Vice President of Sustainability.

Position	Executive	Scope of work
President	Praveen Singhavi	Chief operations officer for Bracell in Brazil
Industrial Operations Officer – São Paulo	Guilherme Araújo	Head of mill operations, São Paulo
Head of Forestry Operations	Mauro Quirino	Head of forestry operations, São Paulo
Managing Director – Bahia	Rudine Antes	Head of industrial and forestry operations, Bahia
Executive Vice President	Luiz Carlos Cavalcanti Dutra Junior	Stakeholder engagement strategic planning lead
Managing Director – Bracell Papéis	Eduardo Aron	Head of operations for Bracell Papéis in Brazil