GRI 2-7 Employees
As a growing company, human capital is a strategic resource for the sustainability and longevity of Bracell’s business. In 2024, we continued investing in talent acquisition and retention. We expanded our direct workforce by 22%. This growth was due to team expansion in pulp operations and the launch of our Tissue business unit through Bracell Papéis.
Our employees work across forestry operations (silviculture and harvesting), industrial operations (paper and pulp production), and administrative support functions.
At Bracell Papéis, we had 1,673 direct employees in 2024 working in our mills in São Gonçalo dos Campos (BA), Feira de Santana (BA), Pombos (PE), and Lençóis Paulista (SP). Our pulp business had a total of 8,547 direct employees working in operations in São Paulo and Bahia.
Altogether, we had 10,235 direct employees in 2024 across pulp and paper operations.
| Region | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||
| Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | |
| Bahia | 1,342 | 436 | 1,778 | 1,434 | 470 | 1,904 | 1,479 | 490 | 1,969 |
| São Paulo | 3,412 | 715 | 4,127 | 4,501 | 986 | 5,487 | 5,265 | 1,313 | 6,578 |
| Southeast Paper Operations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 476 | 143 | 619 |
| Northeast Paper Operations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 834 | 235 | 1,069 |
| Total | 4,754 | 1,151 | 5,905 | 5,935 | 1,456 | 7,391 | 8,054 | 2,181 | 10,235 |
Note: Bracell Papéis, our paper business, started operations in 2023 and is reporting its sustainability performance indicators for the first time, for year 2024.
| Employment contract | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||
| Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | |
| Permanent employees | 5,094 | 1,232 | 6,326 | 5,897 | 1,421 | 7,318 | 7,847 | 2,003 | 9,850 |
| Temporary employees | 123 | 86 | 206 | 38 | 35 | 73 | 195 | 175 | 370 |
| Non-guaranteed hours employees | 1,845 | 152 | 1,997 | 4,683 | 1,033 | 5,716 | 509 | 192 | 701 |
| Full-time employees | 4,963 | 1,215 | 6,178 | 5,735 | 1,387 | 7,122 | 7,934 | 2,028 | 9,962 |
| Part-time employees¹ | 72 | 58 | 130 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 108 | 150 | 156 |
Note: to ensure greater alignment with the GRI Standards, we refined our definition of non-guaranteed hours employees, which led to a decrease in the figure reported for 2024. This category includes direct employees holding roles such as specialist, coordinator, manager, senior manager, and C-suite (for more details, see GRI 405-1 Diversity of governance bodies and employees).