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Due to the high performance during the year 2020 in terms of guarantee, quality, delivery and continuous improvement, SULPLAST once again received the 10 PPM Award from the PACCAR Group, controller of the DAF, Kenworth and Peterbilt brands.

According to the Sales and After-Sales Representative Agent of SULPLAST in Paraná, Allan George A. Jaigobind, the award attests to the company's reliability and resilience: “Even facing the pandemic scenario, with a shortage of inputs in many sectors, we are recognized as a reference in guaranteeing supply and product quality. This shows that SULPLAST is a strong link in the supply chain and a strategic partner, able to promote assertive solutions in the most challenging moments”.

The 10 PPM certificate of excellence places SULPLAST among the best suppliers of the PACCAR Group worldwide and confirms the effectiveness of the established operational guidelines.

According to the Social and Environmental Impact Report (RIA) issued by the urban recycler REURBI, already in the first collection period, SULPLAST sent 90 kg of disused electronic for reuse of parts or even to put the product back on the market, such as a used and refurbished Remakker brand equipments. With this volume, it was possible to prevent 172 kg of greenhouse gases (GHG) from being emitted into the atmosphere and 1 kg of toxic metals discarded into the environment.

With the partnership next to REURBI initiated in June 2020, SULPLAST started to send all unused IT and telecommunications equipment to the reusing process. Moreover, the company was also transformed into a collection point, where all collaborators can dispose their personal electronic devices that are no longer in use.

Furthermore to ensuring a reduction in the generation of waste and greenhouse gases, the initiative also donates equipment and transfers resources to social projects for digital inclusion, while promoting socio-environmental awareness among collaborators, partners and community members.

Through the acquisition of renewable and incentivized energy from solar, wind, thermoelectric and SHP's (small hydro power plants), between January and December 2019, SULPLAST contributed to reduce by 183.05 tons, the amount of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere. This is equivalent to a reforestation project of 1.281 trees planted over 30 years.

This expressive result guaranteed the company the Renewable Energy Certificate, granted by the partnership between SINERCONSULT and COMERC ENERGIA.

The methodology for data collecting and conclusions establishment, follows the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, from The Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative, a set of parameters used internationally since 2001, by private companies, NGO’s and government entities, to measure the emission of greenhouse gases.

With a program to obtain renewable and incentivized energy established in 2018, SULPLAST continually reinforces its commitment to sustainable development and shows alignment with the ISO 14.001 guidelines.

On 01/29/21, SULPLAST was again approved in the ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 audits by the Vanzolini Foundation. The positive results confirm the efficiency of the SULPLAST Quality Management System and the company's ability to meet the highest requirements of the automobile chain at an international level.

Reference in the manufacture of technical parts in plastic material, SULPLAST had the excellence of its production, assembly, maintenance and development processes, once again confirmed. This shows that the constant investments in quality, sustainability and continuous improvement, place a more than promising future on the company's horizon.

In 2017, Sulplast started the Program “Caring is Everyone's Role”, with the objective of making all collaborators aware of paper sheets uses.

During initiative’s first year, the consumption decrease was 14 packages of printer paper, compared to 2016. The following year, the reduction grew to more 26 packages, but it was in 2019 that the results started to become surprising. With great commitment from all sectors, the economy reached 117 A4 paper packages. This guarantees the preservation of 3.23 trees and 26,910 liters of water.

Considering the factory's needs and in view of the achievement of such expressive indexes, the projections for 2020 were not very bold. However, with the increasing digitalization of the company, the strengthening of the program and the sustainability culture established, it was possible to save 84 more packages, the equivalent to 42.000 sheets.

In just four years of existence, “Caring is Everyone's Role” has made it possible to save 241 packs of printer paper, which preserved 6.6 eucalyptus and 55.430 liters of water, in addition to promoting cost containment and dissemination of sustainable thinking.