Celulose Irani S.A was named as Citizen Firm ADVB – SC 2006, in the Environmental Preservation category, for the example of the Clean Development Mechanism – Co-generation Plant.
The award is an initiative from the Association of Sales and Marketing Leaders in Santa Catarina, a non profit making civil entity that operates in the state. The ADVB motivates and rewards initiatives in socially responsible and successful companies from Santa Catarina.
The Co-generation Plant, the project that won the award was installed at the Companys paper mill, in the town of Vargem Bonita – SC. The plant allows for the substitution of fossil fuel for sustainable biomass, which allowed the Company to become self-sufficient in the generation of energy and it permitted a potential reduction in the emission of 3,702 thousand tons of carbon equivalent over 21 years, making IRANI, the first Brazilian company in the paper and cellulose sector, and the second in the world, to issue carbon credits from the Kyoto Protocol.
