As leaders in the sector, we are aware of our responsibility and potential contribution. So, we advance to observe this commitment in an increasingly structured way.

The objective is to ensure our business continuity without compromising natural resources and life quality of future generations.

One important step in our trajectory was the definition of our Materiality Matrix, that is, themes that are priority to the business in terms of sustainability.

Get to know our material themes:

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Supported initiatives
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• PROGRAMA NA MÃO CERTA (IN THE RIGHT HANDS PROGRAM)

  The program is intended to promote a broad joint effort to face sexual exploitation of children and adolescents in Brazilian highways, by raising awareness of truck drivers for them to act as protection agents of children and adolescents rights. The project is a Childhood Brazil initiative.
• COMMUNITY IN ACTION

  The award acknowledges and values projects developed in Baixada Santista (SP), where Ultracargo operates a terminal for storage and handling of liquid bulks. The following categories are included: Solidarity, Well-being, Cultural Action, and Entertainment. This initiative exists for over 10 years in partnership with newspaper A Tribuna, from Santos (SP).
• FREE OPERATIONAL TRAINING COURSE

  The course is offered to the communities surrounding the new terminal Vila do Conde (PA), and is intended to provide basic training in port terminal operations. In partnership with FAENE/Polis – Business College, the students will receive a certificate, which will probably expand job opportunities in Ultracargo terminal itself or in other companies operating in the port.
• "PORTO, HISTÓRIAS E COMUNIDADES" "PORT, STORIES AND COMMUNITIES" PROJECT – MUSEUM OF THE PERSON

  The project will record, in video, life stories of people who were benefitted by the operations in Santos Port, where Ultracargo operates a terminal. This is a way of evidencing bonds involving the citizen, the territory and the Port, and also a way to foment memory production, dissemination and preservation.
• WE REUSE WATER FROM HYDROSTATIC TESTS

  Testing for leakage or structural problems in our tanks can require millions of liters of water. In order to make this process more sustainable, we reuse the same water several times, for several tanks. Thus we help preserving this valuable natural resource.
• WE CAPTURE AND REUSE RAINWATER

  O terminal de Santos terminal counts on a system for rainwater catchment. The technology is also included for ongoing expansion projects in Itaqui (MA) and in the future Vila do Conde terminal (PA). For the good of our business and for the good of all.
• WE USE CLEAN AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

  Our terminals in Itaqui (MA), Santos (SP), Suape (PE) and Aratu (BA) are supplied with renewable energy from small hydros and wind, solar and biomass plants. Such solution keeps our operations and is particularly intended to mitigate climate changes.
• WE ARE BRONZE CATEGORY IN ECOVADIS QUESTIONNAIRE

  As requested from our customers, in 2020 we answered the EcoVadis questionnaire, which assesses companies' performance in social and environmental topics. We obtained certification in bronze category.