Food grown by the IP Institute project will benefit centers supporting vulnerable populations (Centros POP) Três Lagoas (MS) With the work of students and teachers, the Joaquim Marques de Souza and Parque São Carlos schools, participants in the Nature and Body Project, harvested their first crop on October 6. Donations were delivered to the Municipal Read more about Nature and Body harvests its first crop[…]
From July to September, public school educators in Luís Antônio (SP) and the region worked on raising student awareness regarding preservation of water resources, through the “Guardians of the Water” project, coordinated by International Paper Institute. The schools in Luís Antonio, Altinópolis, Guatapará and São Simão, in the state of São Paulo, submitted their projects Read more about Winning Guardians of the Water Project schools reiterate the importance of water[…]
Company remains focused on the 2020 agenda and on reducing pollutant emissions by 13% in two years International Paper released its Sustainability Report in October. This document shows the company’s good practices in different indicators, such as: natural resources preservation and savings, occupational safety, personnel management, community actions, and more. Every year, large companies provide Read more about IP Sustainability Report shows advances in environmental conservation[…]
Date celebrates the creation of the National Library in 1810 National Book Day, celebrated in Brazil on October 29, takes us back to the country’s colonial age. With the Portuguese court having come to Brazil in 1808, the city of Rio de Janeiro received a rich collection from the Royal Library of Portugal, with over Read more about National Book Day: October 29[…]
Brazil celebrates Children’s Day on October 12. The holiday was created in the country through a federal law proposed by Congressman Galdino Filho and signed into law by President Arthur Bernardes in 1924. The date set by the legislature was not popular at first. In the 1960s, the Estrela toy factory changed the status of Read more about Children’s Day and IP Institute[…]
The awards ceremony for the Social and Environmental Education (SEE) project’s essay and literary contest was held on September 29. Students and teachers were recognized from the cities of Mogi Guaçu, Mogi Mirim and Estiva Gerbi, all located in the state of São Paulo. In 2017, the essay contest, which is celebrating its 42nd anniversary, Read more about IP Institute celebrates 10 years with SEE contest awards[…]
“I am proud to see how this project has made a difference in people’s lives,” says Leandra Ferreira Leite, the Institute’s President. Leandra Ferreira Leite, presidente do Instituto, e Gláucia Faria, gerente de Responsabilidade Social e Sustentabilidade International Paper Institute was created 10 years ago, in September 2007. In one decade of corporate social responsibility Read more about International Paper Institute celebrates one decade of transformation and social responsibility[…]