Consumption of water resources is a critical aspect of our business. Considered a reference in the forestry sector in this respect, the company's industrial process reached a level of excellence in water withdrawal and consumption intended for pulp production.

Withdrawal refers to water withdrawn from the environment for the plant to operate (in cubic meters per ton of pulp produced). According to the international guidelines of the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) and of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), global best practices for water withdrawal are between 25 m³ and 50 m³ per ton of pulp. Our three mills currently operate between 25 m³ and 30 m³ per ton.

Water consumption is the difference between the volume withdrawn and the volume treated after its use and return to the river. On average, Fibria's industrial operations consume 5 m³ of water per ton of pulp produced, that is, on average, we use the same water 4.5 times and return to the source 85% of the water required to complete the process.

Water consumption in the industrial process

Water cycle in the production of pulp

SPECIFIC WITHDRAWAL OF WATER IN INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS (M³/ADT)¹ F-19

1 adt – tons of air-dry pulp.

TOTAL WATER WITHDRAWAL IN INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS, BY SOURCE¹

1 All water withdrawal by Fibria's industrial units and from surface sources.

PERCENTAGE AND TOTAL VOLUME OF WATER RECYCLED AND REUSED IN INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS