Annual Sustainability Report ESG 2021/2022 by Zopone Engenharia

ANNUAL SUSTAINABILITY REPORT ESG 2021 | 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance

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PRESENTATION ZOPONE GROUP presents the Annual Sustainability Report as the main tool to report its ESG markers to its collaborators, to the society, to suppliers, to clients and to all interested parties, its strategy in regards to environmental, social and corporate governance subjects. This document is set with three main areas: Governance, Social and Environmental, and aims on presenting performance results on subjects such as social questions, environmental aspects and climate change, consolidating then all data related to the year of 2021 and adding value to the business brand and image and to all of ZOPONE GROUP portfolio.

CONTENT MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTORS.......................................................................... 07 WE BUILD HISTORIES............................................................................................. 08 GOALS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT............................................................ 10 ACTIVITY OVERVIEW IN LATIN AMERICA............................................................. 13 ZOPONE GROUP AREAS OF ACTIVITY................................................................... 14 ZOPONE GROUP IN NUMBERS.............................................................................. 17 GOVERNANCE DIMENSION................................................................................... 18 MISSION VISION AND VALUES.............................................................................. 23 CODE OF CONDUCT............................................................................................... 25 COMPLIANCE AND INTEGRITY PROGRAM........................................................... 26 DATA PRIVACY AND PROTECTION POLICY.......................................................... 29 SOCIAL DIMENSION............................................................................................... 30 HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION.............................................................................. 34 RELATIONSHIP WITH SUPPLIERS.......................................................................... 36 SOCIAL PROJECTS................................................................................................... 40 ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSION............................................................................. 50 OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY................................................................................... 52

MESSAGE FROM THE

DIRECTORS

PASSION FOR EXCELLENCE WAS ALWAYS OUR MOTTO

During 2021, we were moved by resilience and consolidated the portfolio of companies under ZOPONE GROUP in the areas of energy transmission, industrial constructions, photovoltaic energy, telecommunications, real state development and agribusiness. We continue developing a project portfolio of clean and renewable energy, as well as continue training our crews and with strategic partnerships to advance in the area. We highlight the Real State Development and Energy Transmission area, where we look to adopt the best practices for energy efficiency and renewal to the business model. We are sure that our positive results are result of our goal of serving our clients with excellence and quality, prioritizing our role with society and the environment. We look to the future, but not forgetting our achievements and lessons from the past which made us get to this point. We are thankful to all of our collaborators and partners who significantly contributed to the final result. This results are only possible through a motivated and capable team, where challenges become the fuel to make us move. It is with great satisfaction that we present our 2nd Annual Sustainability Report ESG 2021/2022 We wish you a good reading!

JÚNIOR ZOPONE

CLÁUDIO ZOPONE

Technical Director

Management Director

WE BUILD

HISTORIES Zopone Group, founded in 1988 in the city of Bauru/SP, consolidated its practice in the whole national territory and in Latin America, with solid financial and human capital, standing out by the execution of large-scale projects, in the areas of infrastructure for telecommunication, data centers, energy transmission, buildings for real state, industrial and commercial applications, urbanization and paving. Its goals and work philosophy were incorporated from the early years, creating a team of dedicated professionals who contribute to the improvement and growth of the business.

With its work philosophy always in tune

sustainable practices for environmental and

reduce emissions, collaboration with the

with the commitment for its client’s

pollution protection, conscious use of natural

social environment where its acting, standing

satisfaction and with service quality, the

resources, incentives for environmental

out for its high standard of excellence and

Group incorporates and focuses Its actions on

awareness and education, practices to

conformity.

GOALS

OBJETIVOS DE

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 3 5344

HEALTH EDUCAÇÃO DE SAÚDE DE QUALITY IGUALDADE DE DE QUALIDADE EDUCAÇÃO QUALIDADE GÊNERO QUALIDADE

ZOPONE GROUP is engaged in contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), therefore, we assume the commitment as presented below:

699 54 ensure the health and safety of all direct and indirect

ÁGUA POTÁVEL INDUSTRY, INDÚSTRIA, E SANEAMENTO IGUALDADE INNOVATION INOVAÇÃO E DE&DE EDUCAÇÃO INFRASTRUCTURES GÊNERO QUALIDADE INFRAESTRUTURAS

• Our strictness on operational procedures aims to collaborators, in all activities and tasks.

correct and sustainable buildings.

care and quality of life.

435 54

10510 11

REDUZIR REDUZIR AS AS SUSTAINABLE IGUALDADE DESIGUALDADES DESIGUALDADES CITIES ANDDE GÊNERO COMMUNITIES

• At Zopone Group all collaborators, independently of sex, race, creed of gender, have the same conditions for personal and

as well as fostering direct and indirect

• 30% of leadership roles are occupied

collaborators engagement through external

by women.

6 38 54

• In 2021, 7,208 training hours were performed for over 4,500 people, including training for

communication and social actions.

1113 1112 5

technical enhancement, as well as Code of Conduct, Compliance, and Privacy Politics.

local economic development 11promote through awareness campaigns targeting the • Our commitment to society aims to

local population,

professional growth.

ÁGUA POTÁVEL DECENT WORK SAÚDE DE E SANEAMENTO IGUALDADE DE DE & ECONOMICAL EDUCAÇÃO QUALIDADE GÊNERO QUALIDADE GROWTH

technological innovations and energetic efficiency, promoting environmentally

• We teach and stimulate our collaborators on health

EDUCAÇÃO EQUALITYDE OF SAÚDE DE QUALIDADE IGUALDADE DE DE GENDER EDUCAÇÃO QUALIDADE GÊNERO QUALIDADE

Our enterprise projects 10•adopt concepts aiming

• Our goal is to reduce our GEE emissions 12 12 in at least 50% until 2030.

CIDADES EE AGAINST ACTION CIDADES E CONSUMO IGUALDADE DE COMUNIDADES GLOBAL COMUNIDADES PRODUÇÃO CLIMATE SUSTENTÁVEIS GÊNERO SUSTENTÁVEIS RESPONSÁVEIS CHANGE

• All light and heavy vehicles in our fleet are monitored and go through preventive maintenance control, seeking to reduce GEE gas emissions.

GOVERNANCE:

ENVIRONMENTAL:

SOCIAL:

• Responsible waste management;



Internal and external Clients satisfaction;

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Compliance Program

• Rational use of natural resources;



Human rights protection;

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Code of Conduct and Relations

• Awareness and engagement;

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Support for social projects;

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Transparency and ethics in business;

• Energetic efficiency and renewable energy;

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Inclusion and equality on opportunities;

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Organizational structure;

• Biodiversity and ecosystems protection;

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Healthy environment and quality of life;

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Privacy Politics

• Atmospheric emissions and climate change.

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Health and work safety;

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Information Security;

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Human capital qualification;

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Responsible supply chain;

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Independent Tax Auditing

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Certifications

Commitment to integrate sustainability into our business, building a strong and positive economic, social and environmental legacy.

Xingú Substation Bipole I and II

Amapar Transmitter

Belém Regional Paving

Transmitter

Transmitter Acre

Regional

Central Expansion Site - Data Center

Substation Construction

Photovoltaic Energy Site

Site Paving Centrals Data Centers

Central Expansion Site Regional Fortaleza Central Expansion Site

Agribusiness

Recife Regional Agribusiness Salvador Regional

Brasília Regional Agribusiness Photovoltaic Energy Site Belo Horizonte Regional Transmitter Rio Minas Transmitter Lagos Photovoltaic Energy Site São Paulo Regional

Comperj Seropédica Imbetiba Imboassica Macaé Z-Incorporações

Bauru Head Office Industrial Site - Bracell Água Azul Substation Centrals Data Centers

Curitiba Regional Porto Alegre Regional

Santiago / Chile Regional

Z-mais Construtora

ACTIVITY OVERVIEW

LATIN AMERICA

AREAS OF ACTIVITY

ZOPONE GROUP

de Franco da Rocha de Pederneiras

SEGMENTATION OF

BUSINESS IN ZOPONE ENGENHARIA CONTRACTS SIGNED IN 2021 14%

10%

53%

19%

ENERGY

TELECOM

DATA CENTER / CENTRALS

PAVING

INDUSTRIAL

ZOPONE GROUP

IN NUMBERS 34,000 Base Transceiver Station (BTS) Mobile Telephony (Site)

134 Control and Commuting Centrals for Telecommunications 15 Data Centers 1,460MVA Installed Potency

742,000m³ of Structural Concrete

71.800t of Steel

43,400 MW/WL Installations 500,000,000m² Asphalt Paving

921,03 MWp Clean and renewable energy 236,000m² of Built Area 5.670.000m³ Earthwork

33,609TR Air Conditioning Systems

8,600MW Transmission

Through a planned

DIMENSION

GOVERNANCE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

expansion politics, Zopone continuously invests in consistent activity growth and in being recognized by

With around 4,500 collaborators committed to ethics and strict quality standards, a

its work and services

solid organizational structure with regionals in: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador,

efficiency, valuing the

Brasília, Belo Horizonte, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Fortaleza, Belém and Recife. In 2006,

agents responsible

Zopone expanded its international activity in the city of Santiago in Chile, looking

for the construction

to consolidate the telecommunications segment, being this an important step to

of this achievements

internationalize its activities.

track record.

DIRECTOR BODY AND

GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE Zopone Group board of directors is composed of its Directors, all living in the country, who share control and management of all enterprises. BOARD OF DIRECTORS • JÚNIOR ZOPONE • CLÁUDIO ZOPONE • DIOGO ZOPONE

ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT • COMMERCIAL • SUPPLIES • ACCOUNTING • FINANCES • CONTROLLERSHIP • LEGAL • PLANNING AND ENGINEERING • PROJECTS • HUMAN RESOURCES

• QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENT • HEALTH AND WORK SAFETY • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY • COOMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING • TRANSPORTS • STORAGE AND LOGISTICS • SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY • AGRIBUSINESS 19

GOVERNANCE

CORPORATE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE In 2021, ZOPONE GROUP has reached an important milestone in its path filled with success and continuity, promoting the development and qualification of its leadership through the implementation of the Excellence in Corporative Management Training Program (PAEX), with Fundação Dom Cabral as consultant. This training seeks to enable and develop its main leadership, managers and coordinators, spreading principles of governance, focus in results, integrity, owner’s vision, decision making, transparency, equity and corporate responsibility.

CERTIFICATIONS AND CONFORMITY QUALIT Y

ISO

9001

QUALIT Y

NDT

CEF

QUALIT Y

PBQP-H

ENVIRONMENT

ISO

14001

COMPLIANCE

ISO

37001

SST

ISO

45001

CERTIFIED IN INFORMATION

SAFETY

In 2021, ZOPONE GROUP has established the Information Security Policy and implemented the Information Security Management - ISM, with aims of meeting the conformity requirements, according to ISO 2700; ISO 27002 and LGPD General Personal Data Protection Law standards.

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IS OUR GOAL! BUSINESS POLITICS AND ETHICS

Our diﬀerential is always serving our customers in a personalized manner, with quality, timely delivery and productivity. In 2021, we reached 90% of Great/Excellent ratings from our clients in our products and services. Eﬀort and dedication in a team of collaborators committed to results, creating history for Zopone Group.

MISSION, VISION AND VALUES IDENTITY AND GOALS OF ZOPONE GROUP

MISSION

VISION

VALUES

To improve life in society we act upon by means of services that respect the environment and bring innovation to the community. Serve our customers with excellence and quality, ensuring the safety of our collaborators as well as the development of our partners and suppliers. Ensure the company is ready to face the adverse conditions in the market, through cost reduction, timely deliveries and productivity enhancement.

Be the best company in the services of construction engineering, electromechanics and telecommunications.

Safety Discipline  Passion for excellence  Respect to people and to the environment  Integrity  

CODE OF CONDUCT

ZOPONE GROUP ESTABLISHES ITS CODE OF CONDUCT. AND ETHICS WITH GOALS BEING: CONSOLIDATE

HUMAN RIGHTS Protect human rights, no matter the level, position, creed, color, gender and promote satisfactory work conditions and elevated ethical standards.

DATA PRIVACY Protect collaborators, partners and clients data, preserving privacy, intimacy and secrecy.

STANDARD AND EXCELLENCE To become an individual and collective reference in attitudes and behaviors for all Collaborators, partners and interested parties inside and outside the company, ensuring everyone follow the same reference and act in accordance with the same values

CONSOLIDATE To consolidate values by means of permanent practices.

ENVIRONMENT PRESERVATION

To ensure the right for an ecologically balanced environment and a set of prevention measures adopted to protect the collaborators.

BEHAVIOUR DURING RELATIONS

To establish ethical relations in personal and professional interactions.

COMPLIANCE AND INTEGRITY PROGRAM FOR ZOPONE GROUP The Compliance Program was implemented at Zopone Group with a public pledge, made in accordance with its directors and collaborators, of being responsible, ethical and probe in all business, observing current laws of the country and also the Company’s internal norms. In accordance with the best business practices, it is constantly aiming to consolidate the Compliance Program, always committed to compete ethically and legally in its relations with government officials (or thirdparties related to the government) always focusing in the ethics and probity in its

business, being them with Collaborators, clients, suppliers of government bodies. Thus, Zopone Group acts exclusively inside the scope of current applicable law, being expressly against the practice of damaging acts against public administration, national or foreign, being those any act who are damaging to national or foreign public assets, against principles of public administration or against international commitments made by Brazil.

PREVENTING

WHAT DOES COMPLIANCE MEANS? (CONFORMITY)

CONSOLIDATING

It means to act in accordance to a rule, an internal instruction, a command or a request, that means, to be in Compliance is to be in conformity to laws and internal and external regulations.

COMPLIANCE PROGRAM - reviewing processes - improving according to the necessity

NG ATI D I L SO

PR EV

G TIN EN

Zopone Group ensures the application of the Code of Conduct and AntiCorruption, clarifying questions, complaints and reports about deviations of conduct, fraud and corruption practices, ensuring that its principles and values are followed by everyone.

CO N

COMPLIANCE COMMUNICATION CHANNELS

MISCONDUCT - risk checking - Policies and procedures - internal controls - training and communication - instructing and advising the employees

0800 7703103

Compliance Program Cycle

OR BY E-MAIL

denuncia@zopone.com.br

DETECTING

ATTENTION POINTS - monitoring - auditing - reporting channel

ANSWERING

REPAIRING - investigating problems - solving problems - taking proper actions (including disciplinary ones)

CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS The purpose of the Information collected by Zopone is the fulfillment of the contractual relationship with the User and/or provide and improve our products and/or services, bringing constant improvements to user pages, adapting them to their preferences and tastes, as well a the creation of new services and products being oﬀered to the Users

DATA PRIVACY AND PROTECTION POLICY The policies regarding the General Personal Data Protection Law (LGPD) shows Zopone Group’s commitment with the privacy of data from partners and clients, and is constantly building new processes, reinforcing this purpose even more. In our Annual Strategic Meeting we prioritize actions and goals to improve our safety and data protection capacities.

SOCIAL DIMENSION

WE ALWAYS AIM TO INVEST ON PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH FOR OUR COLLABORATORS

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

RELATIONSHIPS BUILT WITH TRUST AND RESPECT AMONGST PROFESSIONALS

Zopone Group is committed to equality on work opportunities to all and with nondiscriminatory work practices, independently from race, sex, religion or nationality, always prioritizing a relationship built with trust and respect between professionals, focusing mainly on social, environmental, economical,

and ethical aspects, promoting human rights, always integrating them to our management practices. Zopone Group does not accept nor condone with suppliers and/or service providers who use child labor, in terms of subparagraph XXXIII of Article 7th of the Constitution of the

Republic, as well as those who promote labor conditions similar to slavery. Individual performance and career depend solely on talent, commitment to company values, dedication and the engagement of each collaborator, being to them offered conditions for personal and professional development. 31

WE INVEST IN HUMAN CAPITAL ANNUAL TRAINING PLAN WAS IMPLEMENTED

OUR HUMAN CAPITAL IS THE BASE FOR THE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH OF OUR BUSINESSES. Zopone Group continuously invests in training and qualification for its collaborators, in 2021 the Annual Training Plan was implemented, aiming the qualification of our team of collaborators in various field of activities, such as, management, technical and operational areas.

We reached 7,208 hours of finished trainings. The development of human capital encourages professional growth, respect and collective satisfaction amongst the collaborators. We value the human being and its potential, therefore

the group in its 34 years of history posses human capital committed to results, being that 34% collaborators, those being decision makers, have between 15 and 34 years of service, fact that is proof of our investment in our most important asset.

YEARS OF SERVICE 11,60%

2,78%

0,77%

0,46% 48,38%

18,85%

17,15%

5 YEARS

UP TO 10 YEARS

UP TO 15 YEARS

UP TO 20 YEARS

UP TO 25 YEARS

UP TO 30 YEARS

UP TO 34 YEARS 33

HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION ZOPONE GROUP IS COMMITED TO EQUALITY IN WORK OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYBODY AND WITH NON-DISCRIMINATORY WORK PRACTICES, INDEPENDENTLY OF RACE, SEX, RELIGION AND NATIONALITY.

Individual career and development depend exclusively on talent, commitment to company values, dedication and engagement. Each collaborator within the Group, no matter their function, position, role or salary, as well as their clients, suppliers of goods and services, associated companies, investors and other parties involved and interested will always be

treated with respect and attention, being to them granted conditions for personal and professional development. Workplace health and safety conditions are subject from permanent attention by the company, aiming to attenuate possible risks to their professionals during the execution of their activities. For this to occur, all involved should

comply with the general preventive health and safety measures, as well as take part in trainings and orientation activities. Our collaborators will be trained in standards of conduct which will reﬂect in their personal and professional integrities, being obliged to observe and fulfill principles and directives listed in the Code Of Conduct, reinforcing and spreading its fulfillment in the work environment.

RELATIONSHIP WITH SUPPLIERS

Zopone Group has relations with its suppliers and clients based on legal , efficient and fair commercial practices, treating them with honesty and respect, with no advantages or eventual impositions from the involved parties; The Collaborator should not offer nor accept presents, gratuities, gifts, trips, money or any kind of advantages, aiming at obtaining or granting undue privileges to the person or the company.

SUPPLY CHAIN We monitor our supply chain, encouraging our partners to adopt the best ESG practices in their organizations, establishing a solid structure, therefore making them part of the productive process. ZOPONE GROUP REJECTS:

Labor conditions similar to slavery; Child labor;  Any form of discrimination  Any practice which is considered a crime against the Environment and against the society.  

BLM – Instituição De Amparo Abrigo João De Deus FTA – Lar N. S Lourdes Lar Domingos Savio RCE – Centro Educacional e Social Das Marinas SLV – Asilo Lar Irmão José BSA – Creche São José Operário RJO – Lar Anália Franco SPO – Orfanato Amamos Osasco / Clínica De Recuperação Jeova Rafah / Associação Beneficente El Roi Aber. BRU – Projeto Canaã / Apae / Creche Pingo De Gente I E Ii / Casa Da Criança Madre Maria Teodora Voiron / Casa Da Esperança Santa Luzia / Sociedade Bem Cristão Abrigo Para Idosos CTA – Casa De Repouso Bom Jesus E Lar Vovó Joana

POA – Escola De Educação Infantil Jesus O Bom Pastor

CHL – Fundación Mi Casa Es Tu Casa / Escuela Pizarro

RELATIONSHIP WITH SOCIETY

SOCIAL PROJECTS ZOPONE GROUP has made a commitment to society, contributing with charity measures and supporting entities and families in the localities where its activities are performed.

In 2021, we exercised our citizenship and positively impacted the lives of people wherever we go.

SOCIAL PROJECTS SPORTS NEVER STOPS!

ZOPONE GROUP has assumed its role and social commitment to contribute to improving the future of children and adolescents, performing through the Bauru’s Association for Water Sports (Associação Bauruense de Desportes Aquáticos - ABDA), the spread of sports and citizenship.

The Association’s mission is to train athletes in the modalities of swimming, water polo, athletics, and music. Its main goal was the inclusion of low-income children, distancing them from criminality and marginality through sports. By means of a ZOPONE GROUP Board of Director’s Initiative aiming to use sports as a tool allied to education to promote the transformation of society through the integral development of children and adolescents.

THERE WAS A 50% CRIME RATE REDUCTION IN BAURU - SP

Homicides per 100,000 popula�on 14,00 13,09

12,64

12,00 10,12

10,00

9,99

9,64

8,00

7,61

6,00

7,34

7,25 6,34

5,89

In 2022, we reached 7,864 children and teenagers benefited by this project, training them on the basic concepts of citizenship, teamwork, and affective, social, cognitive, and cultural aspects, such as: learning to compete, following rules and regulations, having interpersonal relationships, increasing their friendship circles, respecting others, having a sense of responsibility, and being solidary. The contribution of ABDA’s work was attested by the commands of the Civil and Military Police as well as the Secretary of Social Welfare (Sebes), as can be seen in the table on the right.

4,92

4,38

4,00 2,00 0,00

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Vehicle The�s and Robberies per 100,000 Popula�on 350,00 286,40

300,00 234,10

250,00 200,00

199,60

283,66 260,90

247,15

215,83 186,12

185,31

141,31

150,00

124,30 124,48

100,00 50,00 0,00

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

“Citizenship is when you know you are a part of a whole and, when you are part of a whole you have to contribute to this whole. This is ABDA function, we take all of that we have received to the people who need it. This is solidarity at its core, its not an option, its an obligation. This is adding to the society from where we came”

Cláudio Zopone

ABDA HURRAY! WE BELIEVE IN MUSIC AND SPORTS, AS A TOOL TO CHANGE PEOPLE’S LIVES.

TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER FIGHTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Brazil is the 5th country in the world where violence against women is the most common, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR). Combining these aspects, Zopone Group has decided to contribute in a more efficient way to the fight on violence against women. Helping the world evolve is one of the aspects that encompass our mission and our commitment to society. Zopone Engenharia believes that women don’t have to fight this war alone, and that the first step to freedom from the cycle of violence - although difficult - is possible. We have implemented emergency help channels on the subject, we encourage raising

ACCOUNTABILITY SOCIAL INDICATORS

SOCIAL IMPACT

AID COLLABORATION

FAMILY AID

SPORTS INCENTIVE

TOTAL INVESTED IN ACTIONS

CONTRIBUTION TO THE REDUCTION OF CRIME RATES IN BAURU-SP. 46 CHARITIES DIRECT CONTRIBUTION TO FAMILIES 7.864 CHILDREN BENEFITED BY ABDA R$ 7.852.170,02

ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSION EFFECTIVENESS IN THE ADOPTION OF CRITERIA, CONTROLS, POLICIES, AIMING AT IMPROVING THE COMPANY’S PROCEDURES, IN THE SENSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND SUTAINABILITY Zopone Group has an Environmental Management System certified in accordance with ISO 14001 for over 20 years, establishing guidelines and based on operational control, monitoring, and evaluation of the environmental performance of all its operations, prioritizing

Pollution prevention;  Conscious use of natural resources in our construction sites;  Recycling and reuse of materials and supplies; 

Environmental recovery in its activity areas; Environmental education of its collaborators and partners;  The development of the society where it operates;  The continuous improvement of its standards and innovative building methods;  Rigorous operational controls and procedures;  Serving its clients with aims on delivering products and services with higher energy efficiency and lesser use of natural resources. 

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OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY IN 2021, WE STARTED THE PROCESS OF ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF THE ANTICIPATION OF CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY DEADLINES ON THE REDUCTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. 

81.62% of the total Central, Industrial, and Power Substation

contracts were delivered ahead of schedule. 

89.73% of the total Telecommunications contracts were

completed ahead of schedule.

The anticipation strategy contributes with the reduction of environmental impacts in the construction phase, promoting the reduction of fossil fuel consumption and electric energy use. For 2022, we are improving our internal monitoring processes to quantitatively measure the reduction of CO² emissions.

SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS

GOAL

2021 RESULTS

Collaborator Integration and Environmental Education

= 100%

100%

Water Consumption Reduction (per collaborator)

< 1,0 m³

0,60

Energy Consumption Reduction (per collaborator)

< 100 kW

77,73

Paper Consumption Reduction (per collaborator)

< 2,8 reams

1,96

Compliance with Environmental Legal Requirements, monthly analysis and annual re-evaluation

= 100%

100%

Reduction of Waste Generation (RCC), by built area

< 0,15 m³

0,078 m³

Follow-up and monitoring of atmospheric emissions of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) from the construction sites' own ﬂeets (Traditional/Central);

= 100%

100%

Proper disposal of waste and eﬄuents

= 100%

100%

Help to Social Care Institutions (Homes for Children, the Elderly, Orphanages, etc.)

> 24

Incentives for sports practice by children in need

> 5000

7.864

CLEAN AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

To promote a promising future by continuously investing in new technologies, clean and renewable energy, encouraging a reduction in the consumption of natural resources, and environmental awareness in order to make a difference today and ensure availability for future generations. Our real estate developments have sustainable differentials, as shown below: 

Use of metallic propping for concrete molds, avoiding the consumption of

natural wood in the construction phase; 

Construction methodologies, aiming to reduce resource consumption and reduce waste;



Rainwater collection system, aiming at reusing and reducing network consumption;



Solar water heating system, aiming at sufficiency and reduction of energy consumption;



Open environments and greater use of natural light, aiming to reduce consumption;

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Sanitary appliances such as taps and toilets have automatic shut-offs, aiming at reducing consumption;

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Use of LEDs in 100% of our enterprises, aiming at energy efficiency and reduction of energy consumption;

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Chargers for electric cars, market differential encouraging usage trend for customers;

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Use of natural gas in Air Conditioning equipment;

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Bicycle racks, encouraging greater use by customers and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Use of wooden doors in the enterprises, 100% reforested wood

We achieved 921.03 MWp in clean, renewable energy generation, acting as specialists in the construction of photovoltaic plants. Zopone Group invests in clean energy, because it is an energy that does not pollute, is inexhaustible, and reduces the production and emission of carbonic gas, unlike fossil fuels.

GLOBAL WARMING AND CO2 EMISSIONS

Zopone Group directed its strategies to sustainable development goals, adopted the best practices aiming to contribute to the decrease of climate changes and reduction of CO² gas emissions. In 2021, we will be monitoring 100% of our vehicle ﬂeet, being a total of 376 heavy line vehicles (Diesel) and a total of 401 light line vehicles (Ethanol/Gasoline). Zopone Group’s operational activities reﬂect a total CO2 emissions of 16,481.65 tons of CO2/year.

CONSUMO LITROS FROTA ANO 2021

EMISSÕES GEE TON. CO²/ANO

156.706,00

87,76

Gasolina

1.165.801,00

3.240,93

Diesel

4.110.303,00

13.152,97

COMBUSTÍVEL Etanol

Total de Emissões em Toneladas CO² / ano

16.481,65

ACCOUNTABILITY YEARS 2020/ 2021

Our goal is to contribute with effective actions to reduce the greenhouse effect and climate change. We reduced 15.53% of GHG emissions (CO²)

• 2020 = 19,512.26 tons of CO² • 2021 = 16,481.65 tons of CO² The results obtained in 2021 are directly related to the effective actions of the Fleet Renewal Plan, Preventive Maintenance Plan, and Black Smoke Monitoring, which contributed significantly to the CO² emission reduction goal. The impact caused by the atmospheric emission of 16,481.65 TCO²/year, corresponds to an area equivalent to 46.15 hectares of forest planted for environmental compensation. Zopone Group made the commitment to contribute effectively, investing in actions today to benefit future generations with the progressive reduction of emissions of CO² gases in its operation, designing a a grandiose project of 6000 hectares of reserved forest, corresponding to an area 130 times larger than that required for environmental compensation.