Socialand Environmental Responsibility in Petrobras

							Social and Environmental Responsibility in Petrobras


Name of the approach/ tool/project
Social and Environmental Responsibility in Petrobras

Description of the approach/tool/project description (methodology,
techniques and strategies used)
Petrobras will present at the stand its approach for Social a nd Environmental Responsibility
describing cases of its social and environmental program as well as its programs, investment
and research in cleaner fuels (biofuels) and climate friendly technologies.

Implementation methodologies
Petrobras follows three lines of action for it Social Program:
- Job and income generation
- Professional Education
- Guaranteeing of children and Adolescents´right

The program also respect diversity and address more vulnerable groups such as: eldery,
women, disable, afro-descents and indigenous group.

Petrobras Environmental Program initiatives focus on Water: Freshwater and Marine,
including their biodiversity. Its lines of actions are:

- Recovery and conservation of environments that have a water body (surface, underground,
coastal or marine)
- Implementation of integrated water resources management
- Promotion of rational use of water resources
- Environmental Education

Programs, investments and research in cleaner fuels and climate friendly technologies
include:

Biofuels
   • Biodiesel ( Non-conventional bioethanol, Lignocellulosic bioethanol, Castor oil seed
       cake bioethanol)
   • Ethanol pipelines and vessels projects
   • H-BIO (Vegetable/animal oil hydrogenation)
   • Synthetic biofuel (BTL)

Solar Energy
   • Photovoltaic
   • implementation largest photovoltaic park of Latin America
   •   Solar energy at Petrobras Industrial Plants
   •   Development of Brazilian phovoltaic cells

Wind Power
   •  Wind Power Unit at Macau – RN
   •  Mapping Wind Power at strategic areas in Brazil

What is innovative about th is approach/tool/project
The Social and Environmental Programs are innovative for their multi institutionality – the
involvement of large array of partnerships from National to Local Governments, from NGOs
to other companies, from international institution to local communities. The public selection of
projects is a novel aspect of democratization of the access for sponsorship. Every year or
two an edition of public selection is launched by Petrobras and the whole process of
application is disclosure and ma ke public available. The social technology program
supported by Petrobras is another innovative example of possibility of replication of social
and environmental techniques in different regions with same context and problematic.

The innovative aspects of the research and production of biofuels by Petrobras are the new
inputs and technologies. The use of seeds such as
castor, cotton, and palm for producing biodiesel will not only result in a cleaner fuel but will
also enhance family agriculture in low income rural areas. The H-Bio, for its turn, it is a new
technology path of production, a refining process that utilizes vegetable oils as an input, in
order to obtain diesel oil with no waste, simple logistics, improving diesel quality and indeed
using flexible vegetable oil source. Moreover, Petrobras is developing export programs of
ethanol due Brazilian expertise in ethanol production, consumption (flex-fuels fleet) and
logistic of distribution.

Evidence of results and impact;
Results of Social Program of Petrobras:
From 2003 to 2006:
   • Number of Projects: 2 ,058
   • Number of Partnerships: 18,035
   • Direct beneficiaries: 2,372,783
   • Indirect beneficiaries: 8,302,817

Results of Environmental Program from 2003 to 2006:
Number of projects: 98
Species studies and/or preserved: more than 5,000
Beneficiaries: around 20 million inhabitants of areas addressed by the program, 5,000 jobs
generated.

Biofuels and climate friendly technologies:
Petrobras currently has 280 MW of renewable energy installed capacity
3 Plants o f Biodiesel being implemented in Northeast with a producing capacity of 171 thous
m3/year

H-BIO being produced in 4 refineries – using up to 256 thou m3/year of vegetable oil
Biodiesel Distribution in 3740 service stations in Brazil. B100 sales off 59,339 m3 for service
stations and large consumers. Target for 2011 – 855 thousand m3/year
Total Investments on Social Projects from 2003 to 2006 : US$ 187.2 million
Total Investments on Environmental Projects from 2003 to 2006:US$ 73.9

Investments from 2007 to 2011 in development of renewable energy sources and biofuels:
US$ 0.7 billion

Contact information

Ana Paula: agrether@petrobras.com.br, +55 21 3224-1653 , + 55 21 8258 -9701