Eco-efficient operations

Grendene is committed to a sustainable future and global action against climate change.

100%

Use of Renewable Electric Energy with I-REC (Renewable Energy Certificate) certification

7.740

Panels

4,032 Photovoltaic Plant in the Crato unit (CE), 3,500 in the Sobral unit (CE), and another 208 installed at the Farroupilha (RS) unit.

Zero

Industrial waste destined for landfills

Combating climate change

As a way of reinforcing this commitment in our daily lives, we have developed an action plan for the eco-efficiency of our operation, focusing on energy efficiency, the use of renewable energy and the reduction of emissions.

Monitoring our emissions

Annually, we create emission inventories and our action plan has been well evaluated by the main initiatives of the financial sector in relation to combating climate change.

For the third consecutive year  , we answered CDP’s Climate Change and Water Security questionnaires. For Climate Change, we obtained a C rating and, in Water Security, we increased our score from C to -B. In addition, we answered the Forestry questionnaire for the first time, aimed at timber commodities, because we fall under the chain of large packaging buyers, and we achieved a C rating.

To learn more about the management of our emissions, access the documents:

GHG emissions inventory

Preserve water

Preserving water is one of the priority commitments in our socio-environmental agenda

We look carefully at water management in all the places we are present, with a special focus on the regions with the highest water risk. Of our four industrial units, two are located in an area at risk of water stress - Crato (CE) and Fortaleza (CE) - according to the WRI Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas system. Therefore, we have invested in a series of initiatives to reduce and reuse water.

How many liters of water have we reused in recent years?

2021

145

million

2022

127

million

272

liters

Some destinations for reused water are:

To cool industrial equipment

To irrigate green areas

Toilet flushing

We use rainwater

We have special projects for reusing rainwater at our Crato (CE) and Farroupilha (RS) units.

Crato's tank is painted by a local artist and celebrates the region's biodiversity.

Crato - Installed in 2021

The water collected in Farroupilha is used for cleaning screen printing screens.

Farroupilha - Installed in 2023

Waste

To manage the leftover materials in our production, we have a Solid Waste Management Plan and the Selective Collection Program in each of our Units. Through them, we store, transport and dispose of all our waste in an environmentally appropriate manner.

On average, we recycle 90% of our waste annually and recover 5% through reuse processes. The other 5% is sent for environmentally friendly disposal: we do not send industrial waste to landfills.

The main initiatives taken to expand waste recycling at Grendene are:

The main raw material for manufacturing shoes is continuous use and 100% recyclable;

Recycling and reincorporating formed EVA waste;

Internal recycling of solvents for cleaning screen printing screens and containers that return to the same activity to which they came from;

Reverse logistics of obsolete pigments.

Grendene invests in industrial technologies, such as machinery and equipment, to increase our efficiency in the use of materials and reduce waste in our operations.