Sustainability

Since its establishment, the Group seeks to generate a positive impact by contributing to the development of the communities in which we operate through social programs that have synergy with the business. The Julio Simões Institute was created in 2006 to centralize and enhance the actions and investments in the social area made by Mr. Julio Simões and his wife. In addition, the Group has been developing several initiatives aligned to its material themes.

Main initiatives:

• Você Quer? Você Pode! (If You want it, You Can!)
• Mulheres na Direção (Women Behind the Wheel)
• Respeito à Diversidade (Respect for Diversity)
• Segurança das Pessoas (People Safety)
• Ligado em Você (Connected to You)
• Gestão de Fornecedores (Supplier Management)
• Programa Na Mão Certa (On the Right Track)
• Caminho do Bem (The Path of Good)

Check out our Social Investment Policy.

Listed on B3's Novo Mercado since 2010, SIMPAR focuses on ensuring the highest standards of transparency, corporate responsibility, integrity and fairness in its decision-making processes and those of its subsidiaries. To this end, it has in its governance structure a Board of Directors comprising five members, two of whom are independent, and eight bodies that report directly to it.

In the context of the Group, the role of the holding company is to define strategic guidelines for business planning and development, and to ensure professionalism, independence, and the avoidance of conflicts of interest.

We are signatories of the Business Pact for Integrity and Against Corruption of the Ethos Institute, we have a Compliance Program based on the Clean Company Act and the best practices proposed by the Office of the Comptroller General (CGU); a Code of Conduct that guides our relations with the various parties; a Whistleblower Channel with guaranteed anonymity and investigation of cases, and a comprehensive Anti-Corruption Policy.

Also noteworthy is our adherence to the UN Global Compact which, since 2014, has reinforced our commitment to the ESG dimensions (Environmental, Social and Governance) and guides us in directing efforts to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

In 2021, SIMPAR joined the Corporate Sustainability Index (ISE B3) and stood out in the Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) and Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) sustainability indexes, scoring above the transportation and logistics sector worldwide.

Besides these actions, attentive to climate aspects, SIMPAR is in the process of maturing the rational to understand its resilience in different scenarios and has a climate risk matrix, examined in terms of financial consequences and probability of occurrence.

Access the competence matrix for board members and the risk matrix in our Integrated Report