Supported by a modern management, who prioritizes high technology and product excellence, Imaribo Group plays an active role in the social and economic development of the areas where it operates. See the programs of social incentive in which the Company participates:

• Private education for children from pre-school to college, funding all expenses like tuition, uniform and material so as to assure the formation of the future local workforce;

• Implantation of forest improvement plans in small farms, using idle land, thus promoting a monthly income compatible to small farmers’ needs. In the benefited areas, the plans have greatly contributed to reducing the rural exodus thus preventing the increase of poverty in big cities;

• Support to the Military Police’s Education and Drug Fight Program – PROERD – for grade school students;

• Incentive to workers’ participation in Solidarity Campaign to help local communities;

• Donation of paper for public students and teachers where facilities are located;

• Partnerships with local municipalities to build more schools and to support the existing ones;

• Agreement with job agency in Piraí do Sul for community labor force training and professional placement;

• Donation of recycled plastic to the home for girls Oricena Vergas, in Piraí do Sul, maintained by the Salvation Army;

• Donation of surplus crop from the organic farming in Iguaçu manufacturing area to charity institutions in Piraí do Sul;

• Supply of pine logs for the municipalities of Castro and Piraí do Sul to build low-cost homes for needy people;

• Sponsorship of cultural events targeted to local communities;

• Sponsorship of the sports project Karatê Piá, engaging 60 students - 7 to 17 years - from public schools in Piraí do Sul;

• Partnership with APAE – Association of parents and friends of mentally retarded children – to fund events to raise money for a special school called Porta da Esperança. Imaribo Group also contributes to efforts like the regional festival Nossa Arte, the charity Feijoada, the national week for the mentally retarded and charity fairs. The 19-year-old school has 103 students with learning impairment. It provides people from 0 to 45 years of age with support for mental, physical, social and psychological habilitation and rehabilitation.