Biodiversity

Between 2023 and 2025, the Amazon Journey structured an integrated journey for the development of the bioeconomy ecosystem, when 3,032 talented individuals were trained in entrepreneurship and standing forests preservation solutions. This program also spurred the creation of 185 entrepreneurial initiatives, based on nearly 2,000 submitted ideas. For those in more advanced stages, 104 businesses received support for strengthening, focusing on increasing competitiveness and connecting with the market and investors. Some of these businesses also advanced on to the acceleration phase, with 29 initiatives supported for the expansion of their operations in different regions of Brazil.

The project aims at generating solutions that add value to biodiversity, training the forest communities in up-to-date technologies for the cocoa and cupuaçu value chains, so that the quality of the products is improved and, therefore, their added value is increased.

The Conexão Povos da Floresta (Forest People Connection Network) brings internet access to indigenous, quilombola and extractive communities, combining connectivity infrastructure with solar energy and capacity-building initiatives to expand access to essential services and strengthen local autonomy. In 2025, this initiative scaled up to connect over 2,100 communities and benefiting approximately 169,000 people, by expanding access to healthcare, education, income generation, and territorial protection.

In 2023, we cooperated alongside FEBRABAN to develop bank self-regulation SARB 26, a regulation that sets out guidelines to help the financial sector manage risks associated with illegal deforestation in the beef production chain. After the publication of this regulation, we started an internal process to design a protocol for standardizing negotiations with clients of this industry and fostering compliance with these guidelines and advancing sustainable practices in the agribusiness sector.

In 2024, we announced our commitment to the Financial Innovation for the Amazon, Cerrado and Chaco (IFACC), a pact launched in 2021 by The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the World Economic Forum’s Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It is aimed to expand loans and investments focused on sustainable livestock and soybean production, agroforestry systems, and sustainable management of non-timber forest products in the Amazon, Cerrado, and Chaco biomes. As part of this commitment, we support the transition to low-carbon agriculture by offering green loans with special conditions, linked to environmental and social criteria such as zero deforestation and compliance with the Brazilian Forest Code. We also offer financing options for sustainable agribusiness solutions, including bio-inputs, renewable energy, environmental and social certifications, and cover cropping system.

The Reverte program is an initiative of Syngenta in partnership with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and is aimed to technically and financially promote the conversion of degraded pasture areas into arable areas in the Brazilian Cerrado. We are partners of the Reverte program, by providing exclusive financial solutions that are suited for the agricultural producer to carry out the project. Since the program’s inception in 2021, a total of R$2 billion has been raised and allocated to convert 268,000 hectares, making it the largest private initiative supporting the conversion of degraded areas. It contributes significantly to the growth of agricultural production without the need to expand the agricultural frontier into areas of native vegetation.

We support the Bioeconomy Knowledge and Innovation Observatory, of the Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), which seeks to strengthen the production of academic knowledge and its practical application. This interdisciplinary study center is focused on the production of applied content, technical training and dissemination of information on topics such as climate change, agriculture, land use and biodiversity, contributing to fostering a more sustainable and low-carbon economy.