UPM Forestal Oriental Annual Report 2021

COMPANY

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OUR TEAM

SAFETY AS A CORE VALUE

HOWWE WORK

Prior to the start of activities, we complete an environmental and social assessment of the area, evaluating the environmental and social values identified within the different areas with heavy vehicular activity, as well as the values outside of these areas that may be potentially affected by forestry operations. These assessments are prevalent and frequent in order to identify potential current and future impacts of vehicular activities on society and the environment, from roads to landscape, though culturally appropriate engagement with communities that are affected or interested. We plan and execute effective actions to prevent the negative impact of our vehicular activities on environmental and social values, and also to proportionally mitigate their impact, intensity

and risk of occurrence, as well as possible natural disasters. The main significant environmental aspects of operations are:

documents consider the legal and corporate requirements and the main standards and regulations. For those activities with the biggest impact, we micro-plan on site. To ensure compliance with environmental standards in operations, we continuously and proactively monitor operations and carry out follow-up activities to assess compliance with the agreed planning regarding processes, work methodology, available resources, and the detection of deviations and corrective actions. In this way, we evaluate the level of compliance within our operations in accordance with standards. In particular, environmental rounds are an important internal management tool. We perform

them to verify compliance with standards during operations. During the process we proactively record any possible deviation from standards or opportunities for improvement.

•Plantations

•Soil tillage activities

•Chemical product management

•Solid waste

•Particular matter emissions during operations

•Transportation

Based on the aforementioned evaluations, we develop work programmes and procedures that describe the best operating practices, including prevention, mitigation and compensation measures, if necessary. These

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