Local Development
We want to generate positive impact initiatives akin to the activities of the company by offering the public access to our production sites and transforming our forests and mills into a driving force for local economic development, while at the same time contributing to the conservation, restoration, and protection of nature and establishing a new paradigm for the engagement with Mapuche communities in the South of Chile.
Focus areas for community engagement and local development efforts
| 1. Education and culture | 2. Business ventures | 3. Outdoor life |
| Support educational initiatives for the community, run directly by CMPC and in some cases in collaboration with other organizations, always with the benefit to the community in mind. | Bring about local development by encouraging business ventures among community members, which directly benefit neighboring communities. | Contribute to the creation of outdoor spaces designed for people to enjoy time outside and improve their quality of life. |
Educational and cultural programs carried out in 2019
| Program | Beneficiaries |
| Drinking water for the Sao Gabriel municipal school in Rio Grande do Sul | 100 people |
| Partnership CMPC and DUOC UC Professional Institute | 200 students |
| Support for the Paraty Book Fair | 26,400 Assistants |
| FibraLab | |
| Formando Chile in CMPC Puente Alto | 50 people |
| Partnership with technical professional high schools | 73 students |
| Scholarships | 256 students |
| Employability training program | 2,478 people |
| Music schools, bringing communities closer to their culture | 1,000 children |
| Factory for accordion players | 530 people |
| Biobio and Araucania regions in 100 words | |
| Environmental education workshops | 5,000 children |
| Forests are life | 9 schools and 1,334 students |
Business ventures programs carried out in 2019
| Berry gardens | 100 business ventures |
| Collipulli market | 100 stands |
| Santa Veronica neighborhood | 21 business ventures |
| CMPC fund | 361 organizations |
| Embrapa farmers day | 1,112 community leaders |
Outdoor life programs carried out in 2019
| Partnership with sports clubs | |
| WimBelemDon | 75 students |
| Guaiba eco run | 2,000 participants |
| Construction of holiday centers | |
| Caravana cultural fair | 13,500 people |
| Projari Orchestra | 150 students |
| Rebuilding homes | 24 families |
| Virada Sustentável | > 1.5 million people |
| Community approach by Softys Argentina | 6,000 people |
| CMPC 100 year cup |
Most important social investment projects
| Project | Description | Beneficiaries |
| Promoting local fibers | Creation of two spaces where local entrepreneurs from the communities adjacent to our forestry operations can offer their products. The first of these spaces is located in the center of the city of Temuco and also has a coffee shop and co-working space open to the public, while the second one is part of the Alessandri Park in the municipality of Coronel. | 35 entrepreneurs and 2 groups |
| River route on Rio Imperial | An initiative to promote and develop tourism on the Río Imperial river in the Araucania region, Chile, by improving skills and abilities, local infrastructure and facilities in order to make tourism a strategic pillar for the economic development of the municipality. | 20 entrepreneurs |
| Kuyulche vegetable charcoal | The project encourages business ventures for the production of vegetable charcoal for the indigenous communities neighboring forest plantations in Lumaco, Chile. | 65 entrepreneurs |
| Ñocha Malen (Ñocha Woman) | A program supporting a cooperative of ñocha basket weavers to improve their products and services, increase orders, meet with clients, and consolidate their organizational and partnership structure. | 75 artisans |
Social investment in community engagement and local development by CMPC Celulosa Brazil, Chile and the CMPC Foundation in USD
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| Number of programs | > 55 | |||
| CMPC Celulosa (Brazil) | 3,980,405 | |||
| CMPC Celulosa (Chile) | 6,080,788 | |||
| CMPC Foundation | 3,435,258* | |||
| Total | 13,496,451 | |||
| *CMPC Foundation´s social investment includes its educational and cultural programs, the total ammount disclosed excludes the administration spends | ||||