When you import or export, throughout the entire chain, from the very first stage of choosing your suppliers until the management of international logistics, the massive emission of CO₂ into the atmosphere is a fact. To make matters worse, carbon dioxide (CO₂) comprises 74% of greenhouse effect gas emissions. How far is your concern about the environment in your import and export operations, have you ever thought about it?
 
When you import, regardless of the size of your company, choosing the supplier is a very important step. The provider needs to be reliable, to offer a good quality product and a fair price, right? But what about socio-environmental responsibility? Have you ever asked the supplier how their industrial process works? How does it manage water resources? If there is, for example, the reuse of water or any special treatment prior to discharge it into rivers? Or have you asked if the supplier's factory energy is from any type of renewable source? Or, if there is any conscious consumption program?
 
Anyhow, these questions are generally not asked, especially if your business is small or medium-sized. Large companies, on the other hand, for many reasons, have increasingly observed/investigated these issues before choosing an international supplier. But why does understanding the degree of socio-environmental responsibility of overseas suppliers go unnoticed by small and medium-sized entrepreneurs?
 
Investigating/supervising overseas suppliers takes time and resources. But an alternative would be to ask the provider for certifications conducted/issued by specialized companies. Official documents can pacify importers and will also encourage providers to improve their processes, if they are not yet eligible for any certification. This type of attitude positively moves the entire business chain abroad. The premises are the same for exports.
 
Now, when we think about all the logistics of these Foreign Trade operations, from the collection of items at your supplier until the delivery at your company, how to offset the CO₂ emission, for example, generated by different means of transportation (trucks, ships, planes, trains etc.)?
 
Here at Braver, at the end of each import or export operation we manage, we plant trees in areas of environmental degradation in Brazil to offset the CO₂ emissions generated by the project. This is a very important initiative and does not entail additional costs for those who rely on Braver to manage their international trade. In other words, when you choose Braver, in addition to the well known technical excellence, you also add socio-environmental responsibility to your projects.
 
Trees capture carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the atmosphere, one of the gases that aggravate the greenhouse effect, help regulate temperature, prevent flooding, and reduce erosion and soil degradation. For all these reasons, planting trees is very strategic for the planet.
 
Braver is a pioneer in sustainable foreign trade. In addition to initiatives like this, planting trees to offset the CO₂ emission generated in imports and exports, we also manage mostly sustainable projects with expressive performance in the sectors of renewable energy, green chemistry, phytomedicines and medicinal plants, machinery and equipment, electric vehicles and functional food and beverage.