Concepta Ingredients launches Bio Abundance Program and reinforces socio-environmental commitment to Brazilian forests

The pillars of the new program of the Sabará Group business unit are centered on connecting, conserving, respecting, encouraging and promoting

São Paulo, May 2022 – A business unit of Sabará Group specialized in natural and technological solutions for various sectors of the industry, Concepta Ingredients has just launched the Bio Abundance Program, which reinforces its commitment to guaranteeing the complete traceability of raw materials from the Amazon forest and other Brazilian biomes.
The initiative is based on five pillars: connecting people in a virtuous value chain between the forest's wealth and the market; keep the standing forest; respect the peoples and communities that inhabit it; encourage the use of ingredients from Brazilian biomes; and promote socioeconomic inclusion and the reduction of social inequality.

Based on the engagement of communities, cooperatives and supplier associations, the Bio Abundance Program comes in search of enhancing an action that is already ongoing at Concepta Ingredients. “The organic ingredients we offer are supported by training families and conservation in different biomes in Brazil, contributing to the indirect maintenance of about 1.5 million hectares of forest through the valorization of non-timber forest products”, explains Lilia Kawazoe, the business unit's commercial manager.

The executive says that the initiative directly and indirectly involves around 2,800 families involved in the collection and processing of products, including traditional peoples, who find in the activity one more reason to stay in their regions of origin, making it possible to generate income through inputs. “Suppliers are also approached for the sustainable management of extractive activities of natural substances, valuing cooperatives and traditional communities and contributing to the security of biomes and territories”, adds Lilia.

Grupo Sabará: agenda based on sustainability
The performance in favor of sustainability and reduction of harmful impacts to the environment was responsible for making Sabará Group CEO, Ulisses Matiolli Sabará, recognized as a SDG Pioneer of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), during the Leaders conference of the Global Compact in 2016. Currently, he represents SDG 15 – Life on Land, for protecting, restoring and promoting the sustainable use of the Earth's ecosystems. Concepta Ingredients, in turn, also has all its work aligned with the values ​​defended by the UN, mainly SDGs 15 - Life on Land and 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production.
“For Grupo Sabará, maintaining Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance is part of its business strategy, it is not just a management approach. In its 65 years of history, the company practices sustainability and socio-environmental conservation in all its projects, understanding that today's actions will make a better planet possible for us and our children in the future", says Giovanna Cappellano, coordinator of the ESG area at the Group.

About Concepta Ingredients
Concepta Ingredients is part of the Sabará Group and specializes in natural and technological solutions developed in accordance with the Bio Abundance Program. Based on innovation and research, the company offers organic ingredients, supported by the training of families and indirect conservation of areas in different biomes in Brazil. Its vast portfolio has technological inputs from international partners and ingredients from Brazilian biodiversity to meet the most specific demands of the industries in which it is present.


About Sabará Group
Sabará Group, with more than 65 years of history, is genuinely Brazilian and recognized for its ability to innovate and adapt. For three generations, the Group has overcome challenges and stands out in its markets. Its commitment to the well-being of people around the world goes beyond offering innovative products and services. Its activities take future generations into account, focusing on solutions that guarantee sustainability. Through its various branches of activity, Sabará Group operates throughout the national territory and has a presence in countries in South America, North America and Europe. It specializes in the development of high-performance technologies, solutions and raw materials, aimed at the water treatment markets in sanitation and industry, nutrition and animal health, and the food and beverage industries. The development of its products relies on 100% national knowledge and technology, a factor that contributes to Brazil becoming a reference in product research in favor of a sustainable world.