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UTC Engenharia and OAS, the CONPAR Consortium concluded the construction of the Instable Current Hydrotreatment Unit at the Presidente Getúlio Vargas Refinery for Petrobras in Paraná.

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Continuing with the planned succession of leaders at the Odebrecht Organization, on February 27, ETH Bioenergia announced its new Entrepreneurial Leader: Luiz Mendonça.

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During the past year, the Santo Antônio Hydroelectric Power Plant in Rondônia recycled 15,000 tons of waste. The volume represents 82% of the total generated by the construction work during the period.

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> leadership

Luiz Mendonça Becomes New ETH Entrepreneurial

Continuing with the

planned succession of

leaders at the Odebrecht

Organization, on February

27, ETH Bioenergia

announced its new

Entrepreneurial Leader (EL):

Luiz Mendonça.

A Production Engineer

with an MBA from France’s

INSEAD, Luiz Mendonça

was responsible for the

International Business area

at Braskem’s Executive

Vice Presidency and led

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Luiz Mendonça Becomes New ETH Entrepreneurial

the company’s operations

in America and Europe, in

addition to the Ethylene

XXI Project in Mexico and

the Renewable Chemical

Business. A Member since

2002, he also participated

in the petrochemical

acquisition processes,

assuming the presidency of

Quattor in 2010.

At ETH, his main

challenge will be

consolidating the company’s

presence in the national

market and implementing

the internationalization

process.

MEETING WITH MEMBERS

On February 29, Members

from the São Paulo Office

gathered in the auditorium

of the Eldorado Business

Tower for the presentation

by the new EL.

Mendonça opened

his presentation with a

summarized version of his

life story and career. “Over

the past four years, ETH has

become a major company

and currently has the world’s

best sugarcane planting

program,” he said. “It is a

successful company.”

The EL also took

advantage of the

opportunity to share his

first ideas about the ETH

strategy and answered

Members’ questions about

the next steps for the

company, which begins its

internationalization process

this year. “We plan to seek

new synergies and business

possibilities, while remaining

fully focused on the ‘key’

businesses,” he said. “We have

a major challenge ahead.”

Mendonça will continue

his integration process with

visits to the agroindustrial

units. “I have always been

passionate about the

operation,” he confessed.

With 15,000 Members

and nine plants installed in

five centers, located in the

states of São Paulo, Mato

Grosso, Mato Grosso do

Sul and Goiás, ETH hopes

to achieve an installed

industrial milling capacity of

40 million tons of sugarcane

per year and production of

three billion liters of ethanol

by 2014.

“ETH has the world’s largest sugarcane planting program. It is a successful company,” said Luiz Mendonça during a meeting with Members in São Paulo


> industrial engineering

Formed by Odebrecht

Engenharia Industrial,

UTC Engenharia and OAS,

the CONPAR Consortium

concluded the construction

of the Instable Current

Hydrotreatment Unit (2313

HDTI) at the Presidente

Getúlio Vargas Refinery

(REPAR) at the end of

January of this year. The

project was undertaken

for Petrobras, in the city of

Araucária, Paraná.

Responsible for

the expansion and

modernization of REPAR

since 2007, the consortium

also built new Gasoline

Portfolio and Coke

Portfolio Units, as well as

the refinery’s Hydrogen

Generation unit.

The HDTI Unit reduces

The CONPAR Consortium is responsible for expanding and modernizing the Presidente Getúlio Vargas Refinery for Petrobras in Paraná

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the sulfur content of diesel

oil and has the capacity

to hydro-treat 6,000 m3

of oil per day, improving

the quality of the diesel

distributed in the market in

compliance with applicable

environmental standards.

One of the greatest

challenges faced during the

plant installation was the

commissioning, in which

the potential risks inherent

to the process required a

team with a high degree

of technical qualification.

During the pre-operation

and unit startup phases,

the attention was focused

entirely on providing

support to the operation.

“The team’s unity was

decisive, since we

maintained our professional



pride, overcame difficulties

and were able to be

successful,” said João Xavier,

Commissioning Manager.

According to David

Esberard, Contract Director,

the unit startup reflects

a sensation of mission

accomplished. “I have been

following the project since

the ground-leveling in

2007, and it is gratifying

to know that our efforts

will contribute toward the

country’s progress,” he said.

Henry Müller, Administrative

and Financial Manager,

shared his pride in being

part of the consortium: “I

am extremely pleased to

have participated in the

development’s completion,”

said Müller.

According to Fernando

Fernandes, Production

Manager, his biggest

achievement was being able

to lead such a committed

team. “Everyone was

involved with the same

purpose in mind,” said

Fernandes.

The installation work for

the new unit also helped

contribute toward the

training of people such as

Paulo Linhares, Planning

Coordinator. “The possibility

of working with disciplines

different than my own area

of training made CONPAR

my biggest professional

challenge yet,” revealed the

civil engineer.

For many Members,

the consortium served as

a first work opportunity.

“It was my first project

and my great personal

accomplishment, since I

made some good friends,

learned about several

different cultures and added

all of it to my own growth,”

said Claudia Machado,

Technical Assistant in the

Supply area.

LEGACIES FOR THE

POPULATION

Since the signing of the

contract in 2007, CONPAR

has interacted with the

communities from the

project’s area of influence

and develops educational,


The contract also involved the construction of the Gasoline Portfolio and Coke Portfolio Units, as well as the Hydrogen Generation Unit

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Developed from 2009 to 2011, Acreditar trained more than 1,100 people, 750 of whom were hired by the consortium

cultural and training

programs. In 2011, the

consortium’s social activities

were considered the “Best

of the Year” by the Araucária

residents through an opinion

poll. “We have always

believed that we could make

the difference with the

social projects that valued,

motivated and educated

society for a better future,”

said David Esberard.

Created at the end of

2009 in partnership with

the Municipal Government

of Araucária, the Continued

Professional Qualification

Program - Acreditar (Believe)

received more than 2,500

applications and qualified

over 1,000 people under the

Basic and Technical modules

in the trades of bricklayer,

carpenter, assembler, welder,

assembly mechanic and

scaffold assembler. Over 750

participants were contracted

by CONPAR.

The consortium also


One of the consortium’s social initiatives was the inauguration of the Reading Room in the city of Araucária

launched the free digital

Caia na Rede (“Hit the

Net”) Program in 2009,

involving the installation

of IT laboratories at five

entities located in the

municipality. Over 2,000

children, youth and adults

from the communities

have already taken part

in the digital literacy

courses.

With aims of

collaborating toward

regional development,

CONPAR joined forces

with the Paraná Support

Services to Micro and

Small Companies (SEBRAE)

and the Araucária

City Government

to restructure the

city’s street market.

Approximately 30 fair

workers completed

courses that developed

concepts of associativism,

cooperativism, planning,

budget control, customer

assistance and relations

and the organization of

produce and vegetables.

In order to promote

the habit of reading

among children from

the communities, the

consortium inaugurated

a reading room at the

Dom Inácio Krause Health

Center last year with the

support of the Municipal

Department of Health. The

space, which hosts the

entity’s Reading Project,

assists an average of 35

people.

“In addition to the

satisfaction at concluding

the new unit, we are

pleased to know that

these projects will

continue serving the

residents,” concluded the

Contract Director.


Last year, the Santo

Antônio Hydroelectric Power

Plant in Rondônia, which

has Odebrecht Energia as

an investor, recycled more

than 15,000 tons of waste –

including common garbage

(paper and plastic) and

industrial garbage (leftover

concrete, steel scrap and

pieces of wood). The volume

represents 82% of the total

generated by the construction

work during the period.

This work is undertaken

at the Waste Management

Center, which is divided into

environments for each type of

material to be recycled at the

construction site itself and at

other sites or is discarded. The

utensils that are not reused,

such as metal scrap, tires,

plastic and paper, are sold to

recycling cooperatives.

With the paper recycling,

over 5,200 trees have been

saved since the installation of

the construction site in 2008.

The composting of leftover

food from the cafeteria, mixed

with pieces of shredded

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Santo Antônio HPP: Reference in Waste Managementresidual wood – the organic

recycling process – forms

the fertilizer used in the

project’s seedling greenhouse

designed to recover

degraded areas.

The waste that makes

up the so-called common

garbage, such as toilet paper

and disposable cups, is sent

to the sanitary landfill cell.

The hospital garbage and

that contaminated with oil

is incinerated in a piece of

equipment installed at the

construction site itself.

Nelson Alves,

Environmental Manager

at the Santo Antônio Civil

Consortium, stated that the

results are first-of-a-kind

and that the merit goes to

the teams’ actions. “Each

team is responsible for the

waste generated on the

service fronts and we were

only able to recycle because

the Members separate the

materials correctly,” explained

Alves. According to Alves,

the workers are encouraged

to undertake selective

collection.

CHALLENGES OF

MANAGEMENT

At the Santo Antônio

HPP, waste management

is the result of the

planning performed

In 2011, the Santo Antônio HPP reused more than 80% of the garbage generated for the entire project

Member at the Waste Management Center handles materials to ensure they are sent to the correct destination


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during the installation of

the construction site, when

all of the construction

processes were analyzed to

identify possible generated

waste, quantity, temporary

destination, transportation

and final destination. Based

on the mapping of the areas,

it was possible to define the

best waste treatment method,

protecting the environment.

According to Alves, since the

very start of the project, the

goal was to create a closed

cycle.

The challenges discovered

at the construction site

included the large volume

of waste generated and the

fragility of the local structure

to receive the materials.

“There was no structure for

the disposal of the hazardous

waste and the nearest site

was Cuiabá, located 1,400 km

away from Porto Velho,” said

Alves. Important initiatives

were created based on this

information.

The project licensed

the first sanitary landfill

in the state of Rondônia,

acquired a hazardous waste

incinerator and two wood

shredders, created the Waste

Management Center with

specific areas for each type of

garbage and began to apply

treatment via bioremediation,

a process used to recover soil

contaminated by oily products.

WATER AND SEWAGE

TREATMENT

In addition to waste

management, the Santo

Antônio HPP treats all of

the sewage produced at the

construction site and all of

the water used – whether for

the plant construction or for

human consumption.

Worker operates two hazardous waste incinerators, the destinations of the hospital garbage and that contaminated with oil


The four Water Treatment

Plants (WTP) installed at

the development have the

capacity to treat 560 m3 of

water per hour, enough to

supply a city with 50,000

inhabitants.

The process adopted at the

WTPs is innovative, since it

uses an organic product called

Vet Orgânica – extracted from

the Black Acacia tree bark –

and eliminates the need to

use the chemical component

aluminum sulfate, employed

at conventional plants. In

addition to being efficient, the

compound helps Members

lead more healthy lives.

The water is collected from

the Mato Grosso and São

Domingos streams – both

tributaries of the Madeira

River – through pumping,

and there is no waste since

the use cycle is closed. Even

the silt left over from the

filtering process is reused.

The dirty water is extracted

from it for treatment and the

waste is applied to the areas

recovered by the Degraded

Area Recovery Program

before the soil receives the

seedlings. “The practice

generates an improved

environmental gain,” said

Nelson Alves.

At the construction site,

100% of the sewage is treated

at two Sewage Treatment

Plants (STPs) using the

stabilization lagoon process.

There are two types of

lagoons: the Facultative, in

which the sewage’s organic

load is naturally digested,

and the Aerobic, which uses

the action of ultraviolet

rays to combat the existing

pathogenic organisms.

This process does not use

chemical products, avoiding

environmental impacts.

Member shows the clean water after it has passed through the project’s Water Treatment Plant


OR Development with Eurostars Excellence A joint venture established between the

Spanish group Hotusa and Brazilian company

Nobile Hotéis will be responsible for the hotel

administration of the Brisas do Lago development

in Brasília. The contract with Odebrecht

Realizações Imobiliárias (OR), responsible

for the incorporation and construction of the

resident hotel, will guarantee that Brazil sees the

arrival of the Eurostars Hotels chain, which already

operates in 12 other countries.

The delivery of the Brisas do Lago civil

construction project, a high standard

development located at the banks of the Paranoá

Lake, is scheduled for June 2013. From there,

Eurostars will begin the process of installing the

hotel operation. The administrative contract will

be valid for four years and may be renewed, and

the operator committed to invest approximately

R$ 1 million in furnishings. OR’s investments total

approximately R$ 150 million.

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OR Development with Eurostars Excellence

OR adopts sustainability practices at Brisas do Lago, such as the use of solar energy to heat water, use of certified wood, and the construction

of a rainwater collection tank to control the quality of the resource to be launched into the Paranoá Lake

“The arrival of Eurostars adds the

requirement of excellence that the development

demanded,” said Cesar Durão, Incorporation

Director at OR. “It is the combined know-how

of a local administrator and a brand with

international expertise,” he said. “Our concern

was always to maintain the development’s

standard of quality and sophistication, not just

in the construction work, but also in the service

that will be offered. I understand that this

partnership meets this need,” he explained.

Located next to the Brasília Tennis Academy,

between the Golf Club and Paranoá Lake,

Eurostars Brisas do Lago is being construction

on a terrain extending more than 28,000 m²

and will include five blocks with an integrated

environment, featuring rich landscaping and an

ample front part for direct access to the lake. The

high level finish and bold design can be found in

all the 750 units.


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Expanding the Partnership

The Mitsubishi Corporation increased

its support of the Bahia Baixo Sul

Environmental Protection Area Mosaic

Integrated and Sustainable Development

Program (PDIS), supported by the

Odebrecht Foundation . The agreement

was signed on February 13.

The company, which has been a

partner since 2009, will invest US$ 1.8

million over the next three years in

family homes associated with PDIS that

operate in the region. The resources will

be used to train new rural entrepreneurs.

On February 14, representatives

from Mitsubishi, Minoru Akita,

General Manager of Corporate

Social Responsibil ity in Japan, and

Kana Hasegawa, the professional

Students from the Presidente Tancredo Neves Rural Family Home, one of the teaching units contemplated by the partnership with Mitsubishi

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Expanding the Partnershipresponsible for Corporate Social

Responsibil ity in Brazil, visited the

teaching units contemplated by

the partnership. On the occasion,

they interacted with some of the

young students.

“I realized how the projects we

are supporting are significant for

Brazilian society and how they

perform their function efficiently,”

said Akita. For Hasegawa, it is an

honor to contribute toward these

actions: “We saw the youth, which

are the new generation, learning

with hopes and dreams,” said

Hasegawa.

Mitsubishi already supported

a project in Igrapiúna, Bahia.

From 2009 to 2011, the company

financed the training of Igrapiúna

Rural Family Home students

to become multipliers of

technologies designed for the

production and processing of

cacao, heart of palm, rubber and

banana.

Representatives from Mitsubishi interact with students from the Agroforest Family Home, located in Nilo Peçanha


> fast notes

Registration for ETH Young Partner Program Now Open

ETH Bioenergia has opened up

registration for the 2012 Young Partner

Program, designed for young graduates

who are seeking to begin their careers at a

large Organization. Interested candidates

can sign up at the website

www.eth.com until March 12.

The job positions are distributed

throughout the company’s production

centers, located in the states of Goiás,

Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and São

Paulo and at the corporate office in the

São Paulo capital. According to Genésio

Couto, the professional responsible for

People and Sustainability, the program is

designed to identify and develop young

talents whose personal values are aligned

with the characteristics and culture of

ETH and the Organization. “The idea is

to prepare future professionals that are

committed to work on the company’s

business fronts,” he said.

With a duration of two years, the

program adopts the Job Rotation system

– based on Education Through Work,

one of the concepts of the Odebrecht

Entrepreneurial Technology –, which

allows those candidates approved to work

in different areas based on their academic

background, in addition to offering on-

site training and complementary distance

activities.

Those youth who graduated in 2011

can sign up for courses in the areas of

Business Administration, Accounting

and Economic Sciences, Environmental

and Sanitary Engineering, Agricultural,

Agronomic, Food, Industrial Automation,

Automation Control, Electrical, Electronic,

Electrotechnical, Mechanic, Mechatronic,

Production and Chemistry, with

intermediate English, mastery of the

Office package and also mobility to reside

in other Brazilian states and regions.

The selection process involves CV

screening, online tests (English and logical

reasoning), group dynamics, business

panel and interviews with ETH leaders.

The activities will begin in June of this

year.

Young Partner Program: Cultivating knowledge, creating value

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Odebrecht Angola has signed a contract to

build the infrastructure of the iron mining project

for the company Angola Exploration Mining

Resources S.A. (AEMR), a public-private company

controlled by the Business Conglomerate DT

Group, located in Township of Jamba, Province of

Huila.

For the construction of the infrastructure

and iron ore production and processing plant,

the company expects to generate more than

2,500 direct and indirect job opportunities. It

also expects to require some 3,000 Members for

its operation. “The project will generate work

opportunities and improve the quality of life, not

only for residents of the Jamba municipality, but

also for the population of the neighboring cities,”

said Félix Martins, Contract Director.

The development will also promote the arrival

of investments in the food, hotel, trade and

service areas. “Improvements are planned in the

region’s infrastructure, crude and potable water

distribution, energy generation and distribution

and construction of roads,” said Martins.

During the course of the construction work,

the company plans to develop local labor training

and qualification programs and training focused

on social-environmental education and literacy.

After the project’s conclusion, scheduled for

2014, the construction will begin for the first steel

plant in Angola, which will allow the nation to

join the group of African countries that produce

steel. Over the medium term, it is estimated that

the project will create 8,000 direct and indirect

job opportunities.

New Odebrecht Angola Contract

At Petrobras’ invitation, Odebrecht Oil and Gas

(OOG) presented the initiatives and achievements

of the School in Action program on February 16 in

Macaé, Rio de Janeiro. The initiative is developed

by the company in partnership with the Macaé

City Government and United Nations Educational,

Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

The exhibit was held during the Monthly Best

Practices Meeting, organized by Petrobras together

with the participation of different suppliers in

the municipality. The meeting, which gathered

200 people, also involved the discussion of topics

related to Social Responsibility, Health, Workplace

Safety and Environment (SSTMA).

Emile Machado, Social Responsibility

Coordinator at OOG, presented the evolution of

School in Action during a panel on good social

practices. For her, the opportunity to present the

results was quite significant, since it reveals the

program’s strength. “Since its creation in 2007, the

initiative has already assisted more than 62,000

children directly and indirectly,” said Machado.

Involving public, private and philanthropic

initiative, the project stands out for its participative

management system, the capacity for social

mobilization and the results of the community

participation, which led to the expansion of the

actions, structured into three programs: Opening

Spaces (workshops), Professional Qualification and

Hit the Net (digital inclusion).

OOG Presents its Good Social Practices to Client

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Rota dos Coqueiros Becomes Two-Time Champion for Journalism Award

> fast notes

Rota dos Coqueiros is responsible for the construction, operation and maintenance of Via Parque and the Paiva Road System Arquiteto Wilson Campos Júnior Bridge

For the second consecutive year, the Rota dos

Coqueiros Concessionaire – in which Odebrecht

TransPort holds stake – in Pernambuco, was the

topic of the news stories awarded by the Brazilian

Highway Concessionaires’ Association (ABCR) in

the categories of Print Journalism and Television.

The two awards were earned by publications from

the Communication Trade Newspaper System.

“The Walk in the Clouds and Walk along

the Stones,” by journalist Roberta Soares from

the newspaper Jornal do Commercio, won

in the Print Journalism category. The story

portrayed the contrasts of the two accessways

that lead to Pernambuco’s Southern Coast: Via

Parque, operated by Rota dos Coqueiros, and

the highways BR-101 e PE-60, both public. The

photos illustrating the story were taken by

photographer Bobby Fabisak.

In the Broadcast Journalism category, the

winners were Jaderson Pires, Fabiani Assunção,

Monica Carvalho, Eriberto Pereira, Pedro

Guimarães and Ivanildo Araújo, with the news

story “BR 101 - Unreliabilities,” aired on TV Jornal,

which showed the situation of the federal

highways that traverse the Metropolitan Region

of Recife and the contrast with Via Parque.

Last year, the Rádio Jornal team, which

consists of Carlos Morais, Adulccio Lucena,

Zé Roberto, Oscar Lobo, Thalyta Duarte and

Emílio Bezerra, won the award with the series

of news stories “Rota dos Coqueiros - Path of

Development.”

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Maracanã Construction Work 35% Completed

With two years to go until the Soccer World Cup in Brazil, the construction work for the Maracanã Stadium is 35% complete

The remodeling project for the Maracanã

Stadium – which will host the final match of the

2014 World Cup –, currently being undertaken

by Odebrecht Infraestrutura in Rio de Janeiro,

has completed 35% of its activities.

In order to streamline the work, the

construction of the grandstands was divided

into three stages. The structure will consist

of approximately 2,750 precast parts,

manufactured within the construction site itself

and installed with the support of cranes. The in

loco construction activities were also begun for

the upper grandstand, which will overlap the

existing one, bringing the fans closer to the field.

The four access ramps reach the third floor of

the stadium and the construction of the North

Tunnel – which will facilitate vehicle access to

the lawn –has already been concluded. The

60 stadium pillars began to receive the inserts

that will serve as anchorage for the new roof

structure.

The installation of the slabs for the 110 private

boxes began in the East and West sectors and

the construction of the four access towers that

will connect the ground floor to the upper floors

of the stadium are also underway.

A total of 4,200 Members currently work on

the project, whose construction peak, to occur

still this month, should generate 5,200 direct job

opportunities.

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The Panama City and Bay Sanitation Project,

developed by Odebrecht Panama, has reached

an important phase in its construction. The

Segments Factory – which produces the rings

that line the tunnel – achieved its production

goal of 40,900 parts.

For a 20-month period, approximately

50 Members dedicated their efforts to

manufacturing these rings that form the

Interceptor Tunnel – one of the development’s

most important components. With the

conclusion of this phase, 80% of the tunnel

construction activities have been finalized.

The Interceptor Tunnel is being excavated

with a TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine) that uses

the EPB (Earth Pressure Balance) methodology,

working at a depth of between 16 and 23

meters. Workers have already excavated 6.5 km

of the total extension of 8.1 km. It is expected

that the entire project will be completed 10

months ahead of schedule, which was originally

estimated at 45 months.

Members of the Segments Factory will be

transferred to the Panama Subway Line One

project, which consists of a 7-km tunnel that is

also being excavated with the TBM.

Sanitation Project in Panama Completes Important Phase

The Odebrecht Panama Members celebrated the paving of the last piece of tunnel lining. A total of 40,900 rings were produced


On February 2, Renato Baiardi, member of

the Odebrecht S.A. Board of Directors, met with

youth from the Odebrecht Infraestrutura

PROSUB-EBN project for an informal chat

about his experience and 45-year career at the

Organization.

Baiardi reported his main challenges and

achievements, what he learned during moments

of crisis and about what it means to be Leader

based on the Odebrecht Entrepreneurial

Technology concept. “A true Leader is someone

who is concerned with the development of those

he or she leads, who is happy with the success

and development of those who work with him

or her,” said Baiardi. “It is impossible be a leader

in the full sense of this concept, without being a

Leader Educator.”

He also emphasized that the best thing that

the youth can do to grow at the Organization

is to always seek a great Leader. “Identifying a

Leader Educator is something very important for

your training,” he said. “It doesn’t matter whether

you are abroad or in Brazil: look for a Leader

who inspires you and challenges you.” According

to Baiardi, among all of the leaders, Norberto

Odebrecht was the one who taught him the

most: “There was not one time that I was with Dr.

Norberto that I did not learn something.”

About his career development, Renato Baiardi

emphasized the following: “An entrepreneur who

is always concerned with learning and doing

better than before is the one who has a long life

at the Organization.”

At the end of the conversation, Baiardi made it

a point to highlight TEO as Odebrecht’s greatest

asset. “The purpose of my visit was to bring a bit

of culture to you,” he said. “We need to practice

TEO in order to ensure that the Organization

continues to be a company that is different from

the others.”

Enriching Dialogue: Renato Baiardi Talks to PROSUB-EBN Youth

Young Partners from PROSUB-EBN met with Renato Baiardi, who spoke about challenges, leadership and culture



The Nacala International Airport project,

located in Mozambique and currently being

undertaken by Odebrecht International,

certified 80 people in the Basic Cycle of the

Continued Professional Qualification Program

- Acreditar (Believe), on February 17. The

ceremony to deliver the certificates included

the presence of António Pilale, Administrator

of the Nacala District, who recognized the

positive impact of the partnership between

the Mozambique government and the

company. “The partnership offers many

advantages for our people and our district,”

he said.

Under the motto “Train People, Build

Dreams,” the learning meetings began on

January 30 with two groups, during the

morning and afternoon periods, including

40 students each. During the 60 hours of

course load, topics such as Workplace Safety,

Environment, Workplace Psychology, Health,

Quality and Increased Schooling were

developed. “My life is already improving, since

I can have a job opportunity at Odebrecht

or at other companies,” said graduate Álvaro

Bonifácio.

According to Fernanda Reis, People

and Organization Manager, the graduates

are ready to enter into the Specific Cycle.

“Acreditar is training for life and this is what

we want to leave for the community of

Nacala,” said Reis.

Leonardo Ribeiro, Contract Director, stated

that the program essentially aims to develop

and improve the professional and personal

habits of the residents from Odebrecht’s areas

of operation: “We believe that people will

have more work opportunities, which will

allow them to contribute toward the growth

of the local economy,” said Ribeiro.

Mozambique Graduates its First Acreditar Group

The graduates can already start the Acreditar Specific Cycle, which will train them in different areas to work in the job market

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http://www.odebrecht.com/en/businesses-and-interests/international


On February 28, ETH Bioenergia gathered

50 leaders from the centers – responsible for

the industrial, agricultural, health, safety and

environment and people and administration

areas – and their subordinates for an

Entrepreneurial Development Program meeting.

The initiative was created with aims of

promoting a reflection on the topic of Mass

Communication, with a focus on improving

labor and trade union relations.

Consultant Paulo Sérgio Rosa, the creator

of the Thinking Together Method (TTM)

and PhD in Political Sciences from Florida

Christian University, promoted discussions

with participants on the following topics: Trade

Union Scenario and Perspectives, Operations

in the Digital and Analog Profile, the New Mass

Communication and Communication Diagnosis.

ETH has 15,000 Members, 14,800 of

which work in the agricultural and industrial

areas. “Training leaders to communicate

with those they lead guarantees a healthier

work environment that is more focused on

valuing people,” explained Karina Fonseca,

the professional responsible for People

Development at ETH.

ETH Organizes Training for Agroindustrial Center Leaders

Leaders from the ETH centers take part in the Entrepreneurial Development Program, which discussed Mass Communication

http://www.eth.com


On February 23,

Odebrecht Energia held

the graduation ceremony

for the second group from

the Supervisor Development

Program (PDS), which consists

of 24 Service Supervisors

at the Santo Antônio

Hydroelectric Power Plant,

currently being built in

Rondônia.

During the ceremony,

Délio Galvão, Managing

Director of the Construtor

Santo Antônio Consortium,

highlighted the importance

of the training opportunity

for the supervisors. Leonardo

Borgatti, Contract Director

at the Santo Antônio Civil

Consortium, spoke about the

importance of training the

leaders and those they lead.

“I would like you to use the

knowledge in your work and

in your lives, disseminating

what you learned,” he said.

Also present were Members

Maurício Mendes, João Rocha,

Sérgio Scarpim, Rodrigo

Jivago, Augusto Silva Filho

and Antônio Sérgio Barbim.

For three and a half

months, the Members took

classes in a range of different

areas under the Basic,

Behavioral and Instrumental

modules, for a total course

load of 260 hours.

Thirty-two years after

he finished school, Manoel

Euzébio da Costa resumed

the studies he interrupted at

the grade school level. “PDS

was an innovation in our

personal and professional

life,” said Costa. “Our

leadership improved, as did

the communication and

relationship with the team,”

said the Mechanic Supervisor.

The program promotes training through continued education and is designed based on the needs and interests detected at the construction projects

Santo Antônio HPP Graduates Second Group of Supervisors through PDS

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What is the leader’s

role? How to communicate

appropriately with those you

lead? These and other topics

were addressed during the first

Reflection Seminar undertaken

by the Suape Logistics Road

Complex - Expressway,

currently being constructed

by the Expressway Consortium

(Odebrecht Infraestrutura and

OAS) in Pernambuco. The event

was held on February 25.

With aims of promoting the

discussion about the leader

as a fundamental agent for

the Organization’s growth and

survival, the initiative gathered

25 supervisors associated

with the Production area for

the first time, indicated by the

Production and Administrative-

Financial Managers.

The Members took part in

the group dynamics conducted

by Sabrina Veras and Mônica

Lapenda, from the People and

Organization team, with the

assistance of the project’s Social

Worker, Joyce Melo. “The idea

is to allow the supervisors to

understand, reflect and discuss

leadership within the current

context, with aims of better

meeting the demands in the

field and preparing people,”

explained Melo.

Civil Supervisor Gerson

Palmeira participated in the

seminar and emphasized the

importance of the initiative:

“I have 28 years of career and

this experience will contribute

considerably toward my

professional life,” he said. “It is

always good to stay updated

and find the best way of dealing

with people.”

Supervisors Discuss the Role of Leader on the Expressway

The Expressway Consortium held the first edition of the Reflection Seminar for 25 project leaders



During the vacation

period at the universities,

the PROSUB-EBN Submarine

Development Project,

whose civil construction

work is currently being

undertaken by Odebrecht

Infraestrutura, received

nine students from the

civil engineering, electrical,

mechanical, administrative

and economic sciences areas

for the Vacation Internship

Program.

PROSUB-EBN Holds Vacation Internship Program

For a one-month period, nine students from different Brazilian universities participated in yet another edition of the Vacation Internship Program at PROSUB-EBN

The initiative is designed to

develop skills not commonly

learned in the classroom.

Universities from different

Brazilian states took part in

lectures on safety, quality and

introduction to Odebrecht

Entrepreneurial Technology

and the work of each one was

monitored by a construction

project leader.

“It is important to invest

in new talents so that the

company is always prepared

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for current and future

challenges,” explained

Leonardo Veras, the

professional responsible for

Maritime Project Production,

who monitored the internship

of Pedro Cordeiro, a Civil

Engineering student from the

Federal University of Alagoas.

According to the youth, the

program gave him important

technical knowledge for his

career and his life. “The major

differential was the role of

the leaders, accessible people

who feel accomplished with

the learning and success of

those they lead,” he said.

Gabriella Franco, a future

civil engineer who is studying

at São João Del Rei Federal

University, took part in the

program for the second time.

“I was impressed with the

evolution of the development

from one year to the next,”

said Franco. “This shows the

dimension and seriousness of

the work of all the different

areas of operation.”




The government-owned bank Banco do

Brasil and the Pratigi Environmental Protection

Area Rural Producers’ Cooperative (COOPRAP)

established a commercial partnership that will

facilitate the sale of the handicrafts produced

from piassaba fiber.

Through the Sustainability Store, the financial

institution is promoting the sale of over 3,000

handicraft items on its website, primarily those

materials for the office and kitchen. It is estimated

that the articles will be available for purchase still

during the month of March.

The Sustainability Store, an initiative of Banco

do Brasil, was created in order to sell the products

created by the communities assisted under

the Sustainable Regional Development (DRS)

program. This strategy supports economically

feasible, socially just and environmentally correct

production activities, observing and respecting

cultural diversity. “We will also be benefitted

even more by the job opportunities and added

value given to our products,” said cooperative

member Leonaldo dos Santos, a resident of

the community of São Francisco, located in the

municipality of Nilo Peçanha in Bahia.

The partnership between Banco do Brasil

and the cooperatives associated with the

Bahia Southern Lowlands Environmental

Protection Area Mosaic Integrated and

Sustainable Development Program (PDIS),

supported by the Odebrecht Foundation

and of which COOPRAP is part, began in

2009. When the agreement became official,

the members came to have regular access to

rural credit via the National Family Farming

Strengthening Program (PRONAF). In two

years, the cooperatives raised over R$ 8 million,

benefitting 399 producers.

COOPRAP Handicrafts for Sale at Banco do Brasil Virtual Store

Handicrafts made from piassaba fiber are sold at the Banco do Brasil virtual store

http://www.fundacaoodebrecht.org.br


To guarantee the

occupational health of its

workers, Odebrecht Energia

installed an outpatient clinic

and room for health services

at the construction site of the

Teles Pires Hydroelectric Plant,

currently being built at the

border between Mato Grosso

and Pará.

Installed along the left bank

of the Teles Pires River, the

outpatient clinic has the support

necessary for undertaking

awareness raising campaigns,

pre-employment and periodic

Health of Members is Priority at the Teles Pires HPP

Members from the Teles Pires HPP Health team orient workers during the awareness raising campaigns

health exams and emergency

services and has beds for

patients to rest and a physical

therapy and emergency room

equipped with a defibrillator,

respirator, first-aid equipment

and medications and an

ambulance.

The health base, which is

assembled along the right bank,

has first-aid medications and

equipment and an ambulance.

The devices are portable and

can be placed in vehicles that are

transformed into semi-intensive

ambulances.

The team consists of one

physician, one veterinarian and

sanitary physician, two nurses,

three physical therapists, two

speech therapists, one workplace

nurse, one workplace nursing

technician, five nursing technicians,

two sanitary technicians, two

sanitary assistants, two drivers and

two administrative assistants. “We

have professionals specialized in

emergency, with experience in

Urgent Mobile Care Services to

provide the right kind of assistance

when necessary,” said Gilberto

Hirokazu Yoshida, the responsible

physician.

Among the health programs

undertaken at the construction site

are those in the areas of hearing

protection and ergonomics,

collective health and endemic

diseases, as well as the awareness

raising campaigns focused on

topics such as diabetes, dengue

fever, malaria, hearing protection

and sexually transmitted diseases,

among others. In January of

this year, the Hearing Protection

Program (PPA) was undertaken

with aims of raising Member

awareness about the importance

of using ear plugs.

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The Moatize Expansion Project – a Vale project

located in Mozambique focused on coal mining

currently being developed by Odebrecht

International – launched the SOL Campaign. In

Portuguese, SOL stands for “Safe, Organized and

Clean.”

Created by the company’s Health, Workplace

Safety and Environment (SSTMA) area, the

initiative is designed to raise Member awareness

about the importance of undertaking activities

with safety, organization and cleanliness in the

construction project environment. The teams

were encouraged to compete for the best

performance and the winners were awarded.

The campaign reinforces the concepts and

guarantees workplace safety, avoiding accidents.

Moatize Expansion Project Launches SOL Campaign

Roberto Salvador, SSTMA Manager at Odebrecht International, presents the new campaign to Members




Created to encourage sports practice and a

healthy lifestyle in the urban areas revitalized

by the Vias de Luanda Project, the Active Life

program has already passed the mark of 1,000

participants during its second month of activity.

The initiative undertaken by Odebrecht Angola

and the Government of the Province of Luanda

promotes improvements to quality of life in the

capital and develops actions in the modernized

public spaces.

The activities, which are coordinated by

Physical Education teachers, take place on

Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays during the

morning and late afternoon. During the entire

week, the sports courts and spaces along the

sidewalk and the beach of Ilha do Cabo are open

to the population. During the weekends, over

500 people take part in the actions.

For the start of the program, set for January

of this year, nine sports courts were installed

at the beach near the avenue Avenida Murtala

Mohamed. During the summer season, which

extends from January to March, citizens can

take part in free volleyball, soccer and basketball

classes and matches, in addition to aerobic

gymnastics at Esplanada das Palmeiras.

Odebrecht Angola’s Active Life Program Records over 1,000 Participants

At the end of February, amateur players from 10 sports and summer associations gathered for the activities held on the sidewalk of the Ilha do Cabo beach

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With the sponsorship of Braskem,

the Jatobás Institute – a non-

governmental organization whose

mission is to promote the expansion

of sustainable development – will

launch the publication entitled

“The 50 Most Important Books on

Sustainability” on March 12, during

an event that will discuss the new

paths for Green Economy in São

Paulo.

The book will feature a synopsis

and the main ideas of the most

important publications focused

on the topic, selected by 3,000

leaders and former students of

the Sustainability Program at

Cambridge University in England.

It will also include interviews and

biographies of the authors, which

include global references such

as Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson,

Joseph Stiglitz, Herman Daly, Jeffrey

Sachs, Buckminster Fuller and E.F.

Schumacher.

During the event, a parallel

will be drawn between the ideas

addressed in the publication and

the Green Economy concept, and

its role in Brazil, in society and at

organizations. The opening speech

will be given by PhD in Public

Management and Sustainability

Specialist, Rachel Biderman, and

after that, a roundtable will be

formed for a debate with leading

entrepreneurial specialists from the

philanthropic sector. One of the

debaters is Jorge Soto, Sustainability

Development Director at Braskem.

The meeting will take place from

8:30 a.m. to 12:00p.m. at the Getúlio

Vargas Foundation’s Salão Nobre.

Registration is limited and can be

completed via e-mail eventos@

conversasustentavel.com.br, by

phone (+55 11) 2501-4064 or at the

Conversa Sustentável (“Sustainable

Conversation”) website – www.

conversasustentavel.com.br in

the Events section. Entry is free of

charge.

The 50 Most Important Books on Sustainability

http://www.braskem.com.br

http://www.institutojatobas.com.br/index.php

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