Governance

Our model operates ethically and transparently, respecting people, the community, and the law, while focusing on generating sustainable value.

Governance best practices strengthen operations, minimize risks, and direct the business's operational focus.

We are led by two major Brazilian business groups and by one of Canada's largest pension fund managers.

Led by Votorantim, Grupo Fischer, and PSP Investments, we are a private multinational company committed to creating sustainable value. Our operations adhere to best practices in corporate governance, guided by integrity, responsibility, and respect for people, communities, the law, and the environment.

Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer: Leads the Legal, Compliance, ESG, and Corporate Relations areas. As a member of the executive leadership team that comprises the Senior Management of the business, ensures the execution of the strategy and the delivery of results agreed upon with the Board of Directors. Directs and sponsors the culture of integrity, legal risk mitigation, and the company's socio-environmental and governance commitments.

Governance Structure

Bodies responsible for the company's sustainable governance and long-term strategic direction, ensuring equal treatment of shareholders and decisions committed to the company's sustainability and longevity.

Board of Directors +

The Board of Directors acts as a long-term strategic guide for Citrosuco, ensuring alignment between shareholder guidelines and business management. Its structure seeks to provide effective interaction between shareholders and managers, guaranteeing decisions aligned with sustainability and corporate longevity. Composed of 10 members — 5 appointed by shareholder Votorantim and 5 by shareholder Fischer —, the Board plays a key deliberative role.

Members:

  • Claudio Ermírio de Moraes
  • Mário Bavaresco Júnior
  • José Ermírio de Moraes
  • Glaisey Peres Domingues
  • Sergio Augusto Malacrida Junior
  • Bianca Helena Fischer de Moraes
  • Ana Luísa Fischer Marcondes Ferraz
  • Alessandra Fischer de Souza Santos
  • José Lopes Celidonio
  • Lorival Nogueira Luz Júnior
Advisory Committees +

The Advisory Committees integrate corporate governance to support the Board of Directors with specialized monitoring and strategic analysis. These committees meet regularly to validate strategic guidelines and oversee business progress across their respective areas: Audit, ESG, People, Finance, and Related Parties.

Executive Board +

Composed of executives appointed by the Board of Directors, responsible for operational efficiency and implementing the strategy defined by the Board, ensuring the application of best governance, ethics, and integrity practices across all operations.

Compliance Program

We conduct our business ethically, transparently, and responsibly, with integrity as a core value.

To continuously strengthen and promote this culture, we developed the Citrosuco Compliance Program, which is grounded in our Code of Conduct.

The Compliance Program guides business operations in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and standards, through the reinforcement of processes, policies, training, communication, and monitoring.

At Citrosuco, compliance is everyone's responsibility. We expect employees and third parties to act in accordance with the principles of our Code of Conduct, internal policies, and applicable legislation.

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Fraud prevention

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Corruption prevention

Regulation

Discover our certifications

Clean Company

Seal awarded by Instituto Ethos to companies that are signatories of the Business Pact for Integrity and Against Corruption, recognizing their commitment to ethics, integrity, and the fight against corruption.

100% Transparency Movement

Brazil's largest corporate transparency initiative, led by the UN Global Compact Network Brazil, which encourages companies to go beyond legal requirements in governance and integrity.

Agro+ Integrity

Seal from the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA) recognizing agribusiness companies with effective compliance, ethics, and sustainability programs.

Pro-Ethics

Recognition granted by the Office of the Comptroller General (CGU), in partnership with Instituto Ethos, to companies whose integrity programs are assessed among the most robust in the country.

Brazil Pact

A CGU initiative that encourages companies to voluntarily make a public commitment to corporate integrity practices.

Code of Conduct

This document expresses our commitment to ethics in all relationships—clients, employees, shareholders, suppliers, public authorities, the media, and the community—serving as a tool that guides daily actions and decisions, promoting relationships based on integrity, transparency, and respect for people, diversity, and the environment.

To address related matters, we maintain a Conduct Channel accessible to internal and external audiences impartial and confidential that protects the identities of those involved and contributes to a better environment for everyone.