SOCIAL PROGRAM

From the beginning, Korta is deeply involved with a commitment of responsibility towards the socio-cultural development of the community and to the environment in which the company operates. It’s good to point out that Korta does not confuse social and environmental responsibility with mere philanthropic or welfare projects. What the company is seeking is a commitment to ethics and quality of life of the community that surrounds it and society in general.

Based on these assumptions, Social and Environmental Development, Korta social and environmental branch, maintains and Environmental Education Center at Nossa Senhora Aparecida farm, where it manages awareness and environmental management programs for children in the region of Alta Mogiana and programs aimed at adult education and maintenance of children in school.

The farms are certified by the most important international codes of conduct - Rainforest Alliance and UtzCertified – and national – AMSC.

From planting to harvesting, Korta chooses using mainly natural techniques of cultivation. Coffee helps erosion control because it’s a perennial plant, better said, after planting it, there is no soil displacement, thus preserving its physical structure, it also helps with good agricultural practices in weed management, pest management and disease having as a result healthy trees with maximum productivity. A drip irrigation system aims to produce more using fewer areas, little water and no waste.

The ecological management of pests and diseases, the permanent preservation along water courses, the transformation of waste into compost and its use in ecological fertilization of the crops has, as a result, coffee fields producing coffees with life. This is, for us, the best way to express the sustainability and the coffee culture. An Environmental Management Plan structured by the Environmental Engineer Lina Inglez de Souza, includes areas of forest reserve and permanent preservation areas within the properties. There are approximately six million square meters devoted to preservation and conservation of native species, a commitment of Korta with the future.

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