As a growing company, human capital is a strategic resource for the sustainability and longevity of Bracell’s business. In 2025, we continued to invest in talent attraction and retention to support our accelerated growth.

Our employees work across forestry operations (silviculture, nursureys, haulage and harvesting), industrial operations (paper and pulp production), and administrative support functions.

At Bracell Papéis, we had 1,585 direct employees in 2025 working in our mills in São Gonçalo dos Campos (BA), Feira de Santana (BA), Pombos (PE), and Lençóis Paulista (SP). Our pulp business had a total of 8,948 direct employees working in operations in São Paulo and Bahia.

Workforce by region and gender

Region	2023			2024			2025
	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total
Bahia Pulp Operations	1,434	470	1,904	1,479	490	1,969	1,419	476	1,895
São Paulo Pulp Operations	4,501	986	5,487	5,265	1,313	6,578	5,721	1,332	7,053
Southeast Paper Operations	0	0	0	476	143	619	400	122	522
Northeast Paper Operations	0	0	0	834	235	1,069	828	235	1,063
Total	5,935	1,456	7,391	8,054	2,181	10,235	8,368	2,165	10,533

Note: Bracell Papéis, our paper business, started operations in 2023 and is reporting its sustainability performance indicators for the first time, for year 2024.

Workforce by employment contract and gender

Employment contract	2023			2024			2025
	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total
Permanent employees	5,897	1,421	7,318	7,847	2,003	9,850	8,286	2,904	10,380
Temporary employees	38	35	73	195	175	370	82	71	153
Full-time employees	5,735	1,387	7,122	7,934	2,028	9,962	8,343	2,121	10,464
Part-time employees1	17	23	40	108	150	258	25	44	69
Non-guaranteed hours employees	4,683	1,033	5,716	509	192	701	0	0	0

Note: in accordance to GRI Standards guidelines, we refined the classification of employees without guaranteed working hours. This category includes professionals without fixed schedules, whose working hours are not predefined on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis and who perform activities on demand, according to the organization’s needs. Under this definition, Bracell does not have employees hired without a fixed working schedule (GRI 2-4). Lear more at GRI 405-1 — Diversity in governance bodies and employees.

Workforce by employment contract and region

Contract type	2025
	Permanent employees	Temporary employees	Total
Bahia Pulp Operations	1,806	89	1,895
São Paulo Pulp Operations	7,053	0	7,053
Southeast Paper Operations	522	0	522
Northeast Paper Operations	999	64	1,063
Total	10,380	153	10,533

 

Employees by employment type and region

Employment type	2025
	Full-time employees	Part-time employees	Non-guaranteed hours employees	Total
Bahia Pulp Operations	1,858	37	0	1,895
São Paulo Pulp Operations	7,053	0	0	7,053
Southeast Paper Operations	522	0	0	522
Northeast Paper Operations	1,031	32	0	1,063
Total	10,464	69	0	10,533