A joint effort to reach common goals involved â?? and still involves â?? all the people of TANAC team. The certifications ISO 9001, ISO 14001, FSC and NSF are the result of a group work, of a team work. Since 1996, the Quality Management System of TANAC is certified in conformity with the NBR ISO 9001 Standards, confirming its commitment with the quality of its products and services.


                              

In the year 2000, TANAC certified its Environmental Management System according to the NBR ISO 14001 Standards, reafirming its commitment with the environment. Tanfloc SG, TANAC flocullent/coagulant agent for water treatment is certified by the american organization NSF - National Sanitation Fundation - International, recognized worldwide, which certifies products for human consumption, such as food and water. In the beginning of 2004, the Chain of Custody of the Woodchip Unit and TANAGRO Forest Management and 2008 the Chain of Custody of the Tanin Unit, were certified, by the FSC â?? Forest Stewardship Council, confirming that the forestal activities are economically viable, socially fair and environmentally adequate. (see more: www.fsc.org.br )

TANAGRO provides the Public Monitoring Summary of the Management Plan, following the orientation described on the FSC Principles and Criteria.


TANAC POLICY FOR THE USE OF RAW MATERIAL ORIGINATED FROM FORESTS

We from Tanac S.A., Mimosa Vegetable Extract Industry in Montenegro and of Wood Chips in Rio Grande, in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, are compromised with the planning and execution of our activities using forestal raw material, adopting the following criteria:

. acquire forestal raw material from FSC - Forest Stewardship Council certified sources.

. acquire forestal raw material from controled sources not certified attending the standards defined by FSC, which guarantee that during the handling of these sources , the following principles are respected:

. the preservation of the traditional rights of indigenous people and civil rights;
. not proceeding of woods or forests with a high conservation value;

. not being originated from genetically modified materials;

. not having been cut down illegally;

. not being derived from converted native forests .

DIn this way, we believe that our clients can fully trust in our products, as we follow environmentally adequate and socially correct policies.


PRODUCERS EVALUATION

For the acquisition of raw-material, TANAC fulfills in the production site, together with the producer, an evaluation of the risk level, as to social-environmental aspects, according to the foreseen in the requirements established for the Chain of Custody - FSC – Forest Management International Council, in the FSC-STD-40-005 standard version 2.1.

The evaluation of the categories of the risk level was based on specific data for Brazil and for the acaciculture regions in the south of Brazil, including the survey in organs and in federal government official data, such as: Labor and Employment Ministry, CTNBio – National Technical Committee of Bio-security, FUNAI – Indian National Foundation, Palmares Cultural Foundation of the Culture Ministry and Labor International Organization.

The auditors of the year of 2009 occurred at producers which supplied bark and/or wood in the period of September 2008 to August 2009. In these evaluations no case of bark or wood originated from controversial sources was detected.

The efficiency of this procedure is constantly being followed, at any moment alterations and adaptations of evaluation methodology can occur, seeking in this way, to find improvement in this process.

More information about the evaluation can be obtained through the telephone number (51) 3632 4055 and according to attachments:



Controlled Wood Risk Assessment Report - Tannin

Controlled Wood Risk Assessment Report - Chip