Building homes and futures
If you follow our blog you’ll know by now that our work ties in closely with the Brazilian government’s policies regarding sustainable forestry and the environment.
Recently we’ve spotted some more coincidences between our plans and those of Dilma Rousseff. Honestly, it’s like she’s copying us. Housing, for example, is a key topic being looked at by the government at the moment through its My House, My Life programme. Following this plan, Brazil hopes to have built 2.4 million new homes by 2014, going some way to helping out the seven million families in the country that are currently without adequate housing.
Great news and good luck to them, but how exactly does this tie in with Greenwood’s plans you might ask. Here’s how, so listen up. Greenwood’s latest Acacia Mangium Project, located in Bahia State, is all about Acacia Mangium, a top-grade, durable hardwood, ideally suited to furniture making and the construction industry.
We’re already running and managing a number of different acacia plantations across Brazil’s Western and Central Bahia regions, but this latest project will provide a significant boost to our supply, allowing Greenwood and its investors to meet the growing demands for wood generated by the My House, My Life programme.
Our supplies of wood are right in the heart of Brazil, just where they are needed, so our freight and logistics costs can be kept low. Greenwood also has its own wood-processing center, so we can push our efficiency savings that bit further and pass these on to the government and its low-cost housing schemes.
We love it when a plan comes together and Greenwood as a whole is looking forward to playing its part in facilitating Brazil’s ongoing economic improvements.
For more information, please read our press release on the Acacia project.
