Social Responsibility

The Company constantly tries to improve its relationship with the communities where it operates, particularly through professional educational programs.

Learn more on our initiatives in this area:

Project "The Port of Santos: Sailing through History"

Developed by Santos Brasil and Neotropica Editora Multimídia, this project was created to assist Elementary and Secondary school teachers in the classroom. It consists of three resources: an interactive DVD (documentary), a manual for teachers, and a map with historical references. Together, these resources bring information of historical and cultural interest, focusing on the history of the port and the estuary region.

Download the project materials here:

Manual dos Professores (in Portuguese)

Workhop para Educadores (in Portuguese)

To find out more about this initiative access the website of the project.

"Na Mão Certa" (In the Right Direction) Project:

Santos Brasil has joined the Program "Na Mão Certa" (In the Right Direction) of Childhood Brasil - Brazilian representative of the World Childhood Foundation. The main objective of the project is to join forces and mobilize governments, companies and organizations of civil society, to promote effective ways of combating sexual exploitation of children and young people on the Brazilian highways. The intention is to raise awareness of the problem among Brazilian truck drivers, encouraging them to take action, together with protection bodies, to eliminate sexual exploitation.

Escola Santos Brasil Formare school

In partnership with the Iochpe Foundation, Santos Brasil maintains the Escola Santos Brasil Formare school, which provides vocational training for low-income young people. Volunteer employees teach lessons. There are currently two classes of about 20 students each, in the cities of Guarujá and Santos (SP). The initiative aims at social inclusion and professional training in port and logistic careers, besides encouraging the voluntary work.

Pastoral da Criança (Child's Pastoral)

The Company is a sponsor of the Programa Pastoral da Criança (Child's Pastoral Program) in the Vicente de Carvalho region, in the city of Guarujá. The company maintains a house, adapted to the Pastoral needs and pursuant to Anvisa's requirements, for multi-mixture and all Pastoral programs to be carried out with the necessary comfort and safety. In addition, the monthly sponsorship allows this immense solidarity network, consisting of 120 volunteers, to monitor 1,400 children and their 1,016 families, seeking the full development and combating child malnutrition, from conception to six years of age, in its family and community context, from preventive measures, such as monthly weighing, awareness regarding the appropriate use of food, hygiene, and citizenship.