Corporate social responsibility in South America

Corporate social responsibility in South America
At Metso, we want to create positive impact in the communities we operate in. We aim to contribute to the development of the regions, providing a better quality of life and supporting the people of our communities, making our actions socially fair, environmentally correct and economically sustainable.
Brazil

Brazil

Making an impact to 500+ young people's lives through the Pescar project

At Metso Brazil, we believe in initiatives that can expand possibilities and provide access for young people to enter the job market. Started in 1991, Metso Brazil developed a partnership with Fundação Projeto Pescar, to create professional training for young people in situations of social vulnerability. To date, more than 500 young people have already benefited from the program, which has been further developed in partnership with other companies that share the same community principles.

Metso Multicultural Festival

Metso Multicultural Festival in Sorocaba is a key part of the city's annual calendar and highly esteemed by the local Sorocaba community. The annual festival unites cultural activities for children, youth and adults, offering memorable experiences with locally and nationally acclaimed artists. This event plays a significant role in preserving the city’s traditions and reinforcing our commitment to positive community impact.

A rich program with activities over several days showcase a variety of cultural performances, with free admission so that everyone in the community can come enjoy the event. Beyond the performances, participants can enjoy a food festival, where 10% of the food and drink sales are donated to local organizations. Additionally, the program features craft sales, book exchanges, play area for kids and a food drive organized by Metso volunteers.

Chile

Natural disaster support

Our solidarity campaign was deployed to help the Metso families affected by the fires in Viña del Mar and surrounding communities in Chile. In addition to this, we were able to deliver school kits for the pupils of 50 families in the of Quilpué area, who were victims of the fires. With the support and contribution of the Concón Joint Committee, we also distributed 180 emergency kits, including for instance gloves, masks and water for the emergency area.

Kindergarten green spaces

As part of our corporate social responsibility work in the close communities, we donated synthetic grass to cover playgrounds for four kindergartens in the municipality of Concón. The General Services team personally delivered the donation to the kindergartens.

Chile
Peru

Peru

Education, skill development & livelihood project

In accordance with the local industry legislation, Metso Peru is registered in the General Register of the Taxpayers of Senati. Based on this, Metso in Peru is obliged to pay a monthly contribution to Senati, that then provides industrial work education and training for young people with scarce economic resources. With the help of companies like Metso, Senati supports more than 80,000 students for each year.

Solidarity race with SOS Children’s Villages

SOS Children’s Village is a social development organization that works for the promotion and defense of children's rights. Metso in Peru pays the registration fee to the SOS Children’s Village race event for Metso employees and their families who wish to take part, supporting the social cause.