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JBS hires new sustainability officer in Brazil
SAO PAULO, May 6, 2022 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

-With extensive corporate experience in sustainability, Bauer takes up the 
position in May

Having worked for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Washington DC as Senior 
Director for the Beef and Leather Supply Chain, Mauricio S. Bauer is taking up 
the position of Corporate Sustainability Officer of JBS Brazil with the aim of 
carrying out the sustainability strategy in Brazil in line with the Company's 
global targets.

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Mauricio has headed up projects in partnerships with the third sector, the 
private sector and universities, with the emphasis on strategies and solutions 
for the sustainable production of farm commodities, improvements to processes, 
innovation and technology. He will report to Marcela Rocha, Executive Officer 
for Corporate Affairs at JBS.

Besides the WWF, Mauricio has worked at the National Wildlife Federation in the 
United States, directly involved in developing and implementing the 
organization's strategies involving beef protein, leather, palm oil and 
soybean. In the private sector, he was also a member of the JBS Australia team 
and worked for over ten years at other companies in the food industry. 

Mauricio is certified in Environmental Licensing from the University of 
California, Berkeley, and in Supply Chain and High-Performance Logistics 
Operations Management from the Brazilian Capital Markets Institute (IBMEC). He 
holds a degree in Veterinary Medicine from Paulista University and studied 
Agronomy at the University of São Paulo (ESALQ - USP).

About JBS
JBS is global leader in protein-based food production. With a global platform 
diversified by type of products (poultry, pork, beef and lamb), the Company has 
over 250,000 team members in production units and offices on all continents, in 
countries like Brazil, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, 
Australia, and China, among others. In Brazil, JBS is the country's largest 
employer, with 145,000 employees. Worldwide, JBS offers an extensive portfolio 
of brands recognized for excellence and innovation: Seara, Swift, Pilgrim's 
Pride, Moy Park, Primo, and Just Bare, among many others, which find their way 
every day onto the tables of consumers in 190 countries. The Company is 
investing in correlated businesses like leather, biodiesel, collagen, personal 
hygiene and cleaning, natural wrapping, solid waste management solutions, 
recycling, metallic packaging and transport, with emphasis on the circular 
economy. JBS conducts its operations allocating priority to high quality and 
food safety, while adopting the best sustainability and animal welfare 
practices across its entire value chain and, in March 2021 it assumed the 
commitment to become Net Zero by 2040. This means that JBS will zero the net 
balance of its greenhouse gas emissions, reducing the intensity of the direct 
and indirect emissions and offsetting all residual emissions. JBS was the first 
global company in the protein sector to take on this commitment, with the 
intention of feeding people around the world in an increasingly sustainable 
manner. 

SOURCE  JBS

CONTACT: Communication Department, jbs@fsb.com.br, +55-11-3165-9673