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Braskem believes in the power of human bonds and in the potential in each of us to promote a more sustainable future. As a result of such a position, our sponsorship initiatives are linked to the themes of Circular economy, Global sustainability agenda and Innovation and knowledge generation.
We also reinforce our purpose of improving people’s lives by creating sustainable solutions in plastics and chemicals as official sponsors of the Brazilian Para Athletics Team, of the Brazilian Paralympics Committee. Since 2015, we have gotten together with the Paralympic athletes, as we know our action aimed at innovation of plastics used in prosthetics makes them lighter and more comfortable, which helps the athletes’ performance.
Braskem is committed to supporting growth in recycling everywhere it operates as well as actions that advance the circular economy, that is, how we design, produce, use, recycle, recover or reuse plastics.
As such, we support initiatives that address conscious consumption, lifecycle management of plastics, proper disposal and recycling.
We have been sponsors of the Sustainable Festival since its first edition and today we are present in the cities of Porto Alegre, Salvador and São Paulo seeking to sensitize, raise awareness and mobilize society about sustainability. We believe that by providing information on conscious consumption, circular economy and proper disposal enhances engagement by everybody towards a more sustainable planet.
The initiative of Global Compact Network Brazil brings together companies from various sectors to face the challenge of plastics disposal in the seas and Braskem is part of the movement. The project, under joint coordination and focused on waste management, operates to generate short, medium and long term impact through diagnosis, solutions, pilot projects and public management.
Commitment to sustainability is in our DNA and it is a premise for our action. Our goal is to become a carbon neutral company by 2050.
Through sponsorships, we connect with initiatives and entities that promote the global sustainability agenda, strengthening the engagement of different agents in sustainable action in environmental, social and economic terms.
At the communities around our factories, we support projects that contribute towards sustainable development of these regions and of society as a whole. We focus on initiatives related to consumption and post consumption, innovation and entrepreneurship and sustainable local development.
Learn more about our Donations and actions at the Communities.
Ethos Conference analyzes and discusses current local and global challenges related with sustainable development. Braskem believes in this joint articulation and dialogue between companies, business entities, civil society organizations, government and academia in the quest for new solutions and an increasingly more sustainable world.
Braskem’s sponsorship of CEBDS highlights the importance of having players engaged together in order to seek solutions for sustainable development. The river basins project aims at working with content that generates documents and alternatives to support effective water management in river basins.
By bringing together leaders to discuss corporate sustainability in Brazil, the platform generates practical knowledge and enhances the engagement of stakeholders in the topic.
Aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals, the collective initiative under the Global Compact Network Brazil has Braskem’s leadership since its foundation. We act focused on improving water security by reducing and combating treated water waste.
By believing in the potential of people, Braskem understands that knowledge and innovation are key to generate positive transformation for society, the planet and business.
With an eye on the future, we sponsor projects that seek transformation in these three spheres.
We sponsor Frontiers of Thought, as we know the power of human relations and knowledge as a tool for positive transformation and innovation. The project promotes reflection on major contemporaneous topics with thinkers, scientists and national and international leaders.
Every year, the Olympiad brings together secondary school students from all of the State of São Paulo to arouse the interest in chemistry and address their contributions to society. Braskem is one of the sponsors, as it values knowledge and believes in the transforming power of youth.
With the engagement of our Innovation and Technology team, Braskem seeks to learn and overcome the challenges faced by man in space and is printing the future through actions aimed at the development of technological and innovative solutions using renewable material for 3D printing as well as recycling. The partnership between Braskem and Made in Space makes it possible to expand the autonomy and sustainability of space missions.
Our focus in the technical and commercial areas is to act together with the sector in order to promote innovation and sustainability through the development of products, markets and supply chain of chemicals and plastics.
Through the Plastics Transforms Movement, an initiative of the partnership between Braskem and ABIPLAST [Associação Brasileira da Indústria do Plástico (Brazilian Association of Plastic Industry)], we support the largest social environmental education program in Latin America, with its goal aimed at stimulating the recycling of plastic caps and contribute with a positive agenda for the image of plastics. Concepts of conscious consumption, proper disposal and recycling of plastic materials are addressed.
In order to foster and contribute discussions on trends, challenges and opportunities in the packaging market, we support the Brazilian Packaging Association (ABRE) Congress as a means to drive innovation, development and competitiveness in this segment, at domestic and global levels.
We sponsor the Competitiveness Seminar in order to drive initiatives related to innovation and sustainable development in the plastics industry and disseminate content about the future of the material in its main markets in Brazil and worldwide.
We sponsor the event through conferences performed by major consultancies, which is a reference in the petrochemical market and addresses the industry’s most relevant trends.
Always striving for the development of the chain, we are sponsors of the Annual Meeting of the Chemical Industry (ENAIQ) with the intent to promote discussions and publish performance data of the chemical industry. Various sectors and agents of the national industry take part in the event.
We sponsor the largest event of the paint industry in Latin America, which brings together more than 1200 professionals through technical and plenary meetings and displays by important players, addressing major trends of the Brazilian and international markets.
Largest energy event in Latin America, where major brands of the oil and gas industry meet to take part in discussions on the industry as well as development of new business. We support the event as it drives innovations in the chain and promotes meetings between leaders.
An award that stimulates and promotes the leather and shoe components industry, putting on the table companies that bring creative and innovative solutions. We sponsor the event as we value promoting innovation, sustainability, design, technology and importance of honoring women entrepreneurs in the industry, a category created by Braskem in the Award.
You can submit your project as an application for Sponsorship or Donation and it will be reviewed by Braskem:
Transfer of Braskem financial funds, with or without tax incentives, to corporate entities aimed at carrying out projects or events for commercial, technical and/or brand promotion purposes. Sponsorships must ensure clearly stated and specific offsets to Braskem, such as brand exposure.
Send your sponsorship applicationMonetary values, assets, equipment or services given to organizations that provide clear and verifiable socio-environmental benefits to specific audiences, not necessarily with a direct return to Braskem. Donations can be made with or without using tax incentives.
Send your application for donationOur decision-making is guided by a Corporate Sponsorship and Donations Guideline, which covers investments that use direct budget and incentives budget.
Check below the main topics, target audiences and where projects we support are located:
Circular economy, global sustainability agenda; innovation and knowledge generation; engagement with the chemicals and plastics industry.
Market and/or supply chains Braskem operates; surrounding communities and regions; academic community; society and opinion formers.
Regions where Braskem has its industrial units and commercial offices. Duque de Caxias (State of Rio de Janeiro, RJ), Cubatão, Mauá, Paulínia, Santo André and São Paulo (State of São Paulo, SP), Bebedouro, Maceió and Marechal Deodoro (State of Alagoas, AL), Camaçari, Candeias, Dias d’Ávila and Salvador (State of Bahia, BA), Montenegro, Nova Santa Rita, Porto Alegre and Triunfo (State of Rio Grande do Sul, RS).
Braskem does not support projects that:
Submission and analysis of proposals will only be made by using the form available here.