Environment Category

One of the most relevant social acting areas for SABESP, by the nature of its business, is the Environment Protection. Several projects are maintained in such category, for which R$ 4.1 million were provided in 2005. They are, in their majority, directed to the population in general by means of municipalities, companies, schools, family and neighborhood communities and members of hydrographic basins. The scope comprises actions and practices focused on the environmental conservation and recovery and on the contribution for sustainable development.


Health and Sanitation Category

It is emphasized in this category the practice of a distinguished tariff policy in order to ensure the low-income population to have access to water and basic sanitation services, contributing to public health and life quality. In the São Paulo metropolitan Area alone, the population provided with such benefits reached 525,028 people.


Invested Resources

As demonstrated in Social Balance Sheet below, SABESP destined to internal and external social indicators an amount of approximately R$ 1.3 billion in 2005.

For the internal social indicators that include feeding, social charges, private pension, health, occupational safety and medicine, education, culture, professional qualification and development, day nurseries or day nursery allowances, profit sharing and others, over R$ 384.3 million were allocated.

Among the external social indicators it is emphasized the amount paid as taxes, superior to R$ 865.9 million. Other indicators of contribution to the society, comprising actions in education, culture, health and sanitation, sports, fighting against hunger and food safety, institutional support in the different categories and other initiatives, were granted R$ 17.9 million. The Company invested R$ 4.2 million in internal or external programs and/or projects related to the environment protection.

Therefore, by reinforcing and spreading its social responsibility, SABESP shows a coherent attitude of a sustainable Company that contributes for the development of the sanitation sector and of the country.