Forest Carbon is committed to fair competition practices. It is imperative that all members of Forest Carbon and their suppliers understand how competition laws can impact their activities and strictly follow their guidelines. Non-compliance with competition laws can result in serious consequences for Forest Carbon, such as substantial fines, damage to the company’s reputation, legal disputes, and even criminal penalties. To ensure compliance with competition laws, it is crucial to:

• Refrain from exchanging or sharing confidential information with competitors, such as future price increases, service costs, or business strategies.
• Avoid entering into agreements or understandings with competitors that may restrict competition, such as price-fixing agreements, exclusive territory agreements, or customer division.
• Denounce any action that could be interpreted as anti-competitive, monopolistic, or contrary to competition laws, including participating in cartels.
• Exercise extreme caution when applying these rules in all contacts with competitors, including associations and industry organizations.
• Refrain from discussing with third parties, directly or indirectly, matters related to competitors’ products or services, unless based on factual, public, and proven information, avoiding public discrediting of our competitors’ image.
• Consult the Compliance Area whenever doubts arise, using the Compliance Channel to report concerns or seek guidance. If there are suspicions that Forest Carbon is involved in any anticompetitive behavior, it is crucial to contact the Compliance Department immediately.

Members of Forest Carbon and Suppliers may have access to confidential information related to Forest Carbon, its members, and suppliers. “Confidential Information” encompasses non-public data about Forest Carbon, its members, and suppliers, such as financial information, personal data, documents, details about financial models, processes and products, software, hardware, and applications developed or in use, even if access occurred during the development process, among others. The obligation to maintain the confidentiality of this information must be observed, unless prior authorization from the Compliance Area. To comply with this responsibility, it is necessary to:

•  Store documents related to activities securely and avoid leaving materials containing confidential information in public places, office desks, or open and visible computers.
• Lock the notebook when not in use.
• Not disclose to anyone any Confidential Information, fact, or transaction involving the strategy of Forest Carbon, its members, and suppliers
•  Not disseminate unofficial information (rumors) of any nature about Forest Carbon, its members, and suppliers
•  Limit the discussion of matters related to Forest Carbon to work meetings, avoiding comments on projects in public places.
• Address strategic or non-public matters of Forest Carbon, its members, and suppliers only through official communications from Forest Carbon.
•  Refrain from making unauthorized copies or sending confidential documents from Forest Carbon, members, and suppliers of Forest Carbon to third parties.
• Not give lectures, seminars, or academic work on Forest Carbon or topics related to its area of activity without prior authorization from Forest Carbon. These guidelines aim to ensure the proper protection of confidential information and preserve the integrity and reputation of Forest Carbon.