“By strengthening community‐based agro‐industries, we reinforce the economic value of the rainforest itself”
Ana Costa Vice President of Reputation, Sustainability, Legal and Corporate Affairs for Latin America Natura
These shared capabilities are being applied in some of the most complex and remote parts of the Amazon, where Natura has worked with cooperatives and associations for more than 25 years. Here, thousands of families harvest and process bio‐based ingredients – from essential oils to plant extracts – that form the foundation of Natura’ s products.
Traditionally, many of these processes were manual, limiting scalability and income potential. Working together, Natura and Siemens are bridging that gap by introducing digital and automation solutions tailored for small‐scale, community‐run agro‐industries. Ana says:“ This initiative is about strengthening decentralised, community‐led systems that generate both economic and environmental resilience.”
Inside the Moiru Industry 4.0 project This ambition has found tangible form in the Moiru project, a groundbreaking initiative that applies Siemens’ industrial technologies to one local extraction facility in the Amazon.
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