Votorantim Celulose e Papel
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Votorantim Papel e Celulose - VCP was one of the leading pulp and paper
Pulp and Paper
Pulp and Paper is the name of the largest United States-based trade magazine for the pulp and paper industry. See also: Paper engineering, Pulp and Paper Merit Badge...

 sector in Brazil
Brazil
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 and one of the largest enterprises of the Votorantim Group
Votorantim Group
Votorantim Group is one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Latin America, operating in various sectors such as finance, energy, siderurgy, steel, pulp and paper among others...

, which stands out among the major business conglomerates
Conglomerate (company)
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 in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

. The company merged with Aracruz, the world's biggest pulp and paper industry in Brazil forming a Fibria
Fibria
Fibria Celulose is a Brazilian pulp and paper company created by a merger between Aracruz and VCP, born positioned as a global leader in pulp, with production capacity exceeding 6 million tons of pulp and paper produced in 7 factories distributed in 5 Brazilian states. Much of this production is...

 largest paper pulp in the Southern Hemisphere.

The company was listed on BM&F Bovespa and the NYSE, where currently listed as Fibria
Fibria
Fibria Celulose is a Brazilian pulp and paper company created by a merger between Aracruz and VCP, born positioned as a global leader in pulp, with production capacity exceeding 6 million tons of pulp and paper produced in 7 factories distributed in 5 Brazilian states. Much of this production is...

 and was also listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index
Dow Jones Sustainability Index
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