Company: SUZ
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001628280-25-020368
Chunk: 67

Company: Suzano S.A.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 3
Chunk 67
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 social movements, other groups also illegally occupy rural properties through fraud or other criminal actions. Such occupations when in our operations areas may interrupt our forestry or industrial activities and, consequently, negatively affect our productive and operational results.

Land conflicts can also cause a series of risks to the integrity of our employees who work in the field, possible damage to areas of high environmental value such as Permanent Preservation Areas and buffer zones of Environmental Conservation Units, in addition to reputational damage.

We actively engage in negotiations with state or federal governments and social movements as an alternative approach, in addition to safeguarding our property rights within legal frameworks. The aim is to find permanent solutions for existing unauthorized occupations and prevent the occurrence of new ones.

In Brazil, with limited exceptions provided by law, only the Union, States, Municipalities, Federal District, and Territories have the authority to directly engage in the expropriation of land. Typically, the expropriation of rural areas arises from a failure to fulfill the social function of the property, which is a fundamental principle of property rights in Brazil. If a property owned by us is expropriated, our equity may be negatively impacted, as there is no guarantee that the compensation provided by the government will be sufficient to cover our losses. A significant risk associated with this scenario is that the financial compensation offered by the governments may prove to be inadequate, or we may be compelled to accept compensation in the form of public debt securities, which have limited liquidity.

The deterioration in labor relations with employees could adversely affect us.

We depend on intensive use of labor in our activities. Most of our employees are represented by unions, and their employment contracts are regulated by collective bargaining agreements. New collective bargaining agreements may have shorter terms than our previous agreements, and, if we are not able to negotiate collective bargaining agreements on acceptable terms to us, we may be subject to a significant increase in labor costs, deterioration of employee relations, slowdowns or work stoppages, which could have a material adverse effect on us.

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Additionally, changes in safety and outsourcing regulations may result in an increase in our labor-related costs. We may be considered secondarily liable for any employment obligations relating to such employees or a direct employment relationship may be established by the labor courts with the outsourced employees and us, according to the current regulation in force.

The introduction of a stricter legal framework regarding the use of outsourced employees or third-party subcontractors, and/or the imposition of additional obligations on the contractor of outsourced services, may increase our labor-related costs and may