The creation of a society in which all its members have opportunities to develop their abilities and potential, being able to recognize and act as citizens, is related to the participation and effort of everybody. Showing that one has conscience of their social responsibility, CBA contributes in a direct manner to reach this ideal, supporting various cultural activities and investing in the construction and maintenance of schools, health centers, sport gymnasiums, pools and leisure centers.

At its plant, in Alumínio, SP, the Company develops the Family Project, a group of activities, including presentations and theatrical plays which include domestic matters, such as family planning, drugs, education of children, etc., focused on the collaborators and their families.

The plant workers have, also, the opportunity of participating in the Men’s Choir and the CBA Theater Group, that perform in many of the internal events of the Company. The Infant-Juvenile Choir, a Company’s initiative aimed at discovering new talents, is formed by the children of the employees.

Those that did not conclude the basic and medium education, CBA offers the opportunity of returning to their studies attending the lessons of Telecurso 2000, implemented in 1998 together with Sesi.
CBA maintains also, welfare education programs, for the communities of Alumínio and its mining areas and Itamarati de Minas and Poços de Caldas, MG.

Regarding external projects, that are beyond the communities where they act, three of them merit mention:

• Solidary alphabetization: alphabetization program of youths and adults created in 1997 by the Counsel of Solidary Community, a non-government organization and without lucrative purposes. CBA supports the courses offered to 13 municipalities of Alagoas.

• Heliópolis Symphony Orchestra: The Baccarelli Institute was founded in 1996 by Maestro Silvio Baccarelli. His orchestra attends teenagers, aged 14 to 19 years old, from the “favela” of Heliópolis, São Paulo, teaching them music and giving them the opportunity of having a career. CBA supports the orchestra, formed by 28 teenagers, since 2001.

• CBA in association with Votorantim Group sponsor Futura Channel. Created in 1998, Futura aims at transferring knowledge to the population, motivating skills development in children, youths and adults.