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Organization : Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo
Acronym: : SABESP
Nationality of the organisation of establishment : Brazil Year of establishment : 1973
college to which your organisation belongs to :
College 3:Commercial organisations
Scope of your organisation : Regional: sub-national
 Are you organiation's activities focused primarily on water and sanitation ? : Yes No
Please indicate your organisation's field(s) of expertise and activities :
  • Water resources management
  • Basic Human needs or health
  • Development or infrastructure
  • Climate or natural hazards
  • Environment or ecosystems
  • Water supply or sanitation
  • Agriculture or food production
  • Human rights or social issues
  • Education or capacity building
  • Human settlements or habitats
  • Regulation and governance
  • Economics or finance
  • Research or development
  • Energy or industry
  • Media awareness
  • International cooperation or humanitarian relief
You may specify your activities by providing a list of more precise keywords:
Description of your Organisation's activities : Sabesp provides water supply and sewage collection and treatment services to residential, commercial, public and industrial customers, in addition to supplying wholesale water to five municipalities in the São Paulo Metropolitan Region (SPMR), four of which also benefit from sewage treatment services. It is regarded as the world’s fourth largest sanitation company in terms of population served2 , with 27.9 million people being supplied with water (24.7 million directly attended plus 3.0 million residents in the municipalities served by the wholesale market) and 21.6 million people being supplied with sewage collection services. In four other municipalities in the State, Sabesp is present in providing sanitation services as a minority shareholder in the companies Águas de Castilho S.A., Águas de Andradina S.A., Saneaqua Mairinque S.A. and SESAMM – Serviços de Saneamento de Mogi Mirim S.A. In addition, the Company has equity interests in the companies Aquapolo Ambiental, the largest undertaking for the production of water for industrial reuse in South America (the fifth largest in the world), Attend Ambiental, which operates in the non-domestic sewage segment, and in Paulista Geradora de Energia S.A. (which is still in pre-operational phase), in the electricity segment. Sabesp also offers consulting services in relation to rational water use, planning and commercial, financial and operational management in Panama3 . Sabesp ended 2017 with a headcount of 13,672 employees, split between its head office, its administrative units and 17 business units, which operate 74.4 thousand km of water distribution networks and 51.0 thousand km of sewage collection networks, offshore pipelines and interceptors; 240 water treatment stations (WTSs) and 557 sewage treatment stations (STSs). In 2017, it invested R$3.4 billion to enhance its actions aimed at achieving its future vision of being a worldwide reference in the provision of sanitation services, in a sustainable, competitive and innovative way, with a focus on the customer. Net revenue generated in 2017 was R$14.6 billion with a profit of R$2.5 billion. Assets totaled R$39.5 billion and the company’s market value was R$23.5 billion on December 31. Sabesp has been a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact since 2007, reaffirming its mission to “provide sanitation services, contribute to improving the quality of life and of the environment”, and its operations are alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which is a global agenda of the United Nations (UN) made up of 17 global objectives to be achieved by 2030.

Governor representative :
First Name : Karla Last Name : Bertocco Trindade
Title : Mrs. Position : Chief Executive Officer
Nationality : Brazil Gender : Male Female
Email : kbertocco@sabesp.com.br
background : Mrs. Trindade has been our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors since May 2018. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (Fundação Getúlio Vargas - FGV), a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the Pontificial University of São Paulo (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo – PUC-SP) and a post-graduate degree in Administrative Law from FGV. She was Undersecretary of Partnerships and Innovation at the Secretariat of the São Paulo State Government, responsible for coordinating different public-private partnerships and concession projects in the State of São Paulo between 2015 and 2018, Director General of the State of São Paulo Regulatory Agency for Delegated Transportation Public Services (Agência Reguladora de Serviços Públicos Delegados de Transporte do Estado de São Paulo - ARTESP) between 2011 and 2015, and Director of Institutional Relations of the State of São Paulo Regulatory Agency for Sanitation and Energy (Agência Reguladora de Saneamento e Energia do Estado de São Paulo - ARSESP) between 2008 and 2010. She also worked as Advisor to the President of our company between 2003 and 2006.

Alternate representative :
First Name : Dante Last Name : Ragazzi Pauli
Title : Mr. Postion : Head of the Integrated Planning Department
Nationality : Brazil Gender :
Email : drpauli@sabesp.com.br
background : Graduated in Civil Engineering from Mackenzie University (1984), with a specialization in Public Health Engineering from USP (1989) and holds a Master of Environmental Sanitation from Mackenzie University (1988). He joined the Sanitation Company of the State of São Paulo - SABESP in 1985, acting as CEO’s Executive Assistant (2011- 2015), currently as Head of the Integrated Planning Department. He has also been a professor at the School of Engineering /Mackenzie Presbyterian University (since 1985), and president of the Brazilian Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Association (ABES) (2009-2015).

Organisation statement:
Please describe the involvement of your organisation within the World Water Council and state how long it has been involved in World Water Council activities : SABESP has been an organization member of the WWC since a long date ago in a consistent way, recognizing its high level contribution to all water and sanitation issues and solutions, together with water security and sustainability. Most of forum’s documentation until 2018 were followed by our organization and also suggestions put into practice. In particular, since 2014 when Brazil was given the chance of holding a World Water Forum in 2018, SABESP committed to its development and execution. Later on, in Brasilia, in the thematic process, one of the forum’s theme coordinators (URBAN) could count on SABESP participation as well as in other technical sessions with speakers.
For what reasons do you wish your organisation to have a seat on the Board of Governors ? SABESP organization was founded in 1973, initially owned by the State of Sao Paulo, and today with its assets from that State and from marketplace, dealing with stocks in New York Stock Exchange. It’s the largest organization in Latin America and the 4th. worldwide in all kind of public services dealing with water and sanitation. With a labor force of 13,000 people, in Sao Paulo State (43 million inhabitants), SABESP provides services to 66% of them (28 million people), in a range of 368 municipalities, including the Sao Paulo metropolitan region. Service coverage has reached almost 100% for drinkable water and 83% of waste water collection and 75% treatment. Because of its relevance to both water and sanitation services as well as to water security, our organization thinks it can contribute to the WWC water agenda being part of the Board, as a Governor, and also participate in some important WWC initiatives on critical water’s related challenges, for everybody’s benefit.