Local and traditional communities

Community relations are developed continuously in the communities located in the area of coverage of our operational units, aiming at community engagement. It is guided by a corporate standard and by the Community Relations Guideline, which establish methodology and recommend specific actions, which are included in the local social responsibility plans, periodically reviewed and monitored.  

Local social responsibility plans aim to establish lasting relationships, based on dialogue, transparency and respect. They are prepared every two years, and the process also provides for periodic reviews and updates. The social responsibility actions are designed to address the risks and impacts identified in the socioeconomic diagnosis and expand the level of community engagement, seeking to maintain permanent dialogue and expand community participation. Our main spaces for dialogue with communities that are or may be impacted by our operations are the community committees. The calendar with the dates of the meetings held and planned can be found on our Transparency Portal (https://transparencia.petrobras.com.br/outras-acoes). The community committees enable active and qualified listening to the demands of local communities and have the participation of community leaders, third sector organizations, members of the public authorities, local companies, among other relevant social actors. In 2025, we totaled 23 active dialogue spaces throughout the country and held nearly 60 meetings of the community committees.  

Our local social responsibility plans included more than 150 actions aimed at strengthening the safety culture and preparing communities for emergency situations. We carried out 19 emergency drills with community involvement. In addition to the drills, we organized educational lectures, first aid workshops and visits to our facilities, focused on disseminating our safety procedures. The conduct of simulated response exercises for oil spill scenarios, training with community evacuation, and the integrated work of our teams with public bodies, such as Civil Defense and the Fire Brigade, stand out.  

To prevent and mitigate the negative risks and impacts of our activities and to enhance the positive impacts on local communities, we implement the environmental and social plans and programs approved in the environmental licensing processes, as well as community relations actions and social and environmental investments and the management of social and environmental risks throughout the lifecycle of the business.  

In 2025, Petrobras parent company invested BRL 912 million in mandatory programs and projects arising from environmental conditions, of which BRL 695 million was for mandatory environmental monitoring programs and projects in licensing processes and BRL 217 million was for mandatory social and environmental programs and projects for the mitigation and compensation of socioeconomic impacts.  

Currently, we have 149 assets under installation or operation. Of this total, 96% (143 assets) had some type of community consultation. We also have 16 projects under development, of which 81% (13 projects) had their Environmental Impact Reports made available, for the purpose of public hearings, by the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) and by the state environmental agencies, in addition to having been distributed in the locations indicated by the environmental agencies, such as city halls, the Public Prosecutor’s Office and Conservation Units, depending on the phase of the licensing process.

In addition to the legal obligations of the environmental licensing process, we develop the processes of social and environmental risk management throughout the lifecycle of our businesses. The main objective of the processes of managing social and environmental risks is to prevent the negative impacts arising from the interaction between our activities, society and the environment.  

We understand that access to drinking water and sanitation is essential to our activities and to society. Water resources management at Petrobras seeks the rationalization of water use. In the last five years, freshwater withdrawal¹ has been reduced by approximately 25% and the commitment of reducing freshwater withdrawal by 40% by 2030 was assumed², based on 2021. We are committed to water security and one of our ESG drivers is to be water positive in the areas of water criticality where we operate, contributing to the maintenance of this important resource for society. In addition to making efforts to minimize water use, we also conduct rigorous monitoring of effluent treatment to ensure proper disposal.  

We promote environmentally adequate disposal and adopt circular economy practices, including partnerships with organizations of low-income individuals who collect reusable and recyclable materials.  

The management of risks and impacts on biodiversity is integrated into the company. Our management of risks and impacts on biodiversity has wellestablished governance, corporate and area-specific guiding documents, georeferenced systems, a process of systematic monitoring of national and international trends on the topic, research and development actions, voluntary and associated with environmental licensing processes, the establishment of partnerships with stakeholders, training actions and other activities to disseminate information and raise awareness about biodiversity for the workforce.  

Social diagnoses make it possible to characterize the socioeconomic aspects of communities in the area of coverage of our activities and are used in the planning of community relations actions and social and environmental investments, with a focus on the social license to operate. By obtaining specialized knowledge about aspects of communities surrounding our operations, it is possible to identify vulnerabilities and potentialities of these territories and to direct structuring projects to them with actions appropriate to the most relevant social and environmental issues. 

The simplest diagnoses include the survey of secondary data (obtained indirectly from consultation of third-party databases, such as the IBGE census), while the most complex ones also include obtaining primary data, with the application of questionnaires to local residents, semi-structured conversations with community leaders and representatives of public authorities and the holding of participatory dialogues. 

Throughout 2025, 35 participatory dialogues were held, in addition to the 32 held in the previous year, totaling 67 to date. The dialogues are characterized by qualified conversation circles with local leaders and other representatives of the locality, with the objective of getting to know the territory. Participants can debate and list the positive and negative points and suggest improvements for local issues. 

At the end of the diagnosis of our units, we will have georeferenced maps with the identification of social equipment for community use, dashboards with socioeconomic indicators and the identification of local potentialities and vulnerabilities, which will help us make decisions also considering the perspective of communities and their main issues. In 2025, the diagnosis was completed in 62% of our units. The total completion is expected by August 2026.  

We also conduct risk assessments in investment, divestment, acquisition and decommissioning projects, considering aspects of social responsibility and HSE, among others. In 2025, 26 investment projects were submitted to RS and HSE assessment for the phase transition, including 9 projects in the E&P segment, with Petrobras participation (Work Interest - WI) above US$ 300 million, 14 projects in the Refining, Logistics, Gas and Energy segment, and 3 Renewables projects, with Petrobras participation (WI) above US$ 35 million. In the case of JVs not operated by Petrobras in the operational phase, 100% of HSE assessments are carried out as provided for in their respective Joint Operation Agreement (JOA) contracts.  

The agreements signed with partners for the conduct of exploration, development and production activities – among them the JOA – establish the terms of cooperation between the parties. It should be noted that all JOAs include requirements related to health, safety and environment (HSE) and to anti-corruption laws. In addition, since 2023, we have expanded the requirements to, whenever possible, explicitly include clauses on human rights and labor rights. 

In 2025, we revised the internal standard that guides and disciplines our actions in situations of involuntary displacement arising from activities or projects. In this process, the Guideline for Removal and Resettlement of Communities was renamed the Guideline for Involuntary Displacement of People or Communities, reaffirming the commitment to the protection and promotion of human rights in our operations. The review process was conducted by a multidisciplinary working group, aligned with national and international best practices, and brought together learnings from practical experiences and case studies carried out by the company.  

The new document adopts a more comprehensive concept of involuntary displacement, recognizing different forms of physical and economic displacement and ensuring special attention to vulnerable groups, such as indigenous peoples and traditional communities. 

Among the main highlights are the commitment to negotiated and noncoercive solutions, the active participation of communities at all stages of the process, the availability of accessible communication channels for manifestations and fair compensation, based on the integral reparation of damages. The changes reinforce that displacement only occurs after the assessment of all possible alternatives and the conduct of a detailed diagnosis of the needs of the people involved.  

We develop several corporate citizenship practices, with the objective of responding to the demands of communities in the territories where we operate, achieving positive social and environmental transformations, contributing to a just energy transition, protecting the environment through conservation, restoration and biodiversity gain actions, and consolidating the relationship with our stakeholders. These actions may arise from social and environmental investments and sponsorships, donations and volunteer actions, as informed in the table below.  

                                                       RESULTS OF VOLUNTARY SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENTS

Throughout 2025, we developed 164 volunteering actions, which represents a growth of 130% compared to 2024. These initiatives mobilized more than three thousand volunteers and benefited approximately 33 thousand people, significantly expanding the reach and social impact of the Petrobras Volunteering Program.  

In our local social responsibility plans, we include attention to indigenous peoples and traditional communities of fishermen, caiçaras, quilombolas, riverside dwellers and terreiro practitioners. The identification of the people addressed in this scope considers the concepts established legally. This scope was anchored in the identification established in Decree no. 6,040/2007, which establishes the National Policy for the Sustainable Development of Traditional Peoples and Communities. The selected communities are presented in the graph below.  

n 2025, the Human Rights training plan included lectures with the objective of raising awareness among the workforce about the importance of human rights, as well as deploying the corporate guidelines and channels for filing complaints and grievances. These events were held both virtually and in person, with the target audience being our own employees and service providers, including leadership, from the Intelligence and Corporate Security area. We also held 56 in-person workshops, in which we addressed our guidelines on security and human rights, covering 1,261 professionals; seven live broadcasts entitled “Human Rights at ISC” on various topics, alluding to the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights, with an average participation of 115 employees per event. In addition to the training opportunities for the entire workforce, five events were also held for specific training of the leadership of the Intelligence and Corporate Security area, with an average participation of 58 leaders per event. In addition to awareness-raising actions, the security teams also
participated in safety, environment and health dialogues, which took place weekly, and in which topics related to human rights, diversity and combating moral harassment, sexual violence and discrimination were addressed.

                                                    Human Rights Damage Remediation Guideline  

The Human Rights Damage Remediation Guideline establishes guidelines regarding broad and equitable access to remediation mechanisms for all levels of our operations and supply chain. Through this guideline, we are committed to a swift, transparent, participatory remediation process based on the centrality of those affected.  

We recognize that remediation must be proportional to the damage that has occurred and been proven, aiming to restore the previous situation whenever possible, ensuring fair remediation and preventing recurrence. As part of the implemented innovations, the document incorporates essential steps for conducting remediation processes, from the perspective of human rights throughout the company. The content also establishes guidelines for service in our manifestation mechanisms, reinforcing principles such as transparency and confidentiality. In addition, fundamental actions were detailed, such as the promotion of agility, the centrality of people, participation and consultation, as well as detailing the remediation measures to be adopted.