CDP Climate Change Program – The Vale was once again recognized by the organization as a leader on the issue “climate change”, having scored an A. Confeb acknowledgments in the tax area, was achieved in the “project of the year” category, because of the Vale’s Information Technology and tax teams’ automation of the verification of CFEM and TFRM values, which eventually replaced a task that was previously conducted manually, on spreadsheets. 2016 Latin America Executive Team – In the ranking, prepared by the American Institutional Investor magazine, Vale stands out in 15 categories of the Metals & Mining segment.