The objective of this dissertation is to demonstrate the social and environmental benefits of adoption of standards by pulp and paper companies, within the context of an international project carried out by ISO. This project was concluded in 2013 and aimed to develop five case studies focusing companies from different industrial sectors in three countries – China, Russia and Brazil. In Brazil, the selected company was Suzano Papel e Celulose and the researcher integrated the project team coordinated by ABNT, through a partnership with PUC-Rio. This research can be considered descriptive and applied and the methodology encompasses bibliographical and documental research, field research by means of semi-structured interviews for the case of Suzano Papel e Celulose; description of Suzano s case study with critical analysis of indicators and metrics. The main results can be summarized as follows: (i) a review of measurement systems of corporate sustainability that have been adopted worldwide; (ii) critical analysis of the results from Suzano s case study and demonstration of applicability and effectiveness of the methodology based on concept of value chain introduced by Porter and also on sustainable value model designed by Hart e Milstein; (iii) functions of the company s value chain that are relevant for assessing social and economic benefits generated by the adoption of standards, and (iv) a set of operational indicators to be considered by pulp and paper companies to maximize the value generated by the standards adoption.