Photo: Joćo Roberto Ripper Introduction Petrobras has added to its core business the principles of human rights, labor, environment and fighting against corruption, when in 2004 it joined one of the most important projects of corporate social responsibility in the world, the Global Compact. The company set a new performance benchmark in the area of Social Responsibility when it launched the Petrobras Zero Hunger Program on September 1, 2003, agreeing to invest R$ 303 million by the end of 2006 in actions to strengthen public policies against poverty and starvation. Many actions are being implemented throughout Brazil, with direct participation of the communities, contributing towards a better quality of life for the Brazilian population. By means of a public selection process, the company chooses projects that are aligned with the Program's activities, with priority given to education and professional training, jobs and earnings, guaranteed rights of the child and adolescent, and social and volunteer projects. Petrobras is a company facing major challenges and believes that its business performance should include economic, social and environmental aspects. The company is renowned for its hallmark of excellence in the production of petroleum, gas and byproducts, and is now committed to extending the quality of the results of its community actions to the socio-environmental area. The Petrobras Zero Hunger Program consolidates the new view of the company to place its technology and workforce at the disposal of the population's welfare, to transform the reality of the poorest communities, permitting them to be included with dignity in Brazilian society. This is the road proposed by Petrobras to fight against poverty in Brazil: Development with Citizenship.