Edemir Pinto, CEO of BM&FBOVESPA; Patricia Lobaccaro, President and CEO of BrazilFoundation; Manoel Felix Cintra Neto, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Banco Indusval; Mônica Roure, Vice President of Brazil Foundation; representatives of NGOs participating in the symbolic ringing of the opening bell
The BM&FBOVESPA Institute and BrazilFoundation announced today at a ceremony held at BM&FBOVESPA the 20 projects that will make up the portfolio of the Socio-Environmental Investment Exchange (BVSA) in 2017 (www.bvsa.org.br).
The selected projects are distributed across all of the regions of Brazil, with a wide diversity of themes and aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS), reaffirming BM&FBOVESPA’s commitment with the UN. Each year, 20 projects are selected by a committee composed of the Associate Director of the BM&FBOVESPA Institute, a Chief Officer of BM&FBOVESPA and a representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and listed for one year.
The CEO of BM&FBOVESPA, Edemir Pinto, participated in the ceremony and highlighted the importance of building a culture of philanthropy and social transformation in Brazil, which is provided by BVSA's partnership with BrazilFoundation. "This event marks the union between capital markets and social development," he said.
Patricia Lobaccaro, President and CEO of BrazilFoundation, spoke of her satisfaction with the partnership with BVSA and said she shares "courage with the 20 new listed organizations , especially the boldness to believe and make Brazil a better and fairer country. "
See below the 20 projects listed in 2017:
- Live Well - Associação Ateliê de Ideias
- Citizenship Caravan - Ação Cearense de Combate a Corrupção e Impunidade (ACECCI)
- Generation Home - Moda Fusion
- Convexolab - Associação Cultural Vila Flores (ACVF)
- Sustainable Free-Range Chicken Raising - Associação Escola Família Agroecológica do Macacoari (AEFAM)
- Caring for the Carers - Casa da Árvore
- Forests for Water - Associação Amigos de Iracambi
- Vocational Training to Prepare Low-Income Youth for The Industrial Market - Instituto Stimulu Brasil
- Lighting up Amazonas - Litro de Luz Brasil
- Mangueira Vocational Training Institute - Beauty - Instituto Profissionalizante Mangueira
- Palmaslab: Innovation and Research on the Urban Periphery - Instituto Banco Palmas (Instituto Banco da Periferia)
- Operating in the Amazon - Associação Expedicionários da Saúde (EDS)
- Project Douradinho – Instituto Pelo Bem do Planeta
- Psychological Support Center for Women of Cantagalo and Pavão-Pavãozinho – Rede Postinho de Saúde
- Recycle Jeans - Florescer (Associação Nadia R. Bacchi)
- Tiny Seeds: The School Under the Mango Tree - Centro Popular de Cultura e Desenvolvimento (CPCD)
- Solidarity Lunch Box - Associação Vida em Ação
- Spectaculu in 5 Minutes - Escola Fábrica de Espetáculos
- Tupana: Legends, Wood, Straw and Memory - Lendas, Madeira, Palha e Memória - Casa do Rio
- Living in the Quilombo - Associação dos Pequenos Produtores Rurais São José do Baixio
2016
Last year, through the partnership between BVSA and BrazilFoundation, the 20 listed projects raised BRL 1.5 million. At the BVSA Platform, funding was 100% of the target for 13 projects and 50% for seven projects. Even the projects with lower collection rates will receive resources to develop their initial proposals, with some adjustments.
How to invest
In order to become a "socio-environmental investor", simply register at www.bvsa.org.br, choose the projects to which you want to contribute - according to theme, beneficiary public or region - and build your portfolio of donations. Values can be donated from as little as BRL 20.00, via credit card or bank slip. Companies have a tax break: donations are deductible, as an operating expense, up to the limit of 2% of the company's operating profit. Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) that wish to register their projects have two paths: they must be registered to the VHL website or participate in the BrazilFoundation invitation to bid.