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Edemir Pinto, CEO of B3; 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 B3 Institute and BrazilFoundation announced today at a ceremony held at B3 the 20 projects that will make up the portfolio of the Socio-Environmental Investment Exchange (BVSA) in 2017.

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 B3’s commitment with the UN. Each year, 20 projects are selected by a committee composed of the Associate Director of the B3 Institute, a Chief Officer of B3 and a representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and listed for one year.

The CEO of B3, 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:

1. Live Well -  Associação Ateliê de Ideias
2. Citizenship Caravan - Ação Cearense de Combate a Corrupção e Impunidade (ACECCI)
3. Generation Home - Moda Fusion
4. Convexolab - Associação Cultural Vila Flores (ACVF)
5. Sustainable Free-Range Chicken Raising - Associação Escola Família Agroecológica do Macacoari (AEFAM)
6. Caring for the Carers - Casa da Árvore
7. Forests for Water -  Associação Amigos de Iracambi
8. Vocational Training to Prepare Low-Income Youth for The Industrial Market - Instituto Stimulu Brasil
9. Lighting up Amazonas - Litro de Luz Brasil
10. Mangueira Vocational Training Institute - Beauty - Instituto Profissionalizante Mangueira
11. Palmaslab: Innovation and Research on the Urban Periphery - Instituto Banco Palmas (Instituto Banco da Periferia)
12. Operating in the Amazon - Associação Expedicionários da Saúde (EDS)
13. Project Douradinho – Instituto Pelo Bem do Planeta
14. Psychological Support Center for Women of Cantagalo and Pavão-Pavãozinho – Rede Postinho de Saúde 
15. Recycle Jeans - Florescer (Associação Nadia R. Bacchi)
16. Tiny Seeds: The School Under the Mango Tree -  Centro Popular de Cultura e Desenvolvimento (CPCD)
17. Solidarity Lunch Box - Associação Vida em Ação
18. Spectaculu in 5 Minutes - Escola Fábrica de Espetáculos
19. Tupana: Legends, Wood, Straw and Memory - Lendas, Madeira, Palha e Memória - Casa do Rio
20. 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.

About BVSA

A pioneering initiative created by B3 in 2003 with the support of brokers, this is a fundraising platform with a format similar to a stock exchange. It is a virtual environment for donations that is safe, practical and transparent and which aims to encourage a donations culture in Brazil, connecting two ends: the Brazilian organizations that need support for their environmental projects on the one hand and social investors on the other. The BVSA, featuring Daniela Mercury as godmother, has the support of UNESCO and has been recognized by the United Nations Global Compact (UN) as a case study and model to be followed by other markets.

Information on BrazilFoundation

A non-profit organization, BrazilFoundation’s mission is to raise money to fund ideas and actions to transform Brazil. To this end, the foundation works with leaders, social organizations and a global network of supporters to promote equality, social justice and opportunities for all Brazilians. The foundation has already raised more than US$30 million to provide support to approximately 400 social organizations all over Brazil. BrazilFoundation is based in New York and Rio de Janeiro and has branch offices in São Paulo, Miami.