Publications

A Responsabilidade Jurídica dos Bancos por Danos Socioambientais 
Victorio Mattarozzi - author
 
This book (in Portuguese) seeks to analyze the legal liability of banks for social and environmental damage they could cause by the activities they finance. According to the Brazilian environmental legislation, is clear the possibility of making banks liable for damages of such nature related to the financial operations in which they know the final destination of the borrowed funds and they exert influence on their client's social and environmental management..
Sustentabilidade nos Negócios do Setor Financeiro: Avaliação do Risco Socioambiental na Decisão de Crédito
Victorio Mattarozzi - author
 
Through the Rabobank Brasil Bank agribusiness sector credit policy this book (in Portuguese) seeks to exemplify the relevance of assessing the social and environmental aspects in the credit decision making. By doing this, banks not only acknowledge their vulnerability to impacts of such nature, but have the opportunity to develop new financial products and create sustainable value.
Desenvolvimento Sustentável 2012-2050: Visão, Rumos e Contradições
Victorio Mattarozzi - author of the Chapter Challenges of the financial sector on the road to sustainable development
 
This book (in Portuguese) presents the most diverse intersections between the sustainability spectrum. Its objective is to discuss and formulate a vision for the evolution of sustainability in the coming decades with a broad approach, covering from the global view to national and local aspects, such as the management of innovation, risk and governance, among others.
Sustentabilidade no Setor Financeiro: Gerando valor e novos negócios
Victorio Mattarozzi - co-author

Based on extensive research among national and international financial institutions, this book (in Portuguese) presents examples of the best sustainability guidelines in different areas of the financial sector. The book seeks to demonstrate that by considering social and environmental aspects in business decision making generates value and is an irreversible process.
Jacarenema, a arena: um parque redutor de desastres urbanos sob risco de urbanização
Marcelo Sathler - author
 
This book (in Portuguese) identifies the social, political and economic forces that act and affect the preservation of the Jacarenema Municipal Natural Park. In addition, it organizes events, people and decisions in order to understand the interests related to the dispute over the land of ​​this conservation area, which is important to mitigate the flood impacts in the city of Vila Velha - Espírito Santo State.
Sustentabilidade dos Negócios no Setor Financeiro: Um caso prático
Victorio Mattarozzi - co-author
 
This book (in Portuguese), launched in 2008, presents the guidelines adopted by the bank the authors identified as the one most effectively incorporates sustainability in its mission, the Triodos Bank. Through this business case, the book seeks to contribute to spread and incentive the use of the best sustainability practices in the Brazilian financial sector. In 2009, the International Finance Corporation - IFC elected Triodos Bank the Sustainable Bank of the Year.
 Responsabilidade Socioambiental no Setor Financeiro: Caso de financiamento ao projeto de uma hidrelétrica
Victorio Mattarozzi – autor

The objective of this article (in Portuguese) is to demonstrate how important it is for banks to adopt robust ESG risk management, thus avoiding legal co-responsibility for E&S damages caused by the activities they finance. The paper presents a time-line of the financing granted by a financial institution to a hydroelectric power plant project and its environmental an social consequences in the local community.
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