Business Council for Sustainable Development hires professionals to take over the management of Institutional Relations and Funding; Operations and Strategic Planning; and Administrative-Financial and HR
Rio de Janeiro, February 3, 2021 – The Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS) announces the approval of its new board. Adriana Lagrotta Leles takes over as Director of Institutional Relations and Funding; Luana Maia is the new Director of Operations and Strategic Planning; and Bianca Melo becomes Administrative-Financial and HR Director.
Graduated in Social Communication from PUC (Pontifical Catholic University) Campinas, Adriana Lagrotta Leles has a postgraduate degree in City Management from FAAP (Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado), Sustainability Management and Corporate Responsibility from the Unicamp Institute of Economics and in Planning, Regulation and Benchmarking Applied to Water and Sanitation by USP. He is currently a member of the Stakeholder Council of the Global Reporting Initiative and the Advisory Board of Global Reporting Initiative Hub Brazil.
With a master's degree in Sustainability from USP (University of São Paulo), Luana Maia has experience in project management on sustainability and multi-stakeholder governance topics. Furthermore, its main characteristic is an action that seeks to consider the human factor in management, processes and decision-making and observe its impacts on results.
Bianca Melo has more than 20 years of experience in large multinational and national companies of relevance in the market and third sector institutions focusing on areas of investment evaluation, corporate treasury, controllership, costs, budgets, administration and Human Resources.
For the president of CEBDS, Marina Grossi, the arrival of the new directors brings even more expertise to the institution, helping to consolidate better development and engagement of all the more than 60 companies that are part of CEBDS, especially with regard to the ESG pillars. (Environmental, Social and Governance), together with governments and civil society. “I am sure that our commitment to sustainability will become stronger with the hiring of new directors, strengthening diversity in all areas of the business, as they bring their unique visions and experiences”, states president of CEBDS.
About CEBDS
The Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS) is a non-profit civil association that promotes sustainable development through articulation with governments and civil society, in addition to disseminating the most current concepts and practices on the subject. Founded in 1997, it brings together around 60 of the largest business groups in the country, responsible for more than 1 million direct jobs. It represents in Brazil the network of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), which has almost 60 national and regional councils in 36 countries and 22 industrial sectors, in addition to 200 business groups that operate in all continents. More information: https://cebds.org/
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