Guimarães Rosa once said that “people don’t die, they become enchanted (…) we die to prove that we lived.”

This week, the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development mourns the passing of two important leaders and advocates for environmental and social causes. Paulo Nogueira-Neto, creator of Brazilian environmental policy, and Ernesto Moeri, founder and chairman of the board of the Ekos Brasil Institute, leave a dedicated and inspiring legacy for a more sustainable world.

The commitment to building a more just society permeates the history of these great men, who dedicated their careers to the cause of sustainability in its broadest sense.

May your works guide actions for a better world.