O Globo and Coppead/UFRJ are the big winners of the Itaú’s Award for Sustainable Finance

18 Feb 2009 – Headline

The first edition of the Itaú Award for Sustainable Finance event, co-produced with SustainAbility and Instituto Ethos, was held in São Paulo, awarding two journalists for work on sustainable finance.

From the Itaú press release:

São Paulo, February 2009 – The first edition of the Itaú Award for Sustainable Finance event was held on February 17th in São Paulo, choosing Juliana Rangel, from the newspaper O Globo, and Daniel Wajnberg, of the Institute for Research and Post-Graduation in Business Management of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Coppead/UFRJ), as authors of the best articles on sustainable finance in the categories Journalism and Academia. Juliana Rangel was chosen for her report on Politically Correct Returns, and Daniel Wajnberg, for his work Sustainability in Brazilian Banks: an examination of the disclosure of the relationships between socio-environmental initiatives and corporate financial performance. Each winner will receive R$ 10 thousand and a trip to London, with an agenda of studies focused on sustainable finance proposed by SustainAbility.

Learn more at www.itaufinancassustentaveis.com.br (in Portuguese).