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Sustainable and Impact Investments
To invest sustainably means shaping the future by supporting projects that deliver meaningful, positive change worldwide. Discover BTG Pactual's Sustainable and Impact Investing area.
Get to know the Sustainable and Impact Investing division
We created the Sustainable & Impact Investing division in 2020 with the goal of connecting global investors to sustainable investment opportunities in Latin America, as well as generating positive social and environmental impacts, contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and delivering consistent returns for our clients.
Today, we operate in three main areas: Sustainable Finance, Sustainable and Impact Funds, and Environmental Assets.
Awards and Recognitions of the Sustainable and Impact Investing Team
Since the division's creation, we have been recognized by various Sustainable and Impact Investing organizations.
Sustainable Finance Awards
2024For the fourth consecutive year, we were recognized by the Sustainable Finance Awards for our leadership and contribution to sustainable finance: 
Top Financial Innovations in Sustainability/ESG
2023For the first time, we were recognized by The Innovators Awards for our key role in structuring the first blue bond issuance in Brazil. It was also the first issuance of this type by a private institution in Latin America and benefited the first sanitation company to access the capital market with a blue bond in the world. 
Sustainable Finance Awards
2023In 2023, we were once again highlighted in 5 categories of the award: Highlight in Sustainable Finance in Latin America
Highlight in Sustainable Finance in Emerging Markets in Latin America
Outstanding Leadership in Sustainability Transparency in Latin America
Highlight in Green Bonds in Latin America
Leader in Sustainable Finance in Brazil
Sustainable Finance Awards
2022In 2022, we were recognized again by the award, with acknowledgment in 5 categories: Highlight in Sustainable Finance in Latin America
Highlight in Green Bonds in Latin America
Highlight in Sustainable Bonds in Latin America
Highlight in Sustainable Transparency
Leader in Sustainable Finance in Brazil
Sustainable Finance Awards
2021We were recognized by Global Finance as a leader in Sustainable Finance in Emerging Markets. This award reaffirms BTG Pactual's leadership in sustainable and impact investing, as well as in environmental, social, and corporate governance. 
LatinFinance Awards
2023The structuring and distribution of the first blue bond in Brazil was also recognized as the Sustainable Infrastructure Project of the Year by LatinFinance. 
IMPACT Awards
2022The structuring of the first blue bond in Brazil, on behalf of BRK Ambiental, was recognized as the Impact Initiative of the Year – Latin America and the Caribbean for its innovative use of proceeds, paving the way for corporate issuances in emerging markets in a critical sector, with clear social and environmental benefits. 
IMPACT Awards
2021In 2021, the Sustainable and Impact Investments team was recognized as Initiative of the Year for the creation of the division in 2020. BTG Pactual launched the division to establish it as a hub connecting global investors to ESG investment opportunities locally and across Latin America.
Sustainable Financing at BTG Pactual
BTG Pactual is committed to increasingly supporting projects and assets with social and environmental benefits.
Sustainable Fundings
In November 2020, we executed our first green bond issuance. The operation was a private placement worth US$50 million. Two months later, in January 2021, we issued our first senior green bond in the market, totaling US$500 million.
Sustainable Funding Program
In November 2021, we launched the Sustainable Funding Program, the first sustainable deposit-raising initiative (CDB and LFs) in Latin America, available to our corporate clients.
Environmental and Social Financing Lines
Reinforcing our commitment to the ESG strategy, we carried out a series of fundraisings with multilateral institutions, such as DEG & Proparco (2020), DFC (2021), and JICA (2022), aimed at climate and social financing.
Our History
October/2020
Publication of our Green, Social, and Sustainable Financing FrameworkNovember/2020
Issuance of our first Green Bonds Private Placement, raising US$50 millionDecember/2020
Climate Financing Line of US$140 million with DEG and ProparcoJanuary/2021
Issuance of our first Green Bond, raising US$500 millionMay/2021
Start of CBIO bookkeeping and trading operationsAugust/2021
The Impact Private Equity Fund raised R$542 millionSeptember/2021
Social Financing Line of US$300 million with DFCOctober/2021
Update of the Sustainable Finance FrameworkNovember/2021
Launch of the Sustainable Funding ProgramFebruary/2022
Social Financing Line of US$200 million with JICA
Products – Sustainable & Impact Investing
Products and strategies with a sustainability and impact focus across different asset classes, delivering positive impact with financial returns.
Sustainable Financing
Support for projects and assets with social and environmental benefits, focusing on sectors such as renewable energy, pollution prevention, and others.
Sustainable and ESG Funds
Products and strategies with a sustainability focus, delivering significant financial returns and positive impact.
Environmental Assets
Work in the development of carbon markets and other environmental assets to support clients’ and partners’ decarbonization journey.
See key figures from the last quarter:
R$ 90 billion
In structuring and distributing labeled offerings since 2016
R$ 6.4 billion
Raised through sustainable finance instruments
R$ 788 million
Raised in our Sustainable and Impact Strategy funds
Documents
Access all documents from BTG Pactual’s Sustainable and Impact Investments division.
Frequently Asked Questions
BTG Pactual offers investors sustainable investment options that deliver market-level returns. Sustainable investments are growing rapidly worldwide, and studies indicate returns that may outperform traditional investments.
Source: BlackRock and Goldman Sachs
There are several internationally adopted methodologies for integrating ESG aspects, and for measuring and managing social and environmental impact. In this context, companies and funds commit to monitoring and reporting such impact. BTG Pactual structures and offers products that comply with these principles.