Brazil Impact Excursion | February 2019 | YSB & CSP
Brazil Impact Excursion | February 2019 | YSB & CSP
Along with The Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth (CSP) at the University of Zurich went out and about around São Paulo at the start of February to explore the ecosystem of social businesses and investment. Take a look at our fantastic week in the video:
Social Businesses we visited
Insituto Muda
4you2
Assobio
Revoada
Guten News
VerBem
Partners
Fabio Barbosa
Mattos Filho
Vox Capital
Ambev
Itau
GPS Investimentos
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