The Valorem group, focused on credit to medium-sized companies, has just launched a green fund. Charlote Odebrecht, founding partner of FIDC Valorem and Valorem Meios Eletrônicos spoke to the column.
AMOUNT
“The fund started in March with a value of R$70 million and we want to end 2021 with more than R$300 million in the portfolio”.
DIFFERENTIATED METHODOLOGY
“We have established negative filters in regulation with the Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) that indicate, in a practical way, the companies to which we do not give credit. Among the filters are: corruption, money laundering, involvement in slave labor. In the second phase, starting in 2022, we will expand the scope and we will not give credits to companies with environmental processes or links to fossil fuels”.
MOTIVATION
“We want to encourage the market on the ESG path (environmental, social and governance) by offering more attractive rates — at costs up to 10% lower than other company funds — and also through education in the sector through free courses to our clients ”.
THE FUTURE
“ESG best practices are no longer optional. It is necessary for companies and countries to transform the production model now. The planet has no plan B”.
(Note published in issue 1244 of Dinheiro Magazine)