Catarina Alves

• Community stakeholder engagement, association management and projects' quality assurance
• External community representation, including meetings with government representatives, media appearances, and conference talks.

A community of +40 young professionals from different backgrounds — parliament deputies, entrepreneurs, scientists, public figures, educators, activists, professionals of sustainability and law, etc — contributing to climate action in Portugal

Responsibilities in project implementation, client and project management, business development. Owner of the B Corp Certification internal process.

Some consulting projects:

• Metallurgy and electromechanical business association: Development of a sustainability strategy guideline document for +100 associate companies
• Global real estate company: Development of 2021 sustainability Statements (GRI standards); and of a study report on the financial risks and impacts of climate change on the real estate sector.
• Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI): Design and planning of workshops for credit rating agencies, investors, and large companies from different sectors to promote the integration of ESG factors in global credit risk assessment:: Link
• Bank institution: Planning and delivery of a 20-hour training course for +50 employees and executives on sustainability strategy, ESG risks and opportunities, and EU climate regulation (e. g. Taxonomy, SFRD, CSRD).
• British Embassy in Lisbon: Lead researcher of a study on the state of play of sustainable finance in the UK, EU and Portugal :: Link
• Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Support to EU negotiations under the Paris Agreement on climate finance

• Update and monitoring of the sustainability strategy and company policies
• Continuous improvement of B Corp certification score
• Contribution to the development of the companies' net-zero strategy and calculation of scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions.

Business development of Triple S and team management; Consulting projects with 2 Swedish start-ups for strategic integration of sustainability; Design and development of workshops in the same area.

Development and implementation of B2B sales strategy, and respective client management. Part of 4 member team responsible for country launching with an annual budget of 450,000€.

Top 3 sales representatives in the Uniplaces student ambassador program over a two-year period, on a team with over 50 ambassadors.