How Solar Can Help Achieve ESG Goals & 2030 Sustainable Development Goals

Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Time
04:00 pm - 05:30 pm
Hall
Expo Center Norte, 2nd floor
Room
Cantareira 3-5

A central theme in the contemporary world is the energy transition, which is paving the way for a future where consumers begin to see ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) practices as a distinguishing factor. However, how is this process developing in Brazil?

04:00 pm - 04:05 pmWelcome and Introduction

Eduardo Avila

Executive Director Revolusolar & Coordinator FT ABSOLAR

ABSOLAR

04:05 pm - 04:15 pmSolar Energy for Sustainable Community Development

Graziella Albuquerque

Coordinator of Institutional and Government Relations

Revolusolar

04:15 pm - 04:25 pmSocial Solar in Generation

Michel Sednaoui

CEO

Plexo Solar

04:25 pm - 04:35 pmSolidarity Solar Energy

Hamilton Mendes Rocha

Executive Coordinator

Associação Rede Paulista de Bancos Comunitários

04:35 pm - 04:45 pmPractical Cases of Impacts on ESG and SDGs

Camila Hammes

Project Manager

Associação Um Litro de Luz Brasil

04:45 pm - 04:55 pmSunshine for All

04:55 pm - 05:05 pmEquity in Energy: Advancing Women's Participation in Solar Technology

Renata Mansuelo

Core Coordinator Promote

Rede MESol

05:05 pm - 05:30 pmQ&A

Speakers
Speaker
Eduardo Avila, ABSOLAR

Executive Director Revolusolar & Coordinator FT ABSOLAR

Brazil

Eduardo Avila is an economist from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, specializing in energy and finance, and has worked in the financial market. While a student at UFRJ, he was president of the students' league of Finance and Investments and co-founder of the Energy and Technology League. A volunteer since 2018, he is now the executive director of Revolusolar, an NGO created in 2015 with the aim of promoting the sustainable development of low-income communities through solar energy. Eduardo is a member of the Board Of Advisors of the BRICS CCI Young Leaders, and was one of the 5 finalists from Latin America and the Caribbean for the United Nations Environment Program (UN) 'Young Champions of the Earth 2020' global award. Other awards include: Global Energy Heroes 2022 (Stanford University), 1st Habitability Prize (MRV and Trip Magazine), Shell Youth Initiative 2020 (Energy, Smart Cities and Fighting COVID-19).

Speaker
Camila Hammes, Associação Um Litro de Luz Brasil

Project Manager

Brazil

Camila Hammes Marian is a journalist who graduated from the Federal University of Santa Catarina. With extensive experience in the institutional communications sector, she began her career at Litro de Luz Brasil as a volunteer with the Florianópolis team. In 2021 she took over the Organization's Projects area, initially as Coordinator and since 2023 as Manager. She has led more than 25 actions to install solar lighting solutions in communities in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Amazonas, Bahia, Mato Grosso and Minas Gerais.

Speaker
Michel Sednaoui, Plexo Solar

CEO

Brazil

Michel Sednaoui is the founder and CEO of Plexo Solar, a company that has developed over 45 MW of photovoltaic distributed generation projects in Brazil. He has deep expertise in energy finance, acquiring his professional experience with Edmond de Rotschild Private Equity and local funds operating in the brazilian capital markets. Having verified the Brazilian population's difficulties of access to solar energy, today Michel is firmly committed to innovating solar energy finance for low income residences.

Speaker
Renata Mansuelo, Rede MESol

Core Coordinator Promote

Brazil

Renata Mansuelo holds a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso (UNEMAT) and a specialization in Occupational Safety with an emphasis on Environment and Sustainability from Educamais. She earned a Master's degree in Civil Engineering with a focus on energy efficiency and photovoltaic energy integrated into buildings from the Universidade Federal Santa Catarina (UFSC). Currently, she is pursuing a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, focusing on urban form and solar energy at the Universidade Federal Santa Catarina (UFSC). In addition to her studies, she is a university professor at UNICESUSC. Since 2020, she has been a volunteer with the Rede Brasileira de Mulheres na Energia Solar (Rede MESol), supporting women in the sector and promoting gender equity policies. She is currently the coordinator of the "Promote" division within the Rede MESol.

Speaker
Graziella Albuquerque, Revolusolar

Coordinator of Institutional and Government Relations

Brazil

Graziella Albuquerque has a degree in Environmental Management with an extension in Community-Based Environmental Education and Political Ecology in Latin America from UNIRIO. She has been trained in International Negotiations by Oxford University and the Global Youth Coalition. She is a member of YOUNGO UNFCCC and has already served as Brazil's official UN delegate at the Youth Climate Conference (COY17) and as a Youth Press Agency writer at COP27, both events held in Egypt. She currently holds the position of Institutional and Government Relations Coordinator at Revolusolar, where she contributes to advancing solar energy initiatives in low-income communities.

Speaker
Hamilton Mendes Rocha, Associação Rede Paulista de Bancos Comunitários

Executive Coordinator

Brazil

Latu Sensu Postgraduate Degree in Film and TV Production and Direction. Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (Barcelona - Spain) 1993 -.1995 Specialization in Financing Audiovisual Companies Universitat Pompeu i Fabra (Barcelona - Spain). 1997 Specialization in Public Management Strategy - Getúlio Vargas Foundation. 2011 Specialization in Solidarity Solar Energy in Vulnerable Communities - Rede Paulista de Bancos Comunitários 2023 Specialization in Community Banks - Rede Paulista de Bancos Comunitários 2021 Higher Education Fine Arts - University of Barcelona (Spain) 1989 Sociology and Politics - Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo - FESPSP - Research work focused on Solidarity Economy - 2016 - 2019

Further Content
Press Release
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September 2, 2024

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Speaker
Ana Carla Petti, Comerc Energia

Director of Regulatory Affairs

Brazil

Ana Carla Petti has more than 20 years of experience in Regulatory, Strategic Operations Management, Risk Management and Middle-Office, working in executive positions in the energy sector at companies such as Braskem and Odebrecht Energia. She has been an executive at the Comerc Energia Group for more than seven years and currently serves as the group's director of regulatory and institutional affairs. She is a chemical engineer and lawyer, with a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, with a postgraduate degree in Financial Products and Risk Management and an MBA in Executive Management.

Speaker
Camila Ramos, CELA - Clean Energy Latin America

CEO

Brazil

CEO and Founder of CELA, with 21 years of experience in the renewable energy sector, including bioenergy, wind energy, solar PV and green hydrogen. Camila currently also serves as Investment and Green Hydrogen Vice-President of the Board of Directors of ABSOLAR (the Brazilian Solar PV Association), Non-Executive Director of the Board of Administration of Brazilian Rare Earths, member of the Advisory Board of the Federation of Industry of São Paulo (COINFRA - FIESP) and is a Finance Expert at the Clean Energy Finance Solutions Center (NREL - USA). Prior to founding CELA, she was Country Manager and Head of Latin America at Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), where she advised clients with research and analysis of renewable energy sectors and markets, and trends in the region. She has also worked in the past at PricewaterhouseCoopers, ERB - Energias Renováveis do Brasil and Infinity Bio-Energy. Camila holds a Master's and Bachelor's degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

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