“In a company’s perspective, sustainability can and should be treated as unique, in a synergic way, and be subjected to the same management processes used by the organization.”
Elcio Anibal de Lucca, President of Corporate Affairs of Experian América Latina, and Vice-president of the Board of Directors of Serasa


“The next challenge is to change the pedagogic model and start teaching sustainability, creating values and changing attitudes. Universities will need to review their curricula and teaching models.”
Ricardo Voltolini, Journalist and Third Sector, Social and Corporate Responsibility, and Sustainability consultant


“What we teach today may be obsolete ten years from now. Schools must prepare individuals for the future, teaching them about globalization, the environment, and social responsibility – subject matters that will help to develop good citizens.”
Antonio Freitas, President of the National Graduation and Administration Programs Association (Angrad)


“The Global Forum will be the first initiative to truly tackle the need to change the way business and management are taught.”
Eduardo Damião da Silva, Dean of the Applied Social Sciences Department - PUC/PR Business School


“Brazilian universities and colleges need to review and update their curricula in order to meet the challenges posed by the domestic and international scenarios.”
Carlos Osmar Bertero, President of the National Management Graduate Programs and Research Association (Anpad)


“Brazilian schools have included environmental education in their discussions thirty years ago. We are doing our part, but the teaching community alone cannot perform miracles. Integration with the business and government sectors is a must.”
José Manoel de Macedo Caron Junior, President of the Union of Private Teaching Institutions (Sinepe)


“89% of the teaching institutions in our country are private, accounting for 75% of total enrollment. This segment has great responsibility in the education of graduating students. This is why teaching institutions must review their curricula and multiply social practices and provide access to information and environmental education.”
Carmen Luiza da Silva, Vice-president of the Brazilian Association of Higher Education Supporting Institutions


“Sustainability is a forum created inside business companies, more and more, mainly as a function of market demand. Organizations will have to create sustainability and social responsibility sectors and departments that will be as important as the financial and marketing ones.”
Ricardo Dellaméa, Director’s Assistant - Sebrae Paraná

“I am for a pragmatic approach to business sustainability, with a focus on the future. Business leaders need to analyze and prepare for possible environmental risks so that they will not feel their impact on their investments.”
Daniel Farber, Professor, and Director of the Environmental Law Program of University of California (USA)


“The trend is to hire professionals with a more encompassing education, who are not only proficient in techniques, but who are also knowledgeable and capable of applying social responsibility and sustainability concepts. Big companies with this vision will give priority to professionals with this kind of educational background.”
Ana Lucia Gomes, Spaipa’s Social Responsibility and Benefits Coordinator


“Initiatives like this may help mobilize the corporate world to win the challenge of doing business while balancing economic-financial results with social development and environmental conservation.”
Silvio Rogério Marchiori, President of Rodonorte


“Initiatives like the Global Forum represent an important channel to exchange information and experience in the search for solutions that reconcile development and sustainability, a theme that gains increasingly more space as a priority in the global agenda of discussions by governments, civil society and corporations.”
José Vicente Marino, vice-president of business at Natura


“The sustainability of the species and planet will be a necessary paradigm for all professional training and cultural dynamics. Care and taking care will be the new categories that will strengthen all academic and cultural knowledge. And this is not an option. It is a need for the meaning and pertinence of professions and research.”
José Bernardo Toro, Colombian philosopher and educator. Strategic advisor at the Avina Foundation


“Companies need to understand that sustainability is not a hand-out and that good practices of governance allied with social and environmental actions help in their growth.”
Sérgio Luiz Vieira Anajosa, administrative director at Romagnole, in Maringá