NESsT announces Renata Truzzi has been named Chief Impact & Operations Officer. Truzzi – who joined the organization in 2012 – has served in multiple capacities within NESsT, most recently as Global Acceleration & Impact Director. Her background in impact investing, business development, marketing, and fundraising will further support NESsT’s organizational effectiveness and operational excellence.
We’re delighted to release the NESsT 2024 Annual Report, highlighting a year defined by far-reaching impact and transformative growth. For nearly three decades, NESsT has worked at the nexus of people, profit, and the planet. In 2024, we reached a milestone that speaks to this mission: since its founding, NESsT has positively impacted the lives of over 3.4 million people from communities around the world.
Sweden joins as a donor to NESsT’s long-standing South America acceleration program, enabling the program to increase the number of enterprises it supports and to expand its efforts in Colombia, Peru, and into Brazil.
Our work on the ground in Brazil’s Amazon region has consistently shown that increasing women's participation is critical for the socio-bioeconomy to become a robust and sustainable national development strategy.
NESsT announces that Chad Sachs has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Sachs has held a series of senior management roles with NESsT since joining in 2019, most recently as Chief Investment Officer. He brings deep experience in the worlds of finance and social impact that will further reinforce NESsT’s mission of developing sustainable communities and building an inclusive economy.
En la COP16, NESsT reforzó su compromiso de mejorar el acceso a la financiación para las iniciativas de bioeconomía locales en la Amazonia. Este trabajo, incluidos sus planes de invertir 6 millones de dólares en financiación inicial hasta 2025 para apoyar estos esfuerzos, se publicó recientemente en Carbon Pulse.
Movimento Black Money (MBM) tiene como objetivo transformar la realidad económica de la comunidad negra en Brasil a través de la iniciativa empresarial, la educación y los servicios financieros. NESsT acogió a MBM en su Portafolio para apoyar inicialmente a Mercado Black Money, un mercado en línea para empresas de propiedad negra, sosteniendo su crecimiento con capital y tutoría empresarial. Google for Startups ha anunciado que Movimento Black Money es una de las 12 nuevas empresas brasileñas que recibirán financiación gratuita a través de su programa Fondo de Fundadores Negros.
La campaña #VacinaMaré proporcionó vacunas Covid-19 a más de 36.000 residentes mayores de 18 años en las favelas de Maré. Durante la campaña de vacunación, la empresa NESsT Portafolio Maré de Sabores proporcionó alimentos a más de 900 profesionales de la salud y voluntarios, incluyendo más de 2.700 bocadillos y 1.200 comidas.
