Paulo’s experience in the past 20 years has touched several areas of sustainability, often working as a bridge between different stakeholders within the corporate, philanthropic and investment spaces. More recently, he has been focused on ecosystem restoration projects that balance the best mix of science, cultural realities and high/low tech solutions for greater effect. His work usually combines technical elements, like the incorporation of data streams and web tools, the dissemination and scaling-up of best practices with innovative models, and a strong focus on the human factors of sustainability initiatives.
Based in Zurich, Paulo has worked in the past 10 years as an independent consultant for NGOs, foundations and private individuals. Prior to that, he was extensively involved in the development and application of sustainability-assessment methodologies in different industries, from the larger conceptual framework to the technical and operational details. This included the development of tools to incorporate ESG data flows into multi-stakeholder business processes, linking the user-side and IT-side. Examples include running the yearly DJSI global corporate sustainability survey at SAM (now part of S&P Global), including the incorporation of reputational risk data, provided by RepRisk or the implementation of a sustainable supply-chain framework for a Swiss company handling a USD 10 billion/year volume from a global network of suppliers. Paulo also conducted ecological research in the field of fisheries and marine resource management, with projects in several countries.
Paulo holds a MsC in Environmental Sciences from the ETH Zurich, with a specialization in Human-Environment systems, and a degree in Marine Biology and Fisheries.
