Companies for Sustainability
O BCSD Portugal é uma associação empresarial, sem fins lucrativos, que agrega mais de 170 empresas de referência em Portugal e as ajuda na sua jornada para a sustentabilidade.
We transform the economy for the benefit of people and the planet
AREAS OF WORK
Biodiversity
Climate and Energy
Value chain and circular economy
Sustainable reporting and finance
COMMUNICATION

Agenda of the
SUSTAINABILITY
The Agenda da Sustentabilidade newsletter is a regular publication of BCSD Portugal that covers sustainability issues and includes interviews with experts, news, events and resources.

Guidelines of the
SUSTAINABILITY
The Sustainability Guidelines newsletter is a bimonthly publication of BCSD Portugal, in partnership with PwC and VdA, which aims to share relevant knowledge on legal aspects and benchmarks to support the incorporation and management of sustainability in companies.

Financing the
SUSTAINABILITY
The Financing Sustainability newsletter is a biannual publication by BCSD Portugal, in partnership with EY and PLMJ, which monitors the evolution of the various sources of financing available to finance the transition to sustainability in companies.

Library of
CASE STUDIES
The Case Study Library is a repository of case studies from BCSD Portugal member companies, reflecting the challenges and impacts on performance and business, in the following thematic areas: Value Chain, Natural Capital, Sustainable Cities, Circular Economy, Carbon Neutrality and Sustainable Finance.
SUSTAINABILITY TRAINING
Do you want to help your business have a more positive impact on the planet and society?
Do you want to build long-term value for your stakeholders?
At BCSD Portugal, we help companies to be more sustainable
Discover Sustainability
Level 1
Companies interested in knowing the context and trends of sustainability, and in starting the process of self-diagnosis.
Beginners
Level 2
Companies interested in starting to integrate sustainability principles into their business and operations, for risk management and value chain optimization.
Achievers
Level 3
Companies that understand and integrate sustainability into their daily lives, with the ambition of leveraging its potential as a driver of strategy, innovation, and competitiveness.
Future Leaders: Sustainability, Strategy and Innovation
Executive Program - starting December 7, 2022.
Sustainable Management
The Journey to Sustainability training program can also be tailor-made for each company. With the support of its partners, BCSD Portugal helps companies diagnose their sustainability training needs or simply respond to a set of specific requests.
For more information, please contact BCSD Portugal directly.

CHARTER OF PRINCIPLES OF BCSDPORTUGAL
The charter brings together Portuguese companies around common sustainable development commitments for Portugal.
Its objectives are to reinforce recognized norms and practices aligned with management, ethical, social, environmental, and quality standards.
BE ONE OF OUR MEMBERS
António Pires de Lima
Chairman of BCSD Portugal and CEO of Brisa
" Collaboratively building an economy where competitiveness, environmental sustainability, and equality are truly compatible realities is the key challenge that the private and public sectors need to address in this decade."
Andy Brown
Vice-President of the Board of BCSD Portugal and CEO Galp
"Putting sustainable development at the heart of business strategy has been one of the most significant developments of the last 20 years in leading companies. The Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD Portugal) has led this change, putting like-minded companies working together, sharing best practices and committing to improvement."
Cristina Rios de Amorim
Vice-President of the Board of Directors of BCSD Portugal and Director and Director of Sustainability of Corticeira Amorim, SGPS, S.A.
"BCSD Portugal is a reference association in the promotion of sustainability in Portugal.
Agile, dynamic and proactive, BCSD Portugal is a relevant partner at the corporate sustainability level, driving its members on this journey, while contributing to the construction of robust public policies and raising awareness in Portuguese society."
Isabel Barros
Vice-Chairman of the Board of BCSD Portugal and Vice-Chairman of Sonae
"BCSD Portugal plays a central role in the commitment to a sustainable and transformative global agenda. An agenda that bets on an idea of economic growth in total interconnection with the defence of sustainability. A complex and challenging agenda, which Sonae places at the heart of its value proposition and activity with the ambition of cooperating towards the resolution of today's biggest and most urgent environmental and social challenges. An agenda that continues to create value for companies and for the country.
BSCD Portugal amplifies this decisive fight, which is shared by an ever-widening community."
João Lé
Vice-Chairman of the Board of BCSD Portugal and Executive Director of The Navigator Company
"BCSD Portugal is a reference association in promoting the contribution of the corporate sector to Sustainable Development. In this space of joint reflection, knowledge sharing and co-creation, companies actively participate in a journey of true strategic transformation, anticipating and managing environmental and social risks, creating value for their business and for society."
João Nuno Palma
Vice-Chairman of the Board of BCSD Portugal and Vice-Chairman of Millennium bcp
"The more than 20 years of close partnership, joint work and shared purpose with BCSD Portugal in the field of sustainability, give a strong meaning to the words "cooperation" and "trust". Together, we will continue to walk a transformative path that allows us to promote decarbonized and resilient economic development models, which, by promoting the production of wealth and a new fair and inclusive "social contract", protect the planet, the climate and biodiversity ".
Joaquim Cabaço
Vice-President of the Board of Directors of BCSD Portugal and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Trivalor
Miguel Setas
Vice-President of the Board of Directors of BCSD Portugal and Executive Board Member EDP
"In a critical decade for everyone, the business sector has a decisive role in the energy transition, acting as a driver of transformation in society. BCSD Portugal is the benchmark for companies that consider protecting the planet and having a positive impact on communities as success factors, and should be promoted by appropriate partnerships, public policies and legislation."
Rita Nabeiro
Vice-President of the Board of BCSD Portugal and CEO of Adega Maior - Nabeiro Group
"With the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as its guiding principle, BCSD Portugal brings together companies, innovators and activists dedicated to shaping, building and democratizing a fairer and more inclusive future, making available to them a collaborative and formative platform with a view to innovating for sustainability and accelerating a regenerative and imperative transformation of society."
Being part of BCSD Portugal is an opportunity to anticipate the future and
position the company at the forefront of developing sustainable
solutions to meet society's challenges.