Amaz holds meeting with the accelerated business community and supports joining Cadimpacto

Amaz Aceleradora de Impacto, in partnership with SBSA Advogados, promoted a remote meeting of the “Acceleration Journey”. Held on June 5, the meeting had more than 30 participants and addressed several issues of legal and contractual importance for accelerated businesses.

Gabriela Souza, operations leader at Amaz, highlights that the objective of the “Journey” is to create a space for ideas to mature.

“This was the first online meeting of the community together with all the businesses that are part of our portfolio. […]. The idea is that these meetings will be recurring to address issues that generate knowledge, debates and exchange of experiences among entrepreneurs.”, points out the Amaz manager.

The main topic of discussion was the National Registry of Impact Enterprises (Cadimpacto). The platform, launched in March by the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services (MDIC), seeks to map and provide visibility to companies, initiatives and commercial activities throughout Brazil that align financial results with positive socio-environmental impacts.

Furthermore, Cadimpacto presents itself strategically for future partnerships, investments and public policies.

The deadline for joining is June 30th via the link: https://www.gov.br/pt-br/servicos/solicitar-cadastramento-na-plataforma-do-cadastro-nacional-de-empreendimentos-de-impacto-cadimpacto. Registration follows Bronze, Silver and Gold levels — which are defined according to the degree of business maturity, financial sustainability and impact measurement.

Debates

In addition to “Cadimpacto”, the meeting addressed other important legal concepts, such as “sector 2.5” and “certified B Corp”. One of the moments was reserved for the concept of “impact business”, created by Decree 11.791/2023 and which serves as a guide for the creation of public policies.

Another discussion dealt with the regulation of the concept of “benefit corporation” (in Portuguese, “benefit societies”), which is still being processed, through Bill (PL) No. 3,284/2021 in the National Congress.

Tucum, a company specializing in connecting people with indigenous art and aesthetic expressions, participated in the debates through its founder Amanda Santana. The business holds the B Seal, which recognizes initiatives committed to positive socio-environmental impact. 

“We began our search for the B Seal from the beginning (of the business), twelve years ago. Something we did in the second contract change was to include a clause, committing ourselves to transform the company into a 'B Corp', based on social and environmental impacts and above profit,” highlights the entrepreneur.

She recognizes the importance of certification, but points out limitations in the current system and points to be corrected.

 “The tool really needs improvements, because it looks at the (socio-environmental) impact, but I think it is not capable of evaluating the type of impact we have, because, as businesses in the Amazon, we could score much more, but many of our practices are not even considered,” he concludes.