Marcelo de Andrade

Dr. Andrade is a Co-Founder and Partner at Earth Capital Partners, LLP. He is responsible for business development and deal origination in Latin America and covers global external relations. Earth Capital Partners (ECP) is an investment management business, offering a platform of sustainable investment products. Each ECP product is launched with a specific focus on a sustainable asset investment theme, geography and investment style. ECP provides investors with a stable platform for investment into the new sustainable asset growth sectors at scale. Themes include renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable agriculture and forestry, water and clean technologies.

ECP incorporates environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacts into all investment evaluation, portfolio management and reporting processes. Sustainable Development – is at the heart of ECP’s model, reinforced by their commitment to generating a dual return from their investment products – first the financial return and second the Earth DividendTM Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) return. ECP integrates ESG using a proprietary ESG portfolio management and reporting process, the Earth Dividend™.

Previously, he founded Pro-Natura International (headquartered in Rio de Janeiro and Paris), one of the first international sustainability organizations in the Southern Hemisphere, which promotes sustainable development and conservation projects in more than 58 countries on all continents. He was also a Co-Founder of Fundo Terra Capital, the first venture capital fund to invest exclusively in businesses which support strong biodiversity conservation. He is a Senior Advisor for the Axial Bank / Axial Par, a financial institution in South America that promotes investments in the sustainable development sector and Eco Carbon, specializing in carbon credits and offsets for the compliance and voluntary carbon markets for the renewable energy, agriculture and forestry sectors.

He is also a founder of SCG, a multinational consulting company dedicated to responsible social and environmental management and impact of mining companies. He was a consultant for Shell International (Royal Dutch Shell PLC) in the development of one of the largest natural gas projects in the world, implemented in the Peruvian Amazon. Dr. de Andrade has been Member of Biotechnology Advisory Panel of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. since November 1, 2004. He serves as an Independent Director of LAEP Investments, Ltd. He is a Director at Parmalat Indústria de Alimentos S.A. He is a Member of BHP Billiton Ltd., (BHP-NYSE) Corporate Responsibility Board. Dr. Andrade is also a Member of CONCEC and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Proctor & Gamble.