Research, Advocacy and Project Management

What we do

Advocacy

We create reports on sociobiodiversity value chains, territories, environmental and social policies for non-governmental organizations and research centres in Brazil and abroad.

Projects

We participate in projects in rural and urban areas, with grants from socio and environment investment funds on the implementation of human rights principles, environment and social guidelines with focus on suppliers of global value chains.
Silvia Pinheiro

Dr Silvia Pinheiro

Lawyer with a PhD in International Law, professor and researcher with a 12-year focus on inclusive value chains, public policies on sustainable development and socio-environmental guidelines.
Diogo Viana

Diogo Velasco

PhD student in Maritime Studies at the Naval War College (PPGEM/EGN), member of GEM – Grupo de Economia do Mar and researcher in sustainable development public policies and socio-environmental guidelines.
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We believe

in the power of local initiatives and in building bridges between civil society, public and private sectors as tools for transforming lives, territories and planet.

Projects

Action-research projects are an important feature of our academic careers in which theory and experience combine to help solve local problems and promote sustainable development.

Target

Our consultancy targets non-governmental organizations and investors who seek socio-environmental impact as a result of their activities and investments.

Partners

University Of Leeds
Prof Dr Diane Holt

It was a fantastic collaborative research experience working with Silvia’s team. We were able to negotiate access to communites and provide unique access to marginalised and hidden 'voices' from with the Amazonian reserves.

Dr. Diane Holt
University of Leeds

‘Silvia Pinheiro is a talented scholar, creative and well-networked collaborator, effective project manager and committed activist.  It has been a great pleasure to work with her on our  UKRI funded ‘Global Cities Free of Slavery’ network’ and I look forward to continuing our professional partnership in the future’.

Dr. Alison Gardner
Rights Lab - University of Nottingham

I met Silvia at an event she organised on social business and microcredit at FGV where I got in touch with sector 2.5. Since then, we have become partners in this trajectory of social impact in Rio's communities. To my friend and partner Silvia, much gratitude for the friendship and a heart bent on transforming the scary reality of Rio's favelas through education.

Robson Santos
Social Entrepreneur founder of Aprendin Social Enterprise

Dr. Silvia is very special! Patient and articulate, she knows how to answer our questions and deal with them clearly and professionally, improving our processes and relationships for the solid construction of the organisation.

Raquel Spinelli
Director of the Maravilha Cooperative

I met Silvia Pinheiro in 2017 when she was my lecturer at my master’s degree. Today we are friends and partners at the Contemporary Slavery Research Centre. Silvia is tireless in the search for human dignity, fighting for the rights of those living in vulnerable situations.

Heloisa Gama
iMiGRA Founder

Publications

Propriedade e Exportaçoes socio biodiversidade
Indicação geográfica, propriedade e o desafio das exportações para empreendimentos de base comunitária nas unidades de conservação de uso sustentável
Anti-Slavery EU law Global impact
Anti-slavery International. EU law. A report considering the potential impact of human rights due diligence laws on labour exploitation and forced labour.
Cities Free of Slavery: social determinants of vulnerability to work exploitation
Cities Free of Slavery: social determinants of vulnerability to work exploitation
Relatório de Pesquisa cadeia de valor inclusiva e microempreendedores ribeirinhos: o caso da Reserva do Rio Negro
Relatório de Pesquisa Cadeias de Valor Inclusivas, Compras Institucionais e Oportunidades para Empreendimentos Sociais.
The Multilateral, Transnational and Local Norm Regimes and the Eradication of Modern Slavery in the Beef and Timber Supply Chains in Brazil.
Global Cities Free of Slavery I Workshop in Rio de Janeiro.
Combating Modern Slavery in Supply Chains in Rio de Janeiro’s Favela da Providencia
Local Incentive structure and the constitution of community bases enterprises.
"For the English to see" or effective change? How supply chains are shaped by laws and regulations, and what that means for the exposure of modern slavery.

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