Diagonal Social
São Paulo, Brazil
May 2019
Management consultant - for-profits
Service with Minor Environmental Footprint
Brazil
Diagonal, founded in 1990, is one of the first Brazilian management and social innovation companies. We know that every territory is made up of people, with specific wants and needs. Through our work we help other companies, governments and institutions to act in an integrated and balanced manner in the social, economic and environmental dimensions. In this way we are able to promote the sustainable development of the territories in which we operate, while generating autonomy and opportunities for the people impacted by our work. Because the desire to change for the better is human. A Diagonal, fundada em 1990, é uma das primeiras empresas brasileiras de gestão e inovação social. Sabemos que todo território é feito de pessoas, com desejos e necessidades específicas. Através do nosso trabalho ajudamos outras empresas, governos e instituições a atuar de forma integrada e equilibrada nas dimensões social, econômica e ambiental. Assim somos capazes de promover o desenvolvimento sustentável dos territórios em que atuamos, e ao mesmo tempo gerar autonomia e oportunidades para as pessoas impactadas pelo nosso trabalho. Porque o desejo de mudar para melhor é humano.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 15.9
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Governance 15.9
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Workers 27.6
Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.
Community 24.0
Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.
Environment 1.6
Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.
Customers 27.3
Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.