SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTING
Converting sustainable solutions into assets for real business.
ABOUT US
We are a consultancy firm specializing in strategic sustainability solutions. Our working principles involve having a close interpersonal relationship with our clients, who have direct access to our most senior executives, as well as providing high quality services. Our team gathers competencies in technical areas of engineering and business structuring. Our professionals have delivered high-value sustainability projects in the domestic and foreign markets for more than 20 years.
The Archipel concept emerged from gathering professionals with different individual talents and skills, each representing an island of excellence. Together, the group of islands results in an archipelago of singular consulting capability, stronger than each member alone.
Mission:
To provide sustainability services capable of causing a positive impact on our clients’ competitiveness.
Vision:
To contribute to the society’s sustainable development by anticipating solutions ahead of our time.
Values:
Quality, ethics, agility, impartiality, commitment and innovation.
SERVICES
Strategic Consulting
START-UPS
- Support in making sustainability start-ups viable
- Support in writing and reviewing business plans
- Advice on fund-raising
- Angel investment
ONGOING SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS
- Consolidation and expansion
- Innovation
- Advice on fund-raising
INVESTMENT FUNDS
- Project origination
- Pre-investment technical auditing
- Support in asset management
- Support in investment exit strategy
Technical Consulting
ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Compliance
- Environmental impact assessment of greenfields
VALORIZATION OF CONTAMINATED SITES
- Assessment, remediation and rehabilitation
- Environmental projects’ management
- Second opinion
CARBON TRADING AND CLIMATE CHANGE
- Energy matrix strategic management
- Energy efficiency
- Carbon credits
- Renovabio
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
- Efficient use of natural resources
RESIDUE VALORIZATION
- Biomass residues
- Industrial residues
WATER RESOURSES
- Planning
- Water efficiency
- Treatment and reuse
TEAM
Our credibility and reputation constitute our most valuable assets.
Ralf Lattouf, PhD.
Ralf has over 20 years of experience in environmental engineering and consulting in Brazil, Europe and in the USA. He has taken part in environmental and compliance audits, due diligence processes and environmental and social impact and liability assessment projects in different industrial sectors. He has conducted environmental investigations, human health and ecological risk toxicological assessments, as well as soil and groundwater remediation projects involving various types of sites and contaminants. He has led negotiations with the public sector concerning consent orders and definition of environment rehabilitation goals. His vast experience comprises projects involving capturing and flaring of biogas from landfills and anaerobic reactors; biomass thermochemical conversion into different energy vectors; pricing and management of carbon emission-reduction projects; energy efficiency assessment and engineering project management. Ralf holds a graduation degree in Mechanic Engineering from Poli/USP, a post-graduation degree in Environmental Management and a Master’s degree in Thermal Engineering from the same university. He also has a doctorate degree in Chemical and Process Engineering from Vienna University of Technology, Austria.
Amauri Rodrigues
Amauri has over 20 years of experience in environmental consulting and engineering, having developed projects in Brazil and Latin America throughout his career. He has conducted hundreds of environmental audits related to company acquisitions, real estate transactions and corporate and regulatory environmental compliance verifications. His strengths include environmental liability assessment and management, pollution source identification, contaminated site investigation, environmental risk assessment, conceptual studies for remedial alternatives, intervention plan development, as well as the construction, operation and monitoring of remedial executive projects. The result of such experience has been the rehabilitation of numerous contaminated sites and their approval by environmental control agencies, creating tangible value to clients. Amauri has also provided strategic consulting services to national and multinational companies pertaining to contaminated site management, pollution prevention and sustainability performance improvement. He holds a graduation degree in Chemical Engineering from Poli/USP.
Maíra Scarance
Maíra is a professional with over 15 years of experience in environmental consulting. She has extensive experience in environmental assessments, rehabilitation of contaminated areas, and technical advice in the management of environmental liabilities with government agencies. She has carried out projects for several sectors of industry and civil construction, working on the identification of pollution sources, the investigation of contaminated areas, the development and application of intervention plans, and the monitoring of intervention measures. She also has experience in environmental licensing and supervision of civil construction projects, geological risk projects, and quality management under the ISO 9001 and ISO 17025 standards. Maíra has a degree in Geology from UNESP, with specializations in Environmental Management and Technologies from Poli / USP, Strategic and Economic Project Management from FGV / SP and Negotiation and Conflict Management from Insper.
Tiago Barbosa
Tiago has 14 years of professional experience in the position of manager and partner in a company that operates on agribusiness distribution sector and in investment management and analysis. In the environment area, he has experience in licensing projects, environmental supervision of civil works and in the preparation of Environmental Impact Assessment - EIA / RIMA. He worked on geological risk mapping projects associated with urban occupations, gas pipelines and road works and in the development of risk analysis studies in mining tailings dams. Tiago has a degree in Geology from UNESP, with specializations in Finance from Insper and in Investment Management from IBMEC / SP.
REFERENCES
Biogas Plants – Carbon Trading
Mexico, Philippines and Brazil
Asset
Biogas recovery and utilization Plants in projects structured under the Clean Development Mechanism of UNFCCC for carbon credit and energy generation.
Role
Support in originating and asset management in assets invested by European private equity fund, while working in asset management arm of UK company.
Real Estate – Sustainable City
Brazil
Asset
Master Plan of a real estate project for a new 4,000 hectare city with a strong focus on sustainability.
Role
Selecting, hiring and overseeing specialized service providers, managing public-agency and other related stakeholders, as well as negotiating with strategic partners for project implementation while working for a Brazilian private group.
Industrial Gases – Renewable CO2
Brazil
Asset
Recovery, purification and liquefaction of a food-grade CO2 Plant from a biofuel production process (ethanol).
Role
Selecting and hiring service providers, as well as managing construction and business operation, while working for a Brazilian private group.
Agribusiness
Brazil
Asset
Sugarcane Mills and plantation fields
Role
Executive role in the management and exit of investments in industrial and agricultural assets while working for a Brazilian private group.
PARTNERS
CARBON MARKETS & CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate Change Ventures is an European integrated financial services firm dedicated to foster the low carbon economy, with activities spanning strategic advisory, investment management and trading. Its mission is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stimulate a low-carbon economy by advising on and investing in green projects. CCV team comprises of senior investment bankers, fund managers and engineers with several decades of experience in the clean energy sector.
For more information, please visit www.ccventures.io.
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SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE & FORESTRY
TLG Management Partners is an investment and asset management firm operating in the agriculture sector in South America. TLG manages direct and indirect investments in prime agricultural farmland assets in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, representing a total of 100,000 ha distributed across 21 properties, 50,000 ha of which operated directly.
For more information, please visit tlg-mp.com.
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