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ROBERTO SALLOUTI

BANCO BTG PACTUAL
CEO of Leading Institution in Responsible Investment – Brazil

1. How the responsible investment issues are formally addressed in your role as CEO?

As CEO of one of the biggest investment bank in Latin American I have the responsibility to offer high quality products and solutions to our clients and bring better returns than other competitors. Responsible investment is part of this, as our belief is that integrating ESG (environmental, social and governance) factors into decision making process we are checking a broad range of risks and opportunities that otherwise might impact our investments returns. To reinforce our commitment to responsible investment, BTG Pactual joined Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI), the biggest initiative related to responsible investment coordinated by United Nations and hired ESG specialists to internally run this agenda. As a result, in 1st quarter BTG Pactual was listed on FTSE4Good Emerging Marketing Index, which is designed to measure the performance of companies demonstrating strong Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practices.

2. Indicate which of the following three areas of the responsible investment of your invested portfolio, in your opinion, is the most important

Corporate governance

3. In your role as CEO, could you describe in particular a project that has led and highlighted by its positive impact, whether in the Environmental, Social or Corporate Governance (ASG) in the last 12 months?.

BTG Pactual figures in the list of biggest forest managers in the world. Our Timberland Investment Group (TIG) manages over 1.8 million acres of timberland investment properties diversified across four continents, representing assets and commitments of nearly US$ 3.0 billion. This year we release our first ESG TIG Report with our experience so far and our KPIs across responsible investment in this specific investment strategy. The report shows that almost 90% of forest managed by us is under a well-recognized certification, as FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) and SFI (Sustainable Forestry Initiative), this demonstrates our unconditional commitment to long-term ambition and to market best practices on environmental, social and governance issues.

4. Please indicate how you will lead in the next 12 months, from the identification of the risks and opportunities of Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ASG) factors, the measurement of the corporate sustainability performance of the companies included in your investment portfolio.

In the next 12 months I expect to foster ESG agenda and give more transparency on all programs and procedures we have been implementing concerning responsible investment and ESG integration. Also, in Latin America we still have lack of ESG information published by companies, so we will engage more on this agenda, looking for more consistent reports to better evaluate our risk and opportunities.
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