What Proactiva does

Proactiva Results is a São Paulo-headquartered strategic consultancy founded in 2015 by Rafael Benke, former Director at Vale, specializing in ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance), sustainability, and human rights advisory for large multinational corporations operating in Brazil and Latin America. The firm serves enterprise clients across extractives (mining, oil & gas), agribusiness, forestry, energy, infrastructure, telecommunications, and consumer goods, with named customers including BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Kinross Gold, Nexa, Bunge, Norsk Hydro, Telefonica, JTI, and Mondelez. Its revenue model combines custom professional services engagements (HRDD, ESG risk mapping, impact assessments, IFC compliance, implementation support) with two proprietary online self-assessment platforms: Termômetro ESG® for ESG maturity diagnostics and Termômetro de Direitos Humanos® (Termômetro EDH) for human rights due diligence, both aligned to UN Guiding Principles, IFC Performance Standards, OECD Guidelines, and EU CSDDD/CSRD frameworks.

The core technology consists of the two proprietary, trademark-registered online assessment platforms that translate ESG and human rights criteria into standardized parameterized diagnostics, generating instant results for clients. These tools are positioned as scaling mechanisms for due diligence and diagnostic processes, supported by a multidisciplinary consulting team of 11-50 professionals. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales — direct consultative engagement with corporate buyers, delivered through WhatsApp, email, and website contact forms, with regional offices in Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, Belo Horizonte, and Florianópolis supplementing the São Paulo headquarters. Pricing is quote-based and customized per engagement; no public pricing exists for either consulting services or the assessment tools, which require submission of company data and contact with the technical team for full access. The firm appears to operate without external institutional funding, structured as a founder-led private consultancy whose strategic positioning is anchored on founder/leadership credentials (former Vale, UN Foundation, Conservation International), IFC-aligned methodology, and accumulated relationships with multinational clients facing ESG and supply chain due diligence mandates.

Name

Proactiva

Legal name

Proactiva Results

Website

https://proactivaresults.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Proactiva Results is a São Paulo-based strategic consultancy specializing in ESG, sustainability, and human rights due diligence advisory for multinational corporations across mining, agribusiness, energy, and infrastructure sectors in Brazil.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

ESG and Sustainability Consulting

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning (MERL) (BPADAEAB)

Keywords

• ESG consulting services
• Sustainability advisory
• Human rights due diligence
• ESG risk assessment
• Sustainable finance consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

São Paulo

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. ESG and Sustainability Consulting Services: Strategic consulting services in ESG, Human Rights and Sustainability. Includes risk and impact management, practice strengthening, and building resilient businesses. Services span from diagnosis to tangible results with action plans and implementation support.
2. Online Assessment Tools (Termômetro ESG): Access to proprietary online self-assessment platforms for ESG maturity and human rights due diligence. Tools provide instant analysis and results for understanding company adherence to ESG pillars.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Proactiva is a strategic consultancy that helps large corporations diagnose and manage ESG, socio-environmental and human rights risks and impacts, develop customized sustainability strategies, and implement prevention, mitigation and remediation programs. Its offering is delivered in three phases—understanding (due diligence, risk mapping, impact assessment, supply chain and gap analysis), strategy (ESG strategy, prevention/mitigation/remediation plans, engagement and territorial development plans), and materialization (implementation, governance, KPI advisory and training)—supported by two proprietary online self-assessment tools, Termômetro ESG® and Termômetro de Direitos Humanos® (Termômetro EDH).

Product overview

Proactiva Results operates as a strategic ESG and sustainability consultancy offering proprietary assessment tools and specialized services. The core portfolio consists of two main proprietary online platforms: Termômetro ESG® (for ESG maturity assessment) and Termômetro de Empresas e Direitos Humanos® (for human rights due diligence self-assessment). These digital tools provide scale, precision and agility to due diligence and diagnostic processes, generating concrete data for client strategies. Complementing the technology platforms, the company offers a comprehensive suite of consulting services including Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD), ESG risk mapping, human rights impact assessments, sustainability strategy development, IFC standards compliance, and implementation support. The proprietary tools and consulting services work together to deliver diagnostics, customized strategies, and measurable results for clients across sectors including mining, agribusiness, energy, infrastructure, and logistics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Termômetro ESG: Online self-assessment tool that measures and analyzes the degree of adherence to ESG pillars of a company.
• Termômetro de Direitos Humanos (Human Rights Thermometer)

Products and services

• Termômetro ESG® Proprietary web-based self-diagnostic platform that enables corporate clients to assess and benchmark their ESG and sustainability maturity, used as a diagnostic backbone for Proactiva's consulting engagements.
• Termômetro de Direitos Humanos® (Termômetro EDH) Proprietary web-based self-diagnostic platform that enables corporate clients to self-assess and benchmark their human rights maturity, supporting Proactiva's Business and Human Rights consulting work.
• Due Diligence em Direitos Humanos (HRDD) Structured human rights due diligence service that identifies, prevents, and accounts for how companies address actual and potential human rights impacts across their operations and business relationships.
• Mapeamento de Riscos ESG e Socioambientais ESG and socio-environmental risk mapping service that inventories, classifies and prioritizes environmental, social and governance risks across a client's operations, projects and value chain.
• Avaliação de Impacto a Direitos Humanos (HRIA) Human Rights Impact Assessment service that evaluates actual and potential human rights impacts of a company's operations, projects or business relationships, producing findings and recommendations.
• Mapeamento de Cadeia de Suprimentos e Stakeholders Supply chain and stakeholder mapping service that identifies and prioritizes suppliers, communities and other stakeholders relevant to a client's ESG and human rights agenda.
• Análise de Gap de Conformidade ESG e em Direitos Humanos Compliance gap analysis service that benchmarks a client's ESG and human rights practices against international standards (such as IFC Performance Standards, UN Guiding Principles and OECD Guidelines) and identifies remediation needs.
• Estratégia de Sustentabilidade e ESG Customized ESG and sustainability strategy service that designs tailored sustainability agendas, goals, roadmaps and governance models for corporate clients.
• Planos de Prevenção, Mitigação e Reparação Service that designs customized prevention, mitigation and remediation plans to address identified ESG, socio-environmental and human rights risks and impacts.
• Planos de Engajamento e Desenvolvimento Territorial Engagement and territorial development planning service that designs strategies and plans for stakeholder engagement and territorial development in areas of corporate operations.
• Implementação de Programas e Planos de Ação ESG e de Direitos Humanos Implementation support service that helps clients operationalize ESG and human rights programs, action plans and initiatives on the ground.
• Gestão e Governança em ESG e Direitos Humanos Advisory service on ESG and human rights governance and management, including structuring KPIs, processes, committees and management systems.
• Atendimento a Padrões IFC de Desempenho Advisory service supporting clients in aligning projects, operations and disclosures with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability.
• Treinamentos, Capacitações e Programas de Educação Training and capacity-building service delivering workshops, training programs and educational curricula on ESG, sustainability and business and human rights topics for corporate clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivered multiple projects with tangible results across multiple countries
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• IFC (International Finance Corporation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIFC reference in clients/partners section. Proactiva supports clients in meeting IFC Performance Standards requirements, particularly PD3, PD6, and broader ESG standards. Provides guidance on Policies, Procedures, Systems, and Socioenvironmental Management Plans aligned with IFC requirements.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/proactivaresults

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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