Fórum Brasil de Gestão Ambiental

What Fórum Brasil de Gestão Ambiental does

Fórum Brasil de Gestão Ambiental (FBGA) is a private Brazilian sustainability forum and event-platform business founded in 2017 and headquartered in Campinas, São Paulo. The company operates a quadripartite convergence model that convenes four stakeholder pillars — private sector, government, science and academia, and the third sector — for environmental governance and sustainability discussions aligned with the UN 2030 Agenda. Its flagship product is the annual multi-day FBGA Summit (A Cúpula), featuring conferences, technical panels, workshops, business rounds, and an exhibition fair, with the VI FBGA 2027 planned as a 10-year milestone edition projecting 10,000+ attendees, 90+ specialists, and 100+ engaged brands. Supporting products include the Insights & Dados content hub, Ecossistema submission platform, official podcast, Painel de Palestrantes network, Media Partners distribution network, and strategic policy outputs such as the Carta de Holambra prepared for COP 30.

The business model is event-driven and sponsor-monetized: attendance is free for all participants, generating an audience asset that is monetized through paid sponsorship and exhibition tiers (Nacional, Incentivo, Colaboração), plus indirect exposure to media partners and institutional supporters including municipal governments and consortia such as CICAP. Ticketing is processed through the Sympla platform; sponsorship pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is anchored on brand-led attendance, institutional partnerships for regional distribution, and a year-round social and content presence across LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook.

The company is founder-led (William Freitas as Founder and Chief Vision Officer) and operates with a 7-person team. It is produced by WF Inovações and StemCell Group, which also built the FBGA website, indicating a small, founder-controlled operating footprint. The organization has held five editions to date (2017, 2019, 2021 digital, 2023, 2025) and has rotated geographically across Campinas, Serra Negra, and Holambra, with a planned return to Campinas for the 2027 edition. No external funding rounds, equity investors, or material acquisitions are evidenced.

Name

Fórum Brasil de Gestão Ambiental

Legal name

Fórum Brasil de Gestão Ambiental

Website

https://fbga.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

FBGA is a Brazilian sustainability forum founded in 2017 that operates an annual multi-day summit convening the private sector, government, science, and civil society for environmental governance dialogue, monetized through sponsorship, exhibition, and institutional partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainability Events

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

akta.pro primary industry

Climate Policy, Governance & NDC Support (BPADALAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Stakeholder Engagement, Indigenous/Tribal Consultation & Social Impact (SIA) (EUAHAAAH), Climate Finance Strategy (CapEx planning, green finance, incentives & grants) (EUABAKAG)

Keywords

• Environmental management forums
• Sustainability conferences
• ESG events
• Environmental governance
• Sustainability events

Headquarters

HQ city

Campinas

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Sponsorship and Exhibition Fees: The FBGA generates revenue through sponsorship packages and exhibition fees, where organizations pay to exhibit their brands and solutions at the annual summit, gaining visibility and access to the quadripartite audience of leaders from government, private sector, academia, and civil society.
2. Free Attendance Model (Audience Monetization): The event itself is free for attendees, which serves to maximize audience scale and reach. The large, qualified audience is then monetized indirectly through sponsors, exhibitors, and media partners seeking access to this audience.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Fórum Brasil de Gestão Ambiental (FBGA) operates an annual multi-day sustainability summit (A Cúpula) that convenes the quadripartite ecosystem of private sector, government, science/academia, and civil society for environmental governance discussions, alongside an exhibition hall, business rounds, and an open ecosystem platform for project submissions. The VI FBGA 2027 in Campinas is the 10-year milestone edition, featuring 50+ hours of content, 90+ specialists, and 100+ engaged brands. Supporting offerings include the Insights & Dados content portal, the official podcast, and the exhibition/sponsorship program that monetizes the free event.

Product overview

Fórum Brasil de Gestão Ambiental (FBGA) is a quadripartite environmental management forum and ecosystem that operates primarily as an annual summit/conference event. The core offering is the FBGA Summit (A Cúpula), a three-day convergence platform uniting private initiative, public power, science, and civil society to advance environmental governance and sustainability. Supporting products include: Insights & Dados (publications/news portal), Ecossistema (ideas/projects submission platform), Painel de Palestrantes (speaker network), Feira de Exposições (exhibition hall), Apoiadores Institucionais (institutional partners), Media Partners (communications network), Podcast Oficial (audio content), and the Carta de Holambra (policy document for COP 30). The VI FBGA 2027 edition represents the 10-year milestone event featuring +50 hours of content, +90 specialists, and +100 engaged brands.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• FBGA Summit (A Cúpula) The annual multi-day environmental governance summit and conference held in Brazil, uniting private sector, government, science, and civil society for sustainability discussions, technical knowledge diffusion, and cross-sector policy alignment. The VI FBGA 2027 (A Cúpula de Uma Década) is the 10-year milestone edition in Campinas, SP. Attendance is free for all participants.
• Feira de Exposições (Exhibition Hall) Contracted exhibition space within the annual FBGA summit where organizations showcase sustainable solutions, environmental technologies, products, and services to leaders, policymakers, researchers, and executives. Offered as part of the sponsorship and exhibition program (Nacional, Incentivo, Colaboração tiers).
• Ecossistema FBGA Open community ecosystem where participants submit innovative ideas and ongoing projects seeking scale, strategic partnerships, and institutional visibility within the FBGA sustainability network. Projects accepted into the ecosystem gain exposure through the annual summit program.
• Rodadas de Negócios (Business Rounds) Business networking sessions connecting private sector, government, academia, and civil society to facilitate partnerships, agreements, and collaborative projects for sustainable development. Featured as a distinct component of the annual FBGA summit program.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% free event model enabling broad participation
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CICAP – Consórcio Intermunicipal do Circuito das Águas PaulistacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 April 2025CICAP, representing multiple municipalities in São Paulo's interior with strong tourism, agricultural, and environmental vocations, formalized institutional support and active participation in the V FBGA. The partnership aims to leverage collaborative projects, share best practices in environmental management, and position the consortium's municipalities as references in sustainable public policies.
• Prefeitura de Holambra-SPcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 April 2025The Municipality of Holambra formalized institutional support and active participation in the V FBGA, serving as the host city for the event at the Centro de Convenções (Pavilhão Expoflora). The partnership positions Holambra and the Circuito das Águas Paulista as protagonists of the sustainable agenda in Brazil.
• WF InovuçõesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWF Inovuções is one of the two companies that produced the FBGA website (fbga.com.br), indicating a founding or producing partnership in the initiative.
• StemCell GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStemCell Group is one of the two companies that produced the FBGA website (fbga.com.br), indicating a founding or producing partnership in the initiative.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP): Operates a global disclosure system and convenes disclosing companies, cities, and investors—provides an institutional analog for FBGA's NGO/third-sector convening function and Carta de Holambra role.
• WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development): CEO-led international organization convening 200+ companies on sustainability policy—provides the global benchmark for what an institutional sustainability convening platform looks like at scale.
• BSR (Business for Social Responsibility): Global sustainable business network convening companies across sectors with working groups, events, and advisory—operates a much larger version of FBGA's quadripartite model.

Emerging players

• Envision Brazil / Way Carbon Sustainable Summit: Brazilian sustainability/climate companies organizing smaller industry convenings and corporate advisory—competes in the same regional pool of sustainability decision-makers that FBGA targets.

Direct peers

• GreenBiz Group: Operates flagship sustainability events (GreenBiz) and a content/news platform for sustainability executives, mirroring FBGA's combination of summit + Insights & Dados + Podcast.
• Climate Action (Climate Week NYC / London Climate Action Week): Organizer of major free-attendance climate-action summits that monetize through sponsorships and convening—this is the international model FBGA explicitly aims to emulate for Brazil.
• Sustainable Brands: Global sustainability conference and community operator, monetizing large free-attendance summits through sponsorships, exhibitions, and content—directly comparable event model to FBGA.
• CEBDS (Conselho Empresarial Brasileiro para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável): Brazilian business council on sustainable development that convenes private-sector CEOs and produces policy inputs to government—competes for the same quadripartite convening role FBGA occupies.

Regional players

• ICLEI South America: Network of subnational governments (cities, states) advancing sustainability agendas in Latin America—directly comparable to the "Poder Público" pillar FBGA mobilizes through partnerships like CICAP and Prefeitura de Holambra.
• FGVces (FGV Centro de Estudos em Sustentabilidade): Brazilian academic center producing sustainability research, indices, and convenings, anchored at FGV—adjacent comparator for the science-and-academia pillar of FBGA's ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/forumbrasildegestaoambiental
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fbga
• Instagraminstagram.com/fbga.oficial

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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