Instituto Escolhas

Name

Instituto Escolhas

Legal name

Instituto Escolhas

Website

https://escolhas.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainability Policy Research Services

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

ESG, Sustainability & Impact Research (BPAHALAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Economic Research, Statistics & Policy Advisory (BPADAMAJ), Sustainability & ESG Consulting (BPAHACAK)

Keywords

• Sustainable development research
• Environmental policy analysis
• Socio-environmental economics
• Sustainability think tank
• Public policy research

Headquarters

HQ city

São Paulo

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Instituto Escolhas is a nonprofit research institute that develops original studies and analyses on fundamental themes for sustainable development, including mining, land use, food systems, bioeconomy, and environmental taxation. It provides data-driven research and technical subsidies to inform public policy, operates a postgraduate fellowship program in economics and environment, and publishes tools such as an interactive urban agriculture mapping platform for Belém and a monthly newsletter.

Product overview

Instituto Escolhas is a research institute that develops studies and analyses on fundamental topics for sustainable development, bringing unprecedented data and innovative approaches to major socioenvironmental challenges. The organization operates as a unified research and publication platform focused on socioenvironmental economics. Its core offerings include research publications covering themes such as Mining, Land Use, Food Systems, Bioeconomy, and Taxation and Environment; the Escolhas Fellowship scholarship program for postgraduate economics students focused on environmental challenges; and interactive tools like the Urban Agriculture mapping platform for Belém. The institute also provides technical subsidies for public policy development and publishes a monthly newsletter. All offerings are research-oriented rather than commercial software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Studies and Publications Research studies and analyses on fundamental topics for sustainable development, providing unprecedented data and innovative approaches to major socioenvironmental challenges. Publications cover themes including Mining, Land Use, Food Systems, Bioeconomy, and Taxation and Environment. Targeted at government bodies, academic institutions, and civil society.
• Escolhas Fellowship of Economics and Environment (Cátedra Escolhas) The only scholarship program in Brazil for postgraduate students in economic sciences studying socio-economic development and its relations with the environment. Currently exclusive for researchers from Legal Amazonia with priority for Indigenous and Afro-descendants at the beginning of their master's degree studies.
• Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture Interactive Map for Belém Interactive mapping tool analyzing the challenges and potential of urban and peri-urban agriculture in Belém. Features georeferenced data on agricultural establishments, production areas, food commercialization, and policy recommendations for sustainable food systems. Identified 1,170 hectares of potential spaces for urban agriculture.
• Policy Recommendations and Technical Subsidies Technical subsidies and policy recommendations provided to government bodies for legislation development, including contributions to bills on herbal medicines (PL 1250/2026, PL 1251/2026, PL 1454/2026, PL 168/2026) and the Municipal Urban Agriculture Policy for Belém. Mapped 514 regularization processes for 343 phytotherapeutic products in Brazil.
• Monthly Newsletter (Boletim Escolhas) Monthly newsletter providing exclusive interviews and updates on studies and publications, delivered via email subscription to the general public and stakeholders.

Quantifiable outcome

• Study on ATER (Technical Assistance and Rural Extension) identified 92 federal laws mentioning ATER as implementation tool
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• IPPUC (Instituto de Pesquisa e Planejamento Urbano de Curitiba)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Partnership for the study 'Os caminhos da comida: o papel do planejamento urbano na transformação do sistema alimentar' analyzing data from Curitiba Metropolitan Region and Litoral Paranaense. IPPUC contributed local expertise and data on urban planning.
• SMSAN Curitiba (Secretaria Municipal de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Municipal secretariat collaborated on the urban food systems study, providing data and policy insights from Curitiba's food security programs.
• Prefeitura de BelémcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2021Termo de Cooperação signed in November 2021 for development of studies and analyses on Belém's food system and urban agriculture potential.
• Cátedra Josué de Castro do Nupens/USPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for urban agriculture research in Curitiba, Recife, and Rio de Janeiro, providing academic expertise in food and nutrition systems.
• Prefeituras de Curitiba, Recife e Rio de JaneirocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal partnerships for the study on how the Federal Government can support urban food production, with each city providing local data and policy context.
• Instituto FoliocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on the study 'Brasil como líder mundial em produção de soja: até quando e a que custo?' providing research partnership on agricultural sustainability.
• Cátedra Josué de Castro (Discipline of Healthy and Sustainable Nutrition Systems - Faculty of Public Health/USP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on policy brief regarding promotion of health and food production in cities, providing research on health and food consumption in Brazilian capitals.
• Embrapa (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch institution referenced for technical data and methodologies in agricultural studies, particularly in Belém agricultural research.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Instituto Ethos: Brazilian nonprofit focused on corporate sustainability and ESG practices. Comparable as a Brazil-based sustainability research and advocacy organization engaging government and private sector stakeholders.
• WWF-Brasil: Brazilian arm of WWF, combining conservation work with research and policy analysis on socio-environmental issues. Comparable as a Brazilian sustainability research and advocacy organization influencing public policy.
• World Resources Institute Brasil (WRI Brasil): Brazilian branch of WRI, a sustainability-focused research organization that produces data-driven analysis on environment and development. Directly comparable as a Brazilian socio-environmental research institute producing policy-relevant studies for government and civil society.
• Instituto Socioambiental (ISA): Brazilian nonprofit that produces socio-environmental research, policy analysis, and advocacy on Amazonia, land use, and indigenous rights. Highly comparable in mission, geographic focus, and policy-influencing research output.
• Conselho Empresarial Brasileiro para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável (CEBDS): Brazilian business council advancing sustainable development and ESG policy. Comparable as a Brazil-based organization producing research and policy recommendations on sustainability for government and corporate stakeholders.
• Climate Policy Initiative (CPI): International sustainability and climate policy research organization with operations in Brazil and Latin America. Comparable as a research and policy analysis organization producing data-driven work on sustainable development.

Broad incumbents

• Global Reporting Initiative (GRI): International organization providing sustainability reporting standards used globally and applied in Brazil. Comparable as a global sustainability research and standard-setting organization with Brazilian relevance, though operating on a different functional angle (standards-setting rather than Brazilian socio-environmental economics).
• IPEA (Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada): Brazilian government-linked economic research institute producing policy analysis. Comparable as a Brazilian producer of economic research supporting public policy formulation, though much larger and government-affiliated.
• Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV): Major Brazilian research and education institution with broad programs including economics and sustainability. Comparable as a large Brazilian research institution producing economic and policy analysis, though operating across a much wider portfolio than Instituto Escolhas.

Emerging players

• Observatório do Clima: Brazilian civil society network producing climate and sustainability data and policy analysis. Comparable as a Brazilian sustainability research network influencing climate policy, though structured as a coalition rather than a research institute.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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