Nostrum Public Affairs operates at the intersection of sustainable capital markets, trade policy, and EU–Brazil institutional engagement — where the most consequential work between Europe and Latin America happens.
USD 70B in sustainable debt. Less than 5% reaches real estate. Not a supply problem — an evidence problem. Capital that should flow into certified green buildings is stranded because the audited, asset-level proof that credit committees and investment mandates require does not exist. Nostrum Public Affairs operates where capital markets, regulatory frameworks, and political realities collide across Brazil and Europe. We build the evidence frameworks, institutional coalitions, and replicable methodologies that markets and policy makers cannot produce on their own. Registered on the EU Transparency Register, we engage formally with European institutions, development finance bodies, and regulatory frameworks. When we finish, the market is permanently different.
We build the audit-backed evidence architecture that institutions cannot produce alone — designed to withstand scrutiny from credit committees, regulatory bodies, and policy makers simultaneously.
Every deliverable is structured to survive a credit committee, an investment mandate, and a parliamentary hearing. Not to satisfy a brief — to change a market.
Our programmes are designed to leave behind replicable methodologies, not consulting dependencies. When we finish, a standard exists where none did before.
Sustainable capital markets and EU–Brazil trade policy, built together from the ground up.
We build the evidence infrastructure that connects certified green building performance to bankable financial outcomes. Not green-washing advisory — the hard work of generating audited, replicable proof that certified assets outperform, priced in the language of credit committees, capital markets regulators, and investment mandates.
We act as the strategic bridge for institutions navigating the full complexity of EU–Brazil regulatory, trade, and investment engagement. The convergence of EUDR, CBAM, EU Taxonomy, and the EU–Mercosur ratification process has created an inflection point that cannot be navigated by single-domain advisors. Our Brussels registration and EU institutional relationships give clients access to conversations that cannot be bought.
Most institutions approaching EU–Brazil complexity need two things simultaneously: institutional credibility in Brussels and deep operational knowledge on the Brazilian side. Few advisory relationships deliver both from the same team. Nostrum does — because both practices were built together, not assembled.
The provisional application of the EU–Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement on 1 May 2026 — alongside EUDR enforcement, CBAM phased introduction, and EU Taxonomy deployment into emerging markets — has created the most consequential regulatory inflection point in EU–Brazil relations in a generation. Navigating it requires presence, precision, and formal institutional standing on both sides.
The iTA is in provisional application. The European Parliament consent vote is projected for 2028. The window between provisional application and ratification is precisely when the evidence that shapes parliamentary positioning must be produced and placed. We build that evidence architecture and engage at institutional level across the European Parliament's AGRI and INTA committees.
Translating EU deforestation and carbon border adjustment requirements into actionable compliance architecture for Brazilian exporters and their European counterparties. Brazil's Forest Code, CAR registration, and cooperative certification infrastructure represent a foundation that European supply chain due diligence frameworks need to learn to read — not rewrite.
The EU–Brazil agricultural relationship is structurally misread in Brussels. European livestock production depends on Brazilian soy protein without a competitive short-term alternative. Brazilian exporters have Chinese market access and are diversifying. Understanding the dependency structure as it actually is — not as it is assumed to be — is the foundation for credible EU–Brazil agricultural strategy.
The EU Taxonomy cannot operate in markets without Energy Performance Certificates. Brazil has no EPC system. The consequence is a structural lock-out of European Article 9 capital from Brazilian green assets — not because the assets are not green, but because the finance-grade evidence to prove it does not exist. We build the interoperability bridge: a methodology that produces Taxonomy-compatible evidence from certified Brazilian assets, designed for mutual recognition rather than subordination.
EUR 300B in Global Gateway capital has no verified framework for green asset classification outside Europe. IDB, AFD, GCF, IFC, and EIB Advisory are the multilateral axis around which PROVA Brasil's evidence standard is designed to organise. We position Brazilian market infrastructure programmes for engagement with development finance instruments — from technical assistance to concessional lines and blended finance structures.
Every market that prices risk accurately needs a standard. Certified buildings in Brazil outperform their conventional equivalents — lower credit risk, stronger valuation, better debt terms. The market knows this intuitively. It cannot price it, because the audited, asset-level evidence infrastructure to quantify it does not exist. PROVA Brasil corrects that market failure. Phase 1 — built with GBC Brasil and supported by IDB Invest — analysed 1,447 certified projects across 74.7M m², establishing the evidentiary baseline. Phase 2 generates audited, pilot-level micro-evidence from ten to fifteen live projects. The output is not a report. It is a replicable standard: the first finance-grade green building evidence methodology in any emerging market — designed for LatAm replication and EU Taxonomy interoperability from day one.
The convergence of EUDR, CBAM, EU Taxonomy, and the EU–Mercosur ratification process has created an unprecedented regulatory inflection point for Brazilian exporters and European institutions simultaneously. None of these frameworks was designed to read the others — and none can be navigated in isolation. Registered on the EU Transparency Register and operating formally across both continents, Nostrum builds the evidence architectures, stakeholder strategies, and institutional narratives that allow European capital and policy makers to engage with Brazil correctly.
Advisory mandates connecting Brazilian institutions with European development finance, ESG capital frameworks, and bilateral investment flows — from regulatory alignment and instrument structuring to multilateral positioning with IDB, IFC, AFD, GCF, and EIB. The commercial and sustainability case are the same case. That is what makes this infrastructure, not advisory.
The frameworks that reshaped institutional finance — LEED, GRESB, TCFD — were not reports. They were standards that forced the market to organise itself around verified evidence. None of them existed until someone built them. PROVA is building that standard for emerging market green real estate.
USD 70B in sustainable debt. Less than 5% reaches real estate. Not a supply problem — an evidence problem. Capital that should flow is stranded because the audited proof to unlock it does not exist.
The EU Taxonomy gap in emerging markets. EUR 300B in Global Gateway capital with no verification framework. Article 9 funds locked out of Brazilian green real estate. An institutional failure with a structural solution.
Audited, finance-grade evidence from live pilot projects. Independently certified. Replicable across LatAm. Compatible with EU Taxonomy, TSB, and SFDR disclosure requirements from day one.
Brazil as the pilot. LatAm as the next step. The framework globally applicable — and already of interest to DG FISMA, IDB, EIB Advisory, GCF, and European institutional investors.
Four senior practitioners with operational presence on both sides of the Atlantic.
Over 15 years connecting Europe and Latin America across policy, finance, and media. Co-architect of PROVA Brasil and the Casa Toolkit — the evidence framework for green building finance in emerging markets. Registered on the EU Transparency Register. Advisor on EUDR, CBAM, and EU–Mercosur. Speaker curator at WEF.
LinkedIn ↗Twenty years scaling financial institutions across emerging markets. CEO LATAM at Fosun Group (USD 80B), building a platform from zero to BRL 40B AUM in 36 months. EVP at Banco Caixa Geral Brasil — Top 10 Brazil for M&A, Project Finance, and DCM. Five international awards. Leads Brazil–Europe capital markets and institutional partnership strategy.
LinkedIn ↗Former Chief of Staff in the Belgian federal government, with ministerial portfolios spanning energy, economy, and international trade. Career diplomat with postings across Europe. Deep operational knowledge of EU institutional mechanics — Council, Commission, and Parliament — with an extensive network across EP committees, Commission directorates, and member state representations.
LinkedIn ↗Editor-in-chief at Hora H do Agro (Jovem Pan). Founder of Por Dentro do Agro and Arroz, Feijão & Clima. Reported across 20+ outlets in Brazil and the US with deep coverage of Brazilian agribusiness and international agricultural geopolitics. Collaborated with GSCC (UK) and OECD Rural Development. Leads Brazil-side operational intelligence and field programme coordination.
LinkedIn ↗Whether you are a financial institution seeking to unlock emerging market green capital, a developer translating certification into investment-grade outcomes, a European institution or policy maker engaging with Brazil–Europe regulatory complexity, or a company navigating EUDR, CBAM, or EU–Mercosur exposure — we welcome a conversation.