The gap between what Brazil produces and what European institutions can verify is not a question of standards. It is a question of evidence architecture. Brazilian markets — in agriculture, in real estate, in regulated supply chains — operate at a level of rigour that European capital and policy frameworks were simply not designed to read. Nostrum builds the translation layer that changes this.
Nostrum Public Affairs operates at the intersection of sustainable capital markets, trade policy, and cross-continental regulatory strategy. Our work is not advisory in the conventional sense — we build the evidence frameworks, institutional partnerships, and replicable methodologies that markets and policy makers cannot produce on their own.
Working across Brazil and Europe, we bring institutional credibility to initiatives that require both deep technical expertise and sophisticated stakeholder engagement at the highest levels. Registered on the EU Transparency Register, we engage formally with European institutions, development finance bodies, and regulatory frameworks.
We build the evidence architecture that institutions cannot produce alone — audit-backed, standardised, and designed to withstand scrutiny from credit committees, regulatory bodies, and policy makers simultaneously.
Every deliverable is designed to withstand scrutiny from credit committees, investment mandates, and regulatory frameworks simultaneously — not just to satisfy a client brief.
Our programs are designed to leave behind replicable standards, not consulting dependencies. When we finish, the market is permanently different — not temporarily better-informed.
We build the evidence infrastructure that connects certified green building performance to bankable financial outcomes. This is not green-washing advisory — it is the hard work of generating audited, replicable proof that certified assets outperform, priced in the language of credit committees and investment mandates.
We act as the strategic bridge for institutions and companies navigating regulatory environments, building partnerships, and deploying capital across Brazil and the European Union. Our Brussels registration and EU institutional relationships — across DG AGRI, DG FISMA, DG INTPA, the European Parliament AGRI and INTA committees, EIB, and development finance bodies — give our clients access to conversations that cannot be bought.
Most institutions approaching Brazil–Europe complexity need two things simultaneously: institutional credibility in Brussels and deep operational knowledge on the Brazilian side. Few advisory relationships offer both. Nostrum does — because both practices were built together, not assembled.
Registered on the EU Transparency Register and operating formally across both continents, we build the evidence architectures that allow European capital and policy makers to read Brazil correctly — across trade negotiations, regulatory frameworks, and investment mandates.
Strategic navigation of the ratification process — evidence frameworks, institutional positioning, and stakeholder engagement across the European Parliament and Council.
Translating European deforestation and carbon border adjustment requirements into actionable compliance architecture for Brazilian exporters and their European counterparties.
Bridging the classification gap that locks European Article 8 and 9 capital out of Brazilian green assets — through verified, Taxonomy-compatible evidence frameworks.
Positioning Brazilian projects for engagement with EIB, IDB, AFD and the EUR 300B Global Gateway framework — at the intersection of DG INTPA and emerging market capital deployment.
Formal engagement with European Parliament committees, Commission directorates, and regulatory bodies — executed with institutional credibility grounded in the EU Transparency Register.
The problem was this: no financial institution in Brazil could price a green building premium with audited confidence. Certified buildings were outperforming their conventional equivalents — faster sales, stronger yields, lower default risk — but the evidence was anecdotal, fragmented, and unconvincing to credit committees. Capital that should have flowed didn't.
In partnership with GBC Brasil, we built the Casa Toolkit — the first systematic, finance-grade evidence framework for green buildings in a major emerging market. We analysed 1,447 certified projects across 74.7M m², not to produce a report, but to produce the evidentiary foundation for a new class of financial instrument. The findings were unambiguous: 0–10% CAPEX uplift unlocks 5–10% sales premiums, 25–40bps cheaper debt, and two months faster absorption.
The current program goes further. It is generating audited, pilot-level micro-evidence from live projects — the kind of data that rewrites underwriting policy, not just informs it. The goal: unlock USD 7–10B in certified real estate capital by 2032, and build a methodology replicable across Latin America and beyond.
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, Nostrum acts as the strategic interface between Brazilian market reality and European institutional process — building evidence architectures, positioning institutional narratives, and engaging formally with European Parliament committees and Commission directorates. Active mandates cover agribusiness, construction, and financial services sectors.
Ongoing advisory mandates connecting Brazilian institutions with European development finance, ESG capital frameworks, and bilateral investment flows — from regulatory alignment to instrument structuring.
The frameworks that reshaped institutional finance — LEED, GRESB, TCFD — were not reports. They were standards that forced the market to organize itself around verified evidence. None of them existed until someone built them.
The EU Taxonomy cannot operate in markets without Energy Performance Certificates. Global Gateway has EUR 300B to deploy in emerging markets and no verified framework for green asset classification outside Europe. European Article 9 funds are legally required to prove sustainability claims on every portfolio asset — but Brazilian green real estate is effectively uninvestable for them today, not because the assets are not green, but because the finance-grade evidence to prove it does not exist.
We are building that evidence. Audited. Replicable. Taxonomy-compatible. Designed to become the reference methodology for green building finance in emerging markets globally.
USD 70B in sustainable debt. Less than 5% reaches real estate. Not a supply problem — an evidence problem.
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.
Audited, finance-grade evidence from live pilot projects. Replicable across LatAm. Compatible with EU Taxonomy, TSB, and SFDR disclosure requirements.
Brazil as the pilot. LatAm as the next step. The framework globally applicable — and already of interest to DG FISMA, IDB, EIB, and European institutional investors.
Identify structural market gaps where capital misallocation meets policy misalignment — pinpointing where intervention creates maximum systemic leverage.
Build audit-backed, finance-grade evidence that transforms market theses into bankable instruments — the connective tissue between technical performance and capital allocation.
Design stakeholder architectures that speak each actor's financial language simultaneously — from credit committees and investment mandates to regulatory frameworks and policy makers.
Convert proven methodologies into replicable standards — leveraging institutional networks to transform single-market pilots into regional frameworks with lasting systemic impact.
Over 15 years, Yasmina has connected Europe and Latin America — shaping policy, placing brands in tier-1 media, and quantifying the business upside of sustainability for governments, developers, and financial institutions. Co-author of the GBC Brasil Casa Toolkit, she led the analysis of 1,447 certified projects across 74.7M m², producing the financial evidence framework that links green building performance to bankable outcomes.
Registered on the EU Transparency Register, she has advised clients on EUDR, CBAM and EU-Mercosur negotiations. Exclusive commercial representative for Euronews in Brazil. Brokered the Caixin × Folha de S. Paulo partnership. Speaker curator for CEOs and policy makers at WEF and international forums.
LinkedIn ProfileDiogo brings over 20 years of experience scaling financial institutions across emerging markets. As CEO LATAM for Fosun Group (USD 80B global), he built a platform from zero to USD 40B AUM/AUC in 36 months, delivered 150% revenue growth, and closed the majority acquisition of Rio Bravo Asset Management — Brazil's leading independent asset manager. As EVP at Banco Caixa Geral Brasil, he built a 160-person wholesale banking platform ranked Top 10 in Brazil for M&A, Project Finance, and DCM, winning five international awards (Euromoney ×3, PFI/Thomson Reuters ×2).
At Nostrum, he leads the Brazil–Europe advisory practice and institutional partnership strategy, including the GBC Brasil program on carbon markets and ESG-linked financial instruments.
LinkedIn ProfileGregory Mathieu brings over two decades of Belgian governmental and European institutional experience to Nostrum's Brussels operations. As former Chief of Staff in the Belgian federal government — with ministerial portfolios spanning energy, economy and international trade — he operated at the core of Belgium's EU engagement, including direct involvement in Council and Commission-level policy processes. A career diplomat with postings across Europe, he combines deep knowledge of EU institutional mechanics with an extensive network spanning the European Parliament, Commission directorates, and member state representations.
At Nostrum, he leads European institutional engagement, the EU-facing dimension of our Brazil–Europe programs, and formal advocacy registered under the EU Transparency Register.
LinkedIn ProfileMariana Grilli brings rare editorial and strategic intelligence from the heart of Brazilian agribusiness. Editor-in-chief and presenter at Hora H do Agro (Jovem Pan), founder of the newsletter Por Dentro do Agro and the channel Arroz, Feijão & Clima, she has reported across 20+ outlets in Brazil and the United States, with extensive experience in international agricultural coverage.
Mariana has collaborated with the Global Strategic Communication Council (GSCC, UK) and was invited by the OECD Rural Development team to contribute to strategic communications initiatives. At Nostrum, she leads Brazil-side operational intelligence, field programme coordination, and the agricultural media strategy that underpins our evidence-based programs.
LinkedIn ProfileWhether 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.