BM&FBOVESPA announces the second preview for the Ibovespa theoretical portfolio, which will be valid for the period of January to April, 2012. The Exchange also announces the previews of the other indexes.
Every year the Exchange donates part of the profits that result from one equity trading session to all of the NGOs listed on BVS&A, the Environmental & Social Investment Exchange. The day selected in 2011 was December 13. We are delighted to inform you that with this donation we ended the year completing the funding of all socio-environmental projects listed on BVS&A.
In 2012, BVS&A will be more modern with new functionalities and projects accredited to receive your investment.
The BVS&A was created in 2003 and is a globally pioneering program that draws inspiration from the operating model of a stock exchange. It functions as an environment that combines socio-environmental investors (the public interested in contributing towards educational improvements and to the environment in Brazil) with socio-environmental actions, which are projects that require financial resources to meet their objectives.
Unesco recognizes BVS&A as a globally pioneering project and it has been adopted as a Case Study by the UN Global Compact Office. It was also used as a model in South Africa in 2006 and Portugal in 2009.
This is another Exchange initiative that promotes market involvement in qualified social investment programs.