SUSTAINABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY POLICY

Black women are transforming the world through creativity, ancestral knowledge, collective intelligence, and entrepreneurial power. For this reason, this event is committed to a concept of sustainability that goes beyond environmental issues: it is about people, territory, community, and freedom.

Our commitment is to deliver a fair, accessible, regenerative, and respectful event, where caring for people and for the planet go hand in hand. To achieve this, we voluntarily commit to the following frameworks:

  • The UN 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
  • Brazil’s National Climate Change Policy, with actions focused on reducing and offsetting Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions.
  • ISO 20121 Standards, ensuring integrated, transparent, and responsible event management.
  • The National Policy on Business and Human Rights, guaranteeing decent work, non-discrimination, and respect for human dignity throughout the production chain.

What does this mean in practice?

By thinking about health and care beyond temporary solutions, honoring the paths of those who came before us while creating freedom and opportunities for those yet to come, we implement sustainability and accessibility best practices from the very beginning of the Latinidades edition to the final “thank you” at the close of the festival.

More than a document, we deliver a sustainable and accessible event through social, environmental, and economic practices such as:

  • Carbon neutral
  • Zero waste
  • Responsible partnerships
  • Accessible physical structures and content for people with disabilities
  • Care as a political practice
  • Confronting gender-based violence
  • Active representation
  • Black women’s entrepreneurship
  • Transparency in relationships
  • Educational experiences and debates that strengthen the autonomy of Black women

 

Sustainability Pillars

Environmental — toward a low-impact event

  • Carbon neutral: mapping emissions and implementing climate compensation through the purchase of CO2 credits from UN-certified projects, preferably involving initiatives in peripheral or quilombola territories.
  • Toward zero waste: maximum reduction of waste through reusable materials, proper recycling-chain destination in partnership with a local waste-picker cooperative, and composting of organic waste.
  • Responsible partnerships: suppliers and products prioritized according to environmental ethics, circularity, and responsibility criteria.

Social — toward an event that welcomes, cares for, and transforms

  • Accessibility: accessible physical structures and content for people with disabilities, including Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) interpreters, audio description, inclusive signage, and specialized assistance.
  • Care as a political practice: rest, self-care, and breastfeeding spaces available throughout the event.
  • Confronting gender-based violence: trained staff, listening channels, and immediate action protocols in cases of harassment or violence. No form of violence will be tolerated.
  • Active representation: curation and production led primarily by Black women and people committed to anti-racist and anti-ableist practices.

Economic — toward an event that generates and redistributes value

  • Black women’s entrepreneurship: marketplace access spaces composed of businesses led by Black women.
  • Transparency in relationships: fair compensation, clear contracts, and the valuing of labor as the foundation of partnerships.
  • Education and legacy: the event offers educational experiences and debates that strengthen the autonomy of Black women, with a focus on entrepreneurship and social innovation.

Concrete Commitments

  • Map, reduce, and offset 100% of carbon emissions.
  • Guarantee physical and communication accessibility across 100% of the programming.
  • Send no more than 10% of all generated waste to landfill.
  • Map supplier and production hiring profiles in order to define an affirmative policy for gender equity and productive inclusion by 2026.
  • Publish a post-event report with social and environmental indicators.