Understanding the relationship between the climate crisis and housing in Brazil
Every year, environmental disasters gain prominence in the news and the tragic stories of people who have lost their homes in floods are repeated. This scenario highlights the sustainable development challenges facing cities and makes it clear how the climate crisis is worsening housing conditions in Brazil. Talking about this [...]
Health education: understand its importance for sustainable development
One of the pillars for building a sustainable city is the quality of its water, and how that water is cared for throughout its entire cycle. Everything is connected - the water that cuts through the urban space in rivers and small streams, the water that comes out of the tap treated and used for our [...]
What is social washing and how to avoid making the mistake
A profound transformation has been influencing the corporate agenda in recent years. With the advance of discussions around the private sector's responsibility towards people and the environment, companies need to incorporate a responsible position on ESG - an acronym that encompasses environmental, social and corporate governance aspects - into their actions. In [...]
Diagonal: 33 years of transformation.
June is a very special month for Diagonal, as on June 28 we celebrate another year of history. Diagonal was founded in 1990 in Recife with the aim of transforming lives through social change and the sustainable development of territories. Throughout this journey, despite the challenges faced, we have had countless achievements that [...]
Corporate Social Responsibility: 5 concepts to put CSR into practice
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a subject that is gaining more and more importance within business strategies, especially after ESG practices, which consider the social and environmental impact of organizations, became a new parameter of corporate governance. The second sector has great potential for transforming society and, [...]
1st Social Urbanism Meeting: Brazilian cities in perspective
The First Brazilian Meeting of Social Urbanism - Brazilian Cities in Perspective, organized by the Brazilian Network of Social Urbanism and ARIES - Recife Agency for Innovation and Strategy, was held in Recife from May 9 to 12. Diagonal was one of the sponsors of the initiative, which aimed to disseminate the concept of Social Urbanism [...]
Impacts of the rains in Brazil: How the climate crisis affects populations in risk areas
In February 2023, the municipality of São Sebastião, on the north coast of São Paulo, experienced a tragedy as a result of heavy rains that reached 640mm in 24 hours and caused landslides and a lot of suffering. In addition to the rain, the complicating factor was that many families were in high-risk areas and had no [...]
1st Brazilian Social Urbanism Meeting to be attended by Diagonal
From May 9 to 12, the city of Recife will host the First Brazilian Meeting of Social Urbanism. With the theme "Brazilian cities in perspective", the event will be attended by specialists in social urbanism from various regions of Brazil and Latin America, grassroots leaders, public managers, professionals from third-party organizations [...]
Diagonal and Insper's Arq.Futuro de Cidades launch Social Urbanism Guide
Download Diagonal and Insper are proud to announce the launch of the Social Urbanism Guide, a non-academic manual that aims to support leaders from vulnerable territories and public managers to build more inclusive cities, promoting the requalification of these territories in an integrated, continuous and transformative way. The Guide is an initiative of [...]
New Pinheiros River: a case of the union between social work and engineering design
The Novo Rio Pinheiros program is a sanitation initiative aimed at improving the water quality of this iconic river in the city of São Paulo and the health and living conditions of the population that occupies its basin. The Pinheiros River is 25 km long and collects water from a basin of 271 [...]
