Investimento com propósito: a captação de recursos no mercado de capitais realizada por cooperativas agrícolas ligadas ao Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra

Abstract

The ESG (Enviromental, Social and Governance) agenda, brought to light the need to measure the impact of the actions of companies and individuals on society and the planet. A more mature and critical society demands the preservation of the environment, more equality and transparency in the relationships between companies and their stakeholders. The figure of the purposeful investor is emerging, who aims for profit, but also wants to see their assets being used to generate an effective impact on society, in the construction of a better planet and a more prosperous future. And it was in this context that an operation considered revolutionary took place in the capital market at the end of 2021: seven cooperatives linked to the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) went to the stock exchange and raised R$ 17.5 million for investment in family farming, benefiting 13 thousand families. The objective of this work is to verify how the capture carried out by the cooperatives linked to the MST took place. The methodology adopted was national and international bibliographic research on the subject of investing with purpose, ESG and capital markets, as well as research on websites of highly reliable sources, seeking references, concepts, existing legal instruments and related to the theme. The final result shows that the capital market can be a great ally of the MST in the development of family agriculture.