Highlights of the award went to Localiza&Co, Company of the Year, and Gastromotiva, Social Entrepreneur of the Year
The winners of one of the most traditional awards in the advertising market, the Best and Biggest, from Grupo Exame, were revealed. The delivery ceremony, which was held last Wednesday (13), in a hotel in the south of São Paulo, brought together important names, such as Fernando Haddad, Minister of Finance; Andr Esteves, chairman of BTG Pactual; and Renato Mimica, co-CEO of Grupo Exame, among others.
In total, 17 companies were recognized in 17 different categories. Localiza&Co was elected Company of the Year, and Gastromotiva was named Social Entrepreneur of the Year.
Also winning: SLC Agrcola (Agribusiness), JBS (Food and Beverages), Grupo Mateus (Wholesale and Retail), WEG (Capital Goods and Household Appliances), Compass (Energy), Cimed (Pharmaceutical and Beauty), Votorantim Cimentos (Real Estate and Civil Construction), Arezzo (Fashion and Clothing), Suzano (Paper and Pulp), Prio (Petroleum and Chemical), Aegea (Sanitation and Environment), Dasa (Health and Health Services), Gerdau (Steel, Mining and Metallurgy) , TIM (Technology and Telecommunications) and Localiza&Co (Transport, Logistics and Logistics Services).
Localiza&Co was the only company awarded in two Company of the Year categories and in the Transport, Logistics and Logistics Services category. Eugnio Mattar, founder and chairman of the board of directors of Localiza&Co, highlighted the importance of the work that has been done over the years.
This customer work is what took us from the six Beetles to the almost 600,000 cars we have today, he said. In the company’s DNA, the passion for the customer is the passion for serving. the same passion he has for generating value, he added.
The executive also spoke about the social role that the company also plays. More than generating jobs, it will also have a social purpose. We have the Localiza Institute, which invests in education and entrepreneurship. Corporate citizenship is in our DNA. We want to leave a legacy of a responsible, ethical company, said Mattar.
J Maria Claudia Villaboim Pontes, advisor to Gastromotiva – winner in the Social Entrepreneur of the Year category – took advantage of the thanks to talk about the entity as an opportunity for social investment. Today, as a counselor at Gastromotiva, I ask that you consider Gastromotiva as a social investment, to generate income for the communities, so that you know and trust our governance, she concluded.
