Belinda Carreira is an executive with three decades of experience in Audit, Finance, Banking, Strategy Consulting and ESG/Sustainability. Specialist in developing sustainability strategies for global clients across all sectors.

Belinda founded #SustainableSA in 2019 which is a project now sponsored by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) that provides regular updates on South Africa’s status for achieving each SDG, education, highlights of key actions needed to be taken and relevant tips and tools for reporting.

Before co-founding SustainableDNA, Belinda set up and established the Sustainability Advisory business at Emergent Africa. Belinda won the SAICA Chairman’s Difference Makers Award for Sustainability in 2022.

Belinda has successfully developed sustainability strategies, ESG scorecards and dashboards, and written sustainability reports and training materials for several organisations globally. She has also written several articles, created many podcasts and webinars and frequently gives talks on the topic.

Belinda is a qualified CA(SA); a Certified Climate Competent Board Advisor and has received the following Certificates from MIT:

• Sustainability Strategies and Opportunities for Industry;
• Life Cycle Assessment: Quantifying Environmental Impacts;
• Sustainable Infrastructure Systems: Planning and Operations;
• Circular Economy: Transition for Future Sustainability; and
• Leadership & Innovation.