ESG and socio-environmental consulting for infrastructure and urban development
Diagonal is a Brazil-based socio-environmental consultancy built around social impact delivery—their project mix spans social housing, sewer infrastructure, urban interventions, and post-construction compliance across São Paulo. The tech stack is pragmatic (Office, ArcGIS, QGIS for field work; Python/PostgreSQL/Spark for data pipelines) but skews heavy on geospatial and data tools, reflecting operational complexity in managing large-scale urban and sanitation projects. Hiring velocity is accelerating across social, data, and engineering roles, suggesting scaling of delivery capacity and internal process improvement (they're actively optimizing recruitment and data collection workflows).
Diagonal advises companies, organizations, and government bodies on ESG standards, socio-environmental impact, and sustainability. Founded in 1990 and based in São Paulo, the firm operates across social and land-rights management, sanitation infrastructure, city governance, and responsible-business practices. Their delivery model combines field assessment (social housing diagnostics, sewer network design, urban intervention scoping) with technical implementation and post-project compliance. The 501–1,000-person organization is entirely Brazil-based and operates as a private consultancy.
Core tools: Microsoft Office suite, ArcGIS, QGIS (geospatial), Python, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Spark, Hadoop, Kafka (data), AWS/GCP/Azure (cloud), Power BI (analytics), DocSign (workflows), Dynamics 365 (CRM).
Social housing delivery, sewer/sanitation infrastructure (condominial networks, hydraulic design), urban interventions, post-construction inspections, recruitment process optimization, and data collection systems.
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