Mendes Gonçalves House Project

Casa Mendes Gonçalves' Social Bonds project consists of issuing 2.5 million euros in five-year social bonds, in a private debt offering fully underwritten by CaixaBI and listed on Euronext Access Lisbon. Other project partners include the Aga Khan Network for Development in the area of hosting people/refugees, as well as KPMG, which provided a "Limited Assurance Report" on the Social Bond Framework.

The aim is to finance affordable housing for the company's employees, especially those in vulnerable situations, young people in their first job or people who have returned to Portugal. The funds were invested in the purchase, rehabilitation and adaptation of housing in Golegã and the surrounding region, ensuring decent and affordable housing. By January 2025, the planned 2.5 million euros had been invested, enabling the purchase of 32 homes, 24 of which have been rehabilitated and 19 of which have already been occupied, benefiting 81 people.

Carlos Mendes Gonçalves, sole shareholder of Casa Mendes Gonçalves, has begun the process of donating all of his available shares to the Mendes Gonçalves Foundation, which he founded and publicly launched in April 2025. The Mendes Gonçalves Foundation will be the owner of Casa Mendes Gonçalves and will ensure the continuity and continuity of the company, as well as its impact on the community by fulfilling the will of the Founder expressed in the Foundation's mission, values and purpose.