Riviera de São Lourenço stands out for its success in promoting development with environmental responsibility. Here are some testimonials received:

"Riviera de São Lourenço shows in practice that it is perfectly possible to reconcile the interests of progress with respect for nature."

Pierre Dansereau, PhD in Science from the University of Geneva, professor of Botany and Ecology at the University of Quebec. (August, 1990)

"Riviera de São Lourenço's sanitation system is the best along the whole of this coast. The developers’ concern with the expansion of the system is praiseworthy because they are endowing the development with a treatment capacity which is always ahead of its level of occupation, whereas in most other developments sanitation work always lags behind demand."

Professor Carlos Lopes, engineer, PhD in Public Health, University of São Paulo, consultant in sanitation.

"The major challenge for Bertioga is to combine development with environmental conservation. By raising ecological awareness in children, Sobloco is setting an example of true respect for nature, in the form of Riviera de São Lourenço, through its organisation, planning and infrastructure integrated with nature."

Luiz Carlos Rachid, Mayor of Bertioga - 1998

"What we hope is that the example of Riviera de São Lourenço will be followed, as it has become a reference and deserves the recognition of us all. "

Miguel Seiad Bichir, Bertioga councillor (July 1997)

"Examples such as Riviera will certainly lead to a balance in basic sanitation, ensuring a better quality of life for future generations."

João Paulo Papa, Chief Engineer of Sabesp for the Santos coast (January 1995)

"I congratulate Sobloco on their courage and initiative in complying with the laws and doing the right thing in a country where wrong attitudes prevail "