PREVENT seleciona o Hub de ação circular para grande projeto internacional de economia circular
A PREVENT Waste Alliance, uma coalizão envolvendo mundialmente setor privado, universidades, sociedade civil e instituições públicas, selecionou o Hub de Ação Circular como uma de suas oito soluções- piloto globais inovadoras e sustentáveis que contribuem para uma economia circular em países de baixa e média renda. Pedro Moura Costa, Diretor da BVRio e membro do […]
CCM GUIDANCE NOTE 2: ADDITIONALITY
ADDITIONALITY: GOING BEYOND BUSINESS AS USUAL Though highly technical, the concept of additionality is key when it comes to safe guarding the environmental integrity of projects; its definition is rather simple to begin with: The requirement of additionality ensures that a project’s positive environmental impacts are additional compared to the impact in the absence of […]
Tetra Pak call for suppliers of 25,000 tonnes/year of used beverage cartons in India and Vietnam
Published on 01/12/2020 हिंदी Tiếng Việt The Circular Action Hub is issuing a call for suppliers of 10,000 tonnes/year of used beverage carton in India, and 15,000 tonnes/year of used beverage carton in Vietnam, on behalf of Tetra Pak. Suppliers may include waste picker associations, cooperatives, aggregators and waste management companies. Offers sent by prospective […]
We can win the war on plastic if we marshal the power of finance & markets
In an article for Reuters Events – Sustainable business, BVRio and Circular Action Hub Director Pedro Moura Costa, argues that the Hub and the Circular Credits Mechanism have the potential to stem the tide of plastic waste, as they create the first global marketplace for the circular economy. Our world is inundated by a rising […]
O Fórum Econômico Mundial faz parceria com o Hub de Ação Circular
Nova parceria foca no avanço da economia circular através da inovação e das relações intersetoriais. O Fórum Econômico Mundial (WEF) e o Hub de Ação Circular (CAH) da BVRio estão colaborando para avançar o apoio à inovação circular em todo o mundo. A iniciativa da Scale360° do Fórum cria a tão necessária conectividade entre uma […]
PEDRO MOURA COSTA ELECTED NEW REPRESENTATIVE TO THE PREVENT WASTE ALLIANCE STEERING COMMITTEE
Rio de Janeiro, 5 August 2020 – Pedro Moura Costa, BVRio’s co-Director, was elected as new representative of the civil society stakeholder group in the PREVENT Waste Alliance steering committee. The 15 civil society members of the Alliance elected him to his new position in July 2020. From 15 August 2020 he will represent their […]
Circular Guidance note 1.2: No free riding
The Principle of No Free Riding complements that of No Double Counting (summary); both form part of Circular Guidance Note 1 (Full Note); both Principles safeguard the environmental and social integrity of the Circular Credits Mechanism and of the waste management systems of its users. No Free Riding has fairness at its heart: The Circular […]
CAN CIRCULAR CREDITS HELP CITIES DEAL WITH WASTE?
Waste management is expensive business for municipalities around the world. This is especially true in low- and middle-income countries, where up to 20% of municipal budgets goes to waste collection. However, even though waste collection is frequently the biggest item in these budgets, it still remains chronically under-funded. The cost to governments to be able […]
CIRCULAR GUIDANCE NOTE 1: NO DOUBLE COUNTING
OUR APPROACH: LEARNING BY DOING The Circular Credits Mechanism (CCM) is guided by a set of Principles & Criteria to ensure the environmental and social integrity of the credits issued and the waste management systems of its users. Underpinning our approach is the principle of ‘learning by doing’. And that is because we recognise that […]
Destaque de Projeto: Myanmar Recycles
O projeto ‘Myanmar Recycles’ foi recentemente selecionado como um dos oito Projetos-Piloto 3R que testarão o Standard de Plástico desenvolvido pela VERRA em nome da Iniciativa 3R. A proposta vencedora foi logo identificada pela imprensa local em Mianmar e destacada neste artigo publicado no The Myanmar Times. Em Mianmar, assim como em muitos outros países […]
