BVRio (Bolsa Verde do Rio de Janeiro – Environmental Exchange of Rio de Janeiro) was originally created with the objective of developing market mechanisms to facilitate compliance with Brazilian environmental laws. The models and approaches developed there have now been adapted to develop market mechanisms, economic tools, and support the development and implementation of environmental initiatives and markets in different countries and regions worldwide.
Our vision is to deliver positive impacts for the economy, environment and people through our work focusing on:
Promoting the trading of legal or certified timber, and agricultural commodities creating transparency, efficiency, and liquidity to this market.
Transparently and sustainably increasing the value of solid waste in support of the circular economy, its informal workers and consumer goods companies.
Supporting climate friendly approaches and the bioeconomy, through policy contributions and green finance.
We want to achieve measurable impact with the work that we do, across three key areas:
The Responsible Commodities Facility (RCF) is an initiative to promote the production and trading of responsible soy and corn in Brazil, by creating a financially sustainable vehicle to provide incentives to farmers and help meet the growing international demand for zero-deforestation supply chains.
PlanaFlor is a National Plan for the Implementation of the Brazilian Forest Code, conceptualised by BVRio and currently under elaboration by a consortium of organisations.
Recognising the importance of the conservation and restoration obligations of the Forest Code, BVRio and partners created SIMFlor - a programme to provide financial support to landowners to conserve existing native vegetation in their land.
The home of BVRio global waste footprint solutions, the Hub incorporates a directory of waste management projects and activities looking for support from companies and investors willing to fund, accelerate and strengthen a more effective and socially-responsible circular economy.
Celebrating 10 years supporting the green economy
We have completed our first decade of operation, and in this, our 11th year, we’re celebrating our success and looking back at the difference we have made with the help of our partners.
A Decade of InnovationSupport BVRio to deliver its mission to design and promote innovative market-based solutions for the benefit of the economy, the environment and people.
We cannot achieve our mission alone. In order to deliver lasting and positive impact for the economy, the environment and people, BVRio is seeking funding and delivery partners to join with us.
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In the last 6 months, fishers from Ilha do Governador in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, have removed 3.6 tonnes of plastic and rubber shoes from the sea and the mangroves of Guanabara Bay.
The Circular Action team showcased how Circular Action Programmes (CAPs) can help companies and countries without EPR regulations achieve their waste collection targets together.
The development of a new due diligence system for imports of Brazilian Soy into the UK and EU is underway.
Read how fishers are pulling out sofas bogged down in the mangroves of Guanabara Bay, in Rio, in this second closer look at our ongoing 'Fishing for litter' project.
Today, on Amazon Day, we are pleased to announce that the AmazoniAtiva platform will be taken forward by a new organisation.
Often deemed hard to recycle, beverage cartons are the focus of a new initiative run by Circular Action, a BVRio group company, in partnership with Tetra Pak and Packaging Recycling Organisation Vietn
Since April this year, the second phase of our 'Fishing for litter' project has been supporting 25 families from Ilha do Governador, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to remove waste from Guanabara Bay.
In June, BVRio completed an 18-month-long pilot project benefitting 10 Brazilian waste picker cooperatives and a Mexican network of collectors through the issuance of circular credits.
BVRio has endorsed a plan by Rio de Janeiro’s Forest Forum presented to the candidates for State government in this year’s elections.
BVRio is coordinating the independent Environmental Committee of the Responsible Commodities Facility (RCF) made up of the biggest names in global conservation efforts.
The project PlanaFlor, which draws a strategic plan for the implementation of the Brazilian Forest Code, has held the first of a series of workshops with stakeholders.
The event Forest Code +10, organised by the Forest Code Observatory (OCF) between May 23 and June 2, marked the tenth anniversary of the law protecting native vegetation in Brazil.
