Category: News

New research demonstrates climate benefits of rainforest protection and restoration

Researchers from 13 institutions studied an area of tropical forest in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, that was heavily logged in the 1980s and subsequently protected from further logging or conversion to plantation agriculture. They found that areas left to regenerate naturally recovered by as much as 2.9 tonnes of aboveground carbon per hectare of forest each year. This is important because it highlights that if degraded tropical forests are protected, they can recover well naturally.

BVRio Launches Circular Action Hub to Catalyse Innovative Finance for Circular Economy

Waste leakage and particularly plastic pollution is an alarming global problem, but the solutions must be delivered locally. Circular Action Hub connects global sources of finance with ambitious and scalable local projects to support and accelerate circular waste management action via performance-based payments for an inclusive circular economy.

Pedro Moura Costa elected new representative to the PREVENT Waste Alliance steering committee

The 15 civil society members of the PREVENT Waste Alliance elected Pedro Moura Costa to his new position in July 2020. From 15 August 2020 he will represent their interests together with Simone Walter (Help e.V.).

Circular Action Hub is launching soon !

Circular Action Hub is an online platform that connects circular economy projects and initiatives with organisations (corporates, donors, impact investors) interested in supporting local circular economy.

Working with small operators to strengthen timber legality in Cameroon

Cameroon has vast forest resources that provide millions of people with jobs and subsistence products. The forest sector accounts for 8% of the country’s gross domestic product (FAO FRA 2015). Unfortunately, Illegal logging has long been recognised as a significant problem in the country, due to misuse of certain logging permits and lack of effective regulation and law enforcement (Hoare 2015).

Essential support for Waste Pickers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Hundreds of thousands of informal waste management sector workers including waste pickers have been affected by covid-19 across the world. How can we help?

Earth Day 2020: Time to take Climate Action

Today, 22 April 2020 Earth Day celebrates its 50th birthday with Climate Action as its theme. Today is also the anniversary of the signing of the Paris Agreement to take climate action. For Earth Day 2020, BVRio reminds that sectors contributing to GHG emissions must be able to secure financial resources in a large scale to ensure their sustainability and transition to a low-carbon dynamic.

New Responsible Timber Exchange platform launched this week

The new RTX platform was launched this Tuesday 14th of January 2020. The user interface is now simpler, providing sellers with greater ability to demonstrate compliance with timber legality and sustainability requirements, and buyers a quicker way to carry out their own due diligence.

BVRio acquires share of Carbon Markets pioneer EcoSecurities Group to engage in the new phase of Environmental Markets

Through this acquisition, BVRio and EcoSecurities created a strategic partnership to expand both organisations’ scope and act in the next phase of environmental markets

World’s first green bonds scheme to finance responsible soy production in Brazil launched

World’s first green bonds scheme to finance responsible soy production in Brazil launched
The Responsible Commodities Facility aims to raise more than US$1 billion over the next four years for the responsible production of soy to save the Cerrado

July 4, 2019, LONDON – The world’s first financial facility to offer green bonds for sustainable soy production in Brazil was launch