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Fundo de impacto catalítico viabiliza a produção de mais 180.000 toneladas de soja responsável, livre de desmatamento e conversão

Em um ano marcado por eventos climáticos extremos, como o El Niño, que impactaram a agricultura global e reduziram a produtividade de soja no Brasil em até 40%, o Programa Cerrado do Responsible Commodities Facility (RCF) trouxe uma resposta urgente e eficaz. Ao viabiliz...

15 October 2024

Catalytic Impact Fund contributes over 180,000 tonnes of verified deforestation and conversion free soy in its second year

The environmental impact of the second year of the Responsible Commodities Facility Cerrado Programme has been calculated, independently verified and published in the 2023-2024 Annual Report. The programme scaled more than four-fold from its first year, and the amount in...

15 October 2024

Fishing for Litter: Campaign removes 2,000 tyres from Guanabara Bay, in Rio, for recycling

The Fishing for Litter project, run by BVRio in partnership with Ogyre, has launched a special initiative to remove tyres from Guanabara Bay, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The initiative aims to collect around 2,000 tyres over two months, sending them for recycling into ene...

6 September 2024

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Pescando Resíduos: campanha retira 2 mil pneus da Baía de Guanabara para reciclagem

O projeto Pescando Resíduos, realizado pela BVRio em parceria com a Ogyre, lançou uma ação especial para remover pneus descartados de forma inadequada na Baía de Guanabara, especialmente ao redor da Ilha do Governador. A iniciativa tem como objetivo coletar cerca de 2.00...

6 September 2024

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Catadores transformam 10 mil toneladas de resíduos em renda com aplicativo revolucionário e inclusivo

O aplicativo de gestão de resíduos KOLEKT, desenvolvido pela Circular Action, empresa do grupo BVRio, alcançou a marca de 10 mil toneladas de resíduos comercializados, sendo 80% plásticos. Lançado em janeiro de 2022, o app conta com mais de 8.500 usuários em 48 países, c...

28 August 2024

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10 million kgs of waste traded through innovative app helping informal waste pickers in developing countries

The KOLEKT waste management app, developed by BVRio, has just surpassed 10 million kgs of waste traded, 80% of which was plastic, proving the market for plastic recycling is thriving. The free App provides a way for informal waste pickers to connect and trade with waste ...

27 August 2024

Initiative removes 5.3 tonnes of waste in 5 days from Raimundo Island in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro

Brazilian NGO, BVRio, has conducted a waste collection and field research action on Raimundo Island, located in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, as part of its 'Fishing for Litter' project, which aims to mitigate the effects of pollution and promote social inclusion in the...

31 July 2024

New mechanism proposed to fund the protection of tropical forests

The Tropical Forests Mechanism (TFM) provides a framework to attract and deploy conservation finance for most of the world’s tropical forests

23 July 2024

Brazil’s Environment Ministry to enforce solutions for product waste

In an article published last week by Brazilian newspaper, Folha de S. Paulo, reporter Joana Cunha interviewed the Secretary for the Urban Environment, Adalberto Maluf, about the Ministry of the Environment's initiative to strengthen the regulation of an Extended Producer...

1 July 2024