Spotlight on Impact: Funding helps “dignify work and improve the quality of life of waste collectors”
In the first in our series looking at the impact of additional funding on CAH projects, we meet Bahía Circular, a project operating in Nayarit, Mexico. Bahía Circular is a network of non-profit communitarian organisations of waste collectors and recycling intermediaries that provide environmental services in the rapidly-growing touristic area of Bahia de Banderas, Nayarit, […]
Amazon river plastic project the 100th to be added to the Hub
The Circular Action Hub (CAH) has reached 100 registered projects, in just 12 month’s of operation. Each of the 100 initiatives are providing important environmental waste recovery services and are displayed in this international showcase aimed at connecting projects with funders. The hundredth project to be added was AACEAM Ambiental, an association with around 70 […]
NEW GUIDELINES ON BEST PRACTICES FOR CREDIT SYSTEMS NOW AVAILABLE
New guidelines on best practices for credit systems related to the circular economy are now available in the Knowledge Hub. The document contains recommendations for better and more inclusive waste collection and recycling practices to improve livelihoods and strengthen the circular economy. The guidelines were developed by BVRio as part of the ‘Plastic Credits for […]
CAH project featured in IUCN nature-based solutions ‘Blue Print’ series
The ‘Guanabara Bay clean-up’ project has featured in the new International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Blue Prints Series launched today. The series outlines business models and illustrates the investment structure of a number of Nature-based Solution (NbS) projects. Based on projects supported by IUCN’s Blue Natural Capital Financing Facility, the series of blueprints […]
PREVENT Waste Alliance project: Plastic credits for inclusive and transparent circularity
The ‘Plastic credits for inclusive and transparent circularity’ project, managed by Circular Action Hub and partners, was selected by the PREVENT Waste Alliance as one of eight global innovative and sustainable solutions that contribute to a circular economy in low- and middle-income countries. Started in January 2021 and running until June 2022, BVRio’s project will […]
PREVENT SELECTS CIRCULAR ACTION HUB FOR LARGE INTERNATIONAL CIRCULAR ECONOMY PROJECT
PREVENT Waste Alliance, the coalition of private sector, academia, civil society and public institutions worldwide, has selected the Circular Action Hub as one of its eight global innovative and sustainable pilot solutions that contribute to a circular economy in low- and middle-income countries. Pedro Moura Costa, Director of BVRio and PREVENT Waste Alliance steering committee […]
Circular 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 […]
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 […]
