Circulytics 2.0: a new tool of the circular economy
in January of 2020, the Foundation launched Circulitics – the most comprehensive tool for companies interested in measuring their circular economy performance. Its development brings a series of improvements and can be accessed free of charge in Portuguese, Spanish, english and chinese. Circulytics 2.0 Circulytics goes far beyond simple flow assessment […]
organic cotton: what is it and what are its advantages
Challenges Organic cotton is produced based on the principles of organic agriculture. This tends to be better than conventional, as it does not use pesticides and pesticides– which reduces the damage caused to the soil, to the environment and to the human being. Thus, there is a lot of criticism of conventional agriculture for providing foods that can be harmful to health., but is […]
Forest restoration: where can the financial resources come from to make it viable?
Ensuring resources for landscape and forest restoration to take place is crucial for the implementation of projects and initiatives across the country.. Although, creating financial mechanisms that are maintained over time is still one of the major obstacles for restoration to gain scale. to solve this bottleneck, among the actions of the Pró-Restaura project is the […]
Forests absorb twice as much CO2 as they emit per year
The world is improving its knowledge of the importance of forests in the global fight against climate change. A new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change and available on Global Forest Watch finds that the world's forests sequester about twice as much carbon dioxide as they emit between 2001 e 2019. In other words, […]
Study reveals the state of air quality and shows how the topic is neglected in Brazil
A silent epidemic that kills about 51 thousand Brazilians every year and for which the vaccine are well developed and implemented public policies. Air pollution cannot remain a silent problem, with a national policy that has no targets for reducing pollutant emissions, is not implemented, in addition […]
Piauí will house South America's largest wind farm and solar park
Piauí received a total investment of R$ 4,8 billion for the two complexes, with 4.200 direct jobs generated at the peak of the works, which are now in the final stages. The largest wind and solar parks in South America are being built in Piauí – Lagoa dos Ventos and São Gonçalo, respectively. Os empreendimentos estão sendo […]
Amyris is the first biotech to receive Chain of Custody Certification
We are pleased to announce our successful collaboration with Amyris on their Bonsucro Chain of Custody Certification project. We congratulate the company for being the first and only biotechnology company to receive the seal.
The world scene at Rio+30
The Market Analysis Institute designs discussions on production, consumption and lifestyle. Supported by research, analyzes of current trends and studies presented during Rio+20, the Institute projects an overview of the discussions on production, consumption and lifestyle in the next decade for the world. Let's imagine it wasn't just three months. But, sim, 10 […]
Government of São Paulo opens public call for floating photovoltaic plant at Billings
The Government of the State of São Paulo, through the Metropolitan Water and Energy Company (EMAE), opened a public call for the choice of companies interested in installing projects for the generation of photovoltaic energy floating in the Billings reservoir, in the capital of São Paulo. Participants must submit technical documents, financial and environmental provided for in the notice. Serão […]
Central Bank launches environmental sustainability agenda
The Central Bank (BC) launched, In the beggining of september, a set of social and environmental responsibility actions. The sustainability dimension was included in the BC# institutional agenda and included internal environmental awareness campaigns, incorporation of climate risk scenarios into BC stress tests, until the adoption of more comprehensive measures, how the creation […]
no forest, the agro is nothing. Understand the importance of the colossal "Flying Rivers"
Imagine rivers even bigger than the Amazon River, with billions of tons of water, cutting through several Brazilian states and passing over our heads. Sim. "Flying Rivers" exist. The term describes a real phenomenon., whose impact is gigantic on our lives and determinant for the balance of the ecosystem and biodiversity. They are made up of immense […]
ESG: the three magic words that are dominating the investment market
environmental criteria, social and governance or ESG– acronym in English that became internationally known – are increasingly being associated by investment managers and regulators with strong businesses., presenting less risk to the climate and sustainability of the planet, and so it has been gaining strength and attracting the market's attention. This increased interest […]
Day 3 of September, Biologist's day!
The Biologist is among the most qualified professionals to protect the planet from threats caused by human actions, as well as to try to minimize the effects of climate change and seek solutions for a better world, in the present and in the future. Biologists help find answers to fundamental questions about life. Seu trabalho pavimenta o […]
Analysis: Germany launches post-COVID package and prioritizes low-carbon investments
As the world continues to deal with the Covid-19 crisis and its economic and social impacts, Germany has pointed the way for the recovery process to emphasize environmental and economic concerns. The country's stimulus package, from 130 billions of euros, not just for economic recovery, but it also paves the way for a more […]
Sustainable infrastructure can be the foundation for Brazil to rebuild the post-pandemic economy
The health crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic is serious. The time is to take care of people, especially the most vulnerable, and support and express sympathy for those who have lost loved ones.. However, we must start planning for Brazil during and after the pandemic. in the end, economic projections indicate that we are dealing […]
"Limits of Growth", from 1973. terribly current.
When released there is almost 50 years old, some economists considered the conclusions of The Limits to Growth (The Limits to Growth, in English) as “irresponsibly absurd”, while others criticized the validity of the model the authors had used to predict energy consumption., pollution and population growth. A revisit of the report shows that we face the same challenges today. […]
Nature-based solutions can make urban infrastructures greener and more resilient
Urban infrastructure and nature – Posts Categorized, urbanization was the enemy of the environment. But the reverse is not true: nature is an important indicator of the quality of urban life. Cities must make peace with nature, for the good of people and for their own sustainability and resilience. […]
Professor of Economics defends basic sanitation as the "propelling spring" of the resumption
One day after IBGE announced that there is 18,4 millions of people without water and sewage in Brazil, the economist Monica de Bolle, pesquisadora-sênior do Peterson Institute for International Economics e professora da School for Advanced International Studies na Johns Hopkins University, defended in a meeting with CEOs of the largest companies in Brazil, what investments in infrastructure, em especial em saneamento […]
Cities must lead actions to adapt to climate change
In the cities, are the main causes of climate change, but also part of the solution to this problem.. Cities have the power to change the world, with its financial centers, of culture, trade and innovation. Nonetheless, 70% of cities are already suffering from the effects of climate change, o que pode as colocar em grave […]
ISCC discloses projects linked to the Sustainable Development Goals
The International Carbon and Sustainability Certification System (ISCC) is aware of your performance and disclosed, recently, actions and projects of the organization that help to comply with the SDGs, but also generate a positive influence for other sectors to adopt a similar posture.. In 2015, the United Nations established the Sustainable Development Goals (ODS). They are […]
Green economy has the potential to generate millions of jobs in Latin America
The green economy has the potential to generate millions of jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean and reduce labor costs arising from modern environmental problems., like climate change, on the exploitation of natural resources and the pollution of ecosystems, the estimate is from the report of the International Labor Organization (ILO). O estudo “Perspectivas Sociais e de […]
To understand the Paris Agreement and carbon pricing
The Paris Agreement, signed in December 2015, changed the discourse of the climate agenda, bringing the need to increase ambition in relation to emission reduction targets and a much greater participation of society, increasingly encompassing subnational governments (this is, including city and regional initiatives) and with […]
What is Natural Capital? Prioritizing it can benefit your business
Any business depends on nature to succeed. It is the obvious case of industries and other segments that use natural resources as raw material, and not so obvious, as in the case of the third sector. The relationship is not always clear, apparently financial institutions and offices rely less on natural capital (means) but, even so, use paper […]
Évora will transform the city's leftover food into agricultural fertilizers
The municipality of Évora has put in place a new system for selective collection of organic waste for composting and subsequent use in agriculture. The collection was prepared to work daily, in collaboration with a range of major producers, like hospitals, some of the great restaurants, the university of Évora and school canteens. Os resíduos são […]
New guidelines give greater security to buyers of forest credits
One of the Brazilian government's recent decisions was to offer more guarantees to companies that choose to neutralize emissions through the purchase of forest credits from private carbon conservation projects in the Amazon. Between measurements, in 28 November 2019 Decree No. 10.144, which instituted new guidelines for the Commission […]
With offshore wind turbines, Brazil can become active in the race for clean energy
Wind energy is one of the most studied topics in the renewable energy ecosystem. In the last decades, the focus was on various aspects of onshore wind turbine modeling and analysis.. Especially not Brazil, wind energy has a huge potential that has been researched in recent studies. Led by Professor Alexandre Simos, do […]
Cities are growing horizontally. And why is this a problem?
Imagine Lagos, in Nigeria, a city of 22 millions of people. What was once a small coastal town, just a few decades ago it exploded into a scattered megacity that spans more than 1.170 square kilometers. The rapid growth has put the most pressure on municipal services: less than 10% of people live in houses […]
Natural and sustainable infrastructure can prevent disasters such as current floods
Natural infrastructure The floods in Belo Horizonte and other cities in Minas Gerais scared the entire population. Videos showing the force of the waters dragging cars and collapsing structures impressed the entire country. At the time this text is written, 57 deaths were recorded, 45 a thousand homeless people and 8 thousand, homeless. The rain stopped at the end of […]
Reconcile capitalism and ecology? Let's listen to Ignacy Sachs
Born in Warsaw in 1927, Ignacy Sachs grew up and studied economics in Brazil during World War II. He worked in the Polish diplomatic services in India in the late years. 50, before returning to Poland. He left this country in 1968 and entered the School of Advanced Studies in Paris (the current EHESS – […]
Cerrado loses a city in São Paulo every three months
After INPE (National Institute for Space Research) see an increase of almost 30% of deforestation in the Amazon in the last year and of 114% since the year of promulgation of the new Forest Code (2012), see an increase of almost 2018 and july of 2019 was from 648.400 […]