Corporate decarbonization: The role of companies in the transition to a sustainable economy
Corporate decarbonization has become a strategic priority for companies that seek to align with global sustainability goals. In 2025, with the imminent realization of COP30 in Brazil, The pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GEE) intensified, requiring concrete actions of the business sector. Understanding the corporate decarbonization to corporate decarbonization refers to the […]
Cebrace – ISO certification 50001 – Energy Management System
A Cebrace, Leader in the Plan Glass Sector in Brazil, has taken a significant step towards sustainability by implementing ISO certification 50001 on brown: Sustainable Energy Management. This international standard focuses on efficient energy management, promoting practices that reduce consumption and improve the energy performance of companies. The consultancy was […]
Purcom and the ISCC Plus
A PURCOM, leading polyurethane company, achieved ISCC Plus certification with the support of EXP4 consultancy and biO3 environment and sustainability. This recognition, based on the concept of mass balance, reinforces PURCOM's commitment to sustainability, ensuring traceability and transparency throughout the production chain. Through this […]
VALGROUP, ISCC Plus and the Circular Economy
A VALGROUP, a leading company in the production sector, plastic processing and recycling, recently adopted ISCC Plus certification to ensure sustainability in its processes. ISCC Plus is a widely recognized certification system, which uses the mass balance approach to attribute raw material inputs to product output, ensuring transparency […]
Human rights & Value Chain in the Sugar-Energy Sector
This last week, biO3 had the opportunity to hold an event promoted by BonSucro: “Human Rights Training – UN Guiding Principles”. Our director André Araújo opened the event so that speakers Victoriana Gonzaga and Juliana Prado could present their work to the companies that were included in this current cycle of lectures. In this article we will play […]
Case study – Integrated Stories – Nature and Biodiversity
Let's present a case study, related to TNFD, integrating reports on nature and biodiversity and how to publicize this study. To decide how the organization should respond to material questions related to nature, identified in the LEAP approach, including what to disclose and how to disclose, the identified subjects must follow the following points: Desired results: […]
Nature and Biodiversity – Reports and Disclosure – TFND
The Working Group on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) developed a set of recommendations and disclosure guidelines that encourage and enable companies to evaluate, report and act on their dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities related to nature. The recommendations and guidance will enable businesses and finance […]
ESG – Due Diligence – Questions and answers
The European parliament approved, in day 23/04/2024, a new round of European ESG guidelines (Environmental and Social Corporate Governance). In this article we will explore in question and answer format, some developments of these guidelines and how they will impact the production chain and companies that supply or want to supply products to the EU. New Directive […]
ISCC System – Sustainable Supply Chains
In this article we will explore the ISCC system, a part of your story, your goals, provide an overview of your carbon footprint program and solutions for sustainable supply chains. History of ISCC The history of ISCC began in 2006 with a multisectoral dialogue that brought together more than 250 global stakeholders […]
Amazon Summit 2023: an important step towards protecting the forest
The Amazon Summit 2023, held in Belém, no stop, in the days 8 e 9 of August, It was a historic event for the region.. The date, with the participation of heads of state from the eight countries that make up the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (FATHER), aimed to discuss the situation […]
Chief Nature Officer (CNO) – Profession of the future or present!
The current planetary crisis is marked by the leading role of nature, intrinsically linked to climate change, influence and loss of biodiversity. Global strategies such as the European Union Deforestation Laws and the COP15 target, who seek to protect 30% from nature to 2030, highlight the importance of incorporating nature at the heart of health decisions […]
Siltation and Impact on Water Resources – Sustainable Solutions
Siltation is a phenomenon that occurs when rivers, lakes or other bodies of water are filled with sediment and other materials that settle to the bottom. This can be caused by several reasons., like deforestation, soil erosion, construction of dams and human activities in general. Silting is a serious problem that affects the […]
Waste Management Consulting Services
by definition, Waste is everything that is not used in human activities, from industries, businesses and residences. solid waste, as the name says, are unused materials that are in the solid state. “Current leaders have a critical role in waste management, due to the direct and indirect impacts that they can cause […]
Carbon credit, from its origin to its actuality.
The carbon credit is the currency used in the carbon market, working so that Emissions Trading helps in negotiations between countries that have exceeded their targets and countries that have not managed to reach them proposed in the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. By indirectly helping to maintain the reduction project and […]
Knowing more about Green Bonds
Investing in a green and sustainable way with Green Bonds If you are a regular reader of the BiO3 consultancy blog or are a person/company that is aware of the news both in the agro market and in investments in the financial market, you have already heard about the “Green Bounds”. Otherwise, get ready to become! In […]
Understanding forestry
Forestry, science that studies natural and artificial ways of exploiting forests Silviculture is the science that studies natural and artificial ways of restoring and improving forest stand, to meet market requirements. This study can be applied to maintenance, in the use and conscientious use of forests. We can divide-the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Travel 2030: a look at the changes in mobility in post-COVID
The Covid-19 pandemic is an unprecedented time in many ways. By disrupting urban systems so deeply, the virus puts before us the question of possible futures for cities in a way we cannot ignore. Cities will recover? how will they be? more inclusive? The dominance of the private car over […]
"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. […]
ISCC PLUS: Bio-PVC is a winner
PVC is “durable and easily recyclable”, these are words that are not normally associated with plastics.. Nonetheless, it is much more durable than other common plastics., keeping its qualities for decades. Material can be recycled multiple times, why it has a key role to play in a circular economy. The company […]
Salvador Bahia Airport is the first airport in Brazil to reuse 100% of your waste
The pioneer in sustainability of the airport in the city of Salvador, BA, earned the location the first Zero Aterro Airport in Brazil. This means that 100% of the waste generated at that airport is reused as raw material in production processes, according to the concept of the circular economy. The brand of zero landfill was conquered two […]
Companies defend approval of the sanitation regulatory framework
Greater participation of the private sector in water and sanitation services, as well as in the Hydrographic Basin Committees, is essential to unlock investments in new projects in the sector. These were the two main points highlighted by the experts participating in the first Webinar of the ReVisão debate series 2050, of the Brazilian Business Council for the […]
B3 opens its OTC platform for registration and trading of carbon credits in the fuel sector
Since the day 27 of April, the registration and trading system of Decarbonization Credits (CBio) can already be accessed by market agents on the platform operated by B3. Thereby, all steps have been completed to initiate the National Biofuels Policy (RenovaBio), which came into force on 24 december 2019 […]
Forest inventory and youth training: legacy of the Rio Doce basin
The impact of the disaster in Mariana in November 2015 remains present in the lives of people directly or indirectly affected. 39 municipalities along the Rio Doce and its tributaries. But it's also true that another story begins to be built. A story that doesn't want to erase the past, but build a future […]
Solar roofs could surpass Brazil's total energy production
The use of solar panels on house roofs has been shown to be a growing trend. According to data from the Brazilian Association of Photovoltaic Solar Energy (ABSOLAR), Brazil would be a great candidate for solar roofs that could easily surpass Brazil's total electricity generation. Only in the residential segment, the technical potential of generation […]
Why adopt Environmental Compliance in business?
The current corporate world no longer accepts production processes or conduct disconnected from legal requirements, morals and ethics incorporated by society. E, in this sense, environmental compliance becomes responsible for this connection and commitment. The term compliance originates from the English verb “to comply”, which means to act according to a rule, instruction or command. That is, […]
Because setting a price for carbon matters to everyone?
It could be argued that nature is priceless., that its value is priceless. But not putting any price on the services it provides ends up sending out wrong signals: for being "free", many people understand that nature can be explored at will, at any cost. carbon. The result is that the environmental damage generated […]
RenovaBio: because the program is so interesting?
Encourage the biofuels sector, meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and ensure predictability, to her 13576/2017 creates the National Biofuels Policy, also called RenovaBio. This new policy helps define a strategy to ensure the strategic role of biofuels, especially when talking about energy security and reducing emissions […]