2022 was a special year for BVRio as we celebrated reaching the end of our first 10 years of operation. We looked back at the decade of success that we had, and at the difference we made within the areas where we work, and we celebrated the continued work that we do with the help of our many partners.

Founded in December 2011, BVRio (Bolsa Verde do Rio de Janeiro ‘Environmental Exchange of Rio de Janeiro’) was created with the objective of developing market mechanisms to facilitate compliance with Brazilian environmental laws. BVRio is a non-profit organisation working at the intersection of economic, environmental and social sustainability, developing market mechanisms, economic tools, and supporting the creation and implementation of environmental initiatives and markets in different countries and regions worldwide.

In our first decade BVRio’s operations expanded out of Brazil to a staff of over 30 professionals and associates working in six different countries around the world.

Founders Mauricio and Pedro Moura Costa reflected on what was achieved;