Category: Publications

Circular Credits Mechanism Standard and implementation guidelines for socially inclusive waste recovery activities

This document describes the main features of the CCM Standard, as well as the Implementation Procedures to guide users.

The CCM aims to provide a simple and fast financial tool to facilitate payments for environmental services that improve waste recovery and destination, while also improving the social conditions of waste workers. As with any financial tool, it is managed responsibly so as not to become an easy alternative for waste producers and generators to abandon reduction and reuse efforts, especially those with legal compliance obligations.

While only governments have the power to define the conditions under which credits could be accepted for compliance, CCM encourages credit buyers to have waste prevention/reduction plans in place, using CCs only as a complement to their upstream solutions.

The 2024 document consists of a comprehensive review, consolidation and complementation of the following documents, which are no longer in force and are entirely replaced by this document.

• Circular Credits Mechanism Concept Note (V3 – June 2020)
• Circular Action Hub and Circular Credits Mechanism (CCM) Principles & Criteria (V1.2 – July 2020)
• Circular Action Hub and Circular Credits Mechanism (CCM) Implementation Guidelines and Operational Procedures (V1.2 – July 2020

The Tropical Forests Mechanism (TFM) Concept Note

The Tropical Forests Mechanism (TFM) is aimed at supporting nature finance at scale to guarantee the maintenance and enhancement of tropical forests worldwide. The mechanism is expected to complement the Brazilian government’s Tropical Forests Forever Fund (TFFF), announced at COP28, to secure funding to protect rainforests in the Amazon region, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia.

The TFM is an initiative of Amazon 2030, with the support of BVRio and Igarapé Institute.

Annual Report 2023

BVRio is a non-profit organisation working at the intersection of economic, environmental and social sustainability. Our mission is to design and promote innovative market-based solutions for the benefit of the economy, the environment and people.

PlanaFlor: Overview

An overview of the strategic plan for implementing the Brazilian Forest Code.

ECBI 2023 Edition of the Pocket Guide on Loss and Damage

European Capacity Building Initiative Publication

This updated Pocket Guide on Loss and Damage highlights recent developments on the issue in the climate negotiations since 2018, including the agreement on a fund and funding arrangements for loss and damage.

Pocket Guide to the Paris Agreement: 2023 Edition

European Capacity Building Initiative Publication

2023 Edition of the Pocket Guide to the Paris Agreement provides updated information on where things stand with respect to the Articles of the Agreement.

Sustainable Textile and Clothing Industry: Main Challenges of Circularity in Brazil

The report ‘Sustainable Textile and Clothing Industry: Main Challenges of Circularity in Brazil,’ aims to transform Brazil’s textile sector by presenting a comprehensive overview. Written by BVRio, in collaboration with the Circular Plastics in The Americas Programme (CPAP).

Annual Report 2022

BVRio is a non-profit organisation working at the intersection of economic, environmental and social sustainability. Our mission is to design and promote innovative market-based solutions for the benefit of the economy, the environment and people.

Circular Credits Mechanism (CCM) – Monitoring Report Template

This Monitoring Report template provides a form for projects (e.g. waste picker organizations) that carry out waste recovery (collection, sorting, proper disposal) to report the results of their monitoring activities.

It is designed to assist project lead organizations in compiling, organizing and reporting on the quantitative impact of activities.

Pocket Guide to Article 6

This Pocket Guide from ecbi sheds light on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. A key part of the 2015 Paris Agreement, Article 6 sets out the basis for international cooperation on climate action, including both market and non-market mechanisms. Most of the details on how Article 6 will work were finalised in 2021 at COP 26 in Glasgow, meaning it is now ready to become operational. But how, exactly, will these different mechanisms really work in practice? What specific activities will be allowed under each of them? How will each be regulated? And where can one find further information? Ecbi’s latest Pocket Guide provides a one-stop shop for those seeking to understand this key part of the Paris Agreement, including the latest rules and decisions adopted by Parties to operationalize the mechanisms up to and including the meetings of the Subsidiary Bodies in June 2022.