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Rede ACV's bimonthly meeting looks like an end-of-year get-together! On November 28, 2024, we were generously welcomed by Embrapa Meio Ambiente, in Jaguariúna (SP), to discuss LCA & Food: a strategic and cross-cutting focus on various challenges. Marília Folegatti, a researcher at Embrapa Meio Ambiente, a Deliberative Council member at Rede ACV and coordi...

“Debating global trends in labeling and Life Cycle Assessments is crucial to promoting sustainability. By encouraging life cycle thinking and uniting supply chains, we can ensure transparency and seek innovative solutions.” Honored to welcome Gerdau as the newest associate of Rede ACV! ...

When theory meets practice - and it's even better! Our Bimonthly Meeting on 26.09.2024 was an immersion in the journey of ReUrbi, a Circular Economy and Sistema B case in Jacareí (SP). In the words of its CEO, Ronaldo Stabile, we were able to learn first-hand about the motivations, the lessons learned and the countless possibilities for engagement, whether individual, “...

The subtitled recording of the launch event for our Circular Economy Guide is now available (in Portuguese only)! https://lnkd.in/dMMvTQPJ The Circular Economy Guide was put together by the members of Rede ACV's Circular Economy Working Group, coordinated by Alessandra Gonçalves de Freitas and Rebeca Venâncio.  Following a provocation by Yuki Hamilt...

The launch event for Rede ACV's Circular Economy Guide brought together >150 people, representing different sectors and perspectives. Born from a provocation by Yuki Hamilton Onda Kabe, and initially called "Do's and Don'ts", the Guide is aimed at anyone interested in understanding how the Circular Economy can be applied in different sectors and how Life Cycle A...

Diego Magalhães takes over the Presidency of the organization's Deliberative Council, representing ArcelorMittal Brasil. An Environmental Engineer from the Federal University of Viçosa and a Master in Public Affairs from Indiana University, he has been working professionally in the environmental field since 2008. Having worked at ArcelorMittal Tubarão and...

UN Global Compact Ambition 2030 Forum - Brazil Network: Towards COP30, on 03.04.2024.  Rede ACV took part in the panel that launched the ReInova Project, an initiative of the Circular Connection Movement and Blue Keepers, which will provide a journey of redesign and innovation on the inventory of waste present in aquatic environments in Brazil, with the aim of preventing its path t...

Biodiversity working group launched! An environment for debate on the context, relevance and correlation of Biodiversity with Life Cycle Assessment: methodology, challenges, SDGs and Sustainability reports, COPs, voluntary market, cases and lessons learned, partnerships and much more! We had ~100 attendees, a fantastic presentation by Camila Marçal da Rocha, with colleagues ...

On March 08th 2024 ~50 participants of Rede ACV's Circular Economy Working Group were able to learn about Yattó's case, shared by Luiz Otávio Grilo, Institutional and New Business Director. The meeting was recorded - get in touch and we'll share it: secretaria@redeacv.org.br Want to know more about Yattó? Visit: https://lnkd.in/ddgHfiTa...

Our first Bimonthly Meeting of the year took place on 23.01.2024 at Cazoolo, a circular packaging design laboratory. We had a talk by Yuri Tomina Carvalho, who shared the motivations for creating this environment, the challenges and learnings from the journey, which has only just begun! An invitation to partnerships and the multiplication of impact! ...

Rede ACV completes 10 years of positive impacts, through Bimonthly Meetings, Working Groups, sectoral views and participation in events, promoting life cycle thinking and Life Cycle Assessment in decision making oriented towards Sustainability. Read more in the special celebration publication (available in Portuguese): https://redeacv.org.br/pt-br/estudos-e-casos-empresariais/ ...

HAPPY 10 YEARS REDE ACV! It is with great joy that we celebrate on October 30, 2023, the 10th anniversary of Rede Empresarial Brasileira de Avaliação de Ciclo de Vida (Rede ACV). Thank you to our member organizations, volunteers, partners and supporters. Thanks to each and every one of you, today we have the joy of completing a decade of existence that has contribu...

Rede ACV was at the world's largest LCA congress today, Sept. 08th 2023! Rebeca Venâncio, Adriana Graziela de Moraes (Eco+ Foundation) and Yuki Hamilton Onda Kabe (Braskem), presented a poster on Rede ACV's LCA Maturity Assessment, a self-diagnostic tool for orienting management to the life cycle. Access the tool at: https://lnkd.in/dPEATbuv and count on the LCA ...

The Bimonthly Meeting of July 27th explored the Special Theme "Journey of Social Impact Management", a debate promoted by Rede ACV's Social Working Group, coordinated by Max Wilson Silva (Braskem). In a hybrid format (face-to-face at the Eco+ Foundation, in SBC | SP and via Teams) 65 participants were able to learn about real cases, challenges, learnings and recommendation...

On 14.07.2023, the LCA Network's MOBILITY sectoral look promoted a debate on Rota 2030 and the opportunities for the concrete application of life cycle thinking and Life Cycle Assessment in decision making. With lectures by Ricardo Roa and Danielle Moreira (KPMG) and Juliana Picoli (FGV): a lot of shared knowledge and engagement opportunities! Check out the recording on our ...

"Sustainability Claims", event held by Rede ACV on 23.06.2023: >140 people interested in knowing and debating the complexity of Sustainability claims - the regulatory context, the different realities in the world and in Brazil and the important role of awareness and action of society. Thanks to our illustrious guests, Fabricio Soler (Felsberg Advogados), Henrique Lian (Prot...

On May 18th, 2023, Rede ACV promoted an event to launch its Mobility sector view, with a keynote speech given by Mr. Pietro Mendes, Secretary of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels of the Ministry of Mines and Energy: "Government initiatives for the energy and mobility sector, aiming at Sustainability". ...

Recording of the launch event of the Carbon Booklet, on 14.04.2023, opens Rede ACV's  publications on YouTube. Delivered by Rede ACV's Labeling WG, coordinated by 3M (Liliane R. de Camargo) and by Ibict/MCTI (Juliana Gerhardt), the Carbon Booklet aims to - Clarify concepts and contexts - Demonstrate the relationship with Life Cycle Thinking and Life Cycle...

Rede ACV promotes the official launch of the Carbon Booklet, conducted by the Labeling Working Group, coordinated by 3M and Ibict/MCTI, on April 14, at 10am, remotely. The Carbon Booklet aims to clarify concepts and contexts; demonstrate the relationship with Life Cycle Thinking and Life Cycle Assessment; provide guidance on the relevance of entering into business and government commitm...

The United Nations launched in 2002, exactly 20 years ago, the Life Cycle Initiative, aiming to reinforce the importance of thinking about the impacts of any activity, of any decision, in an integrated way, considering all links in the chain, and all categories together. Thus, in addition to identifying process improvements, we would avoid the (mere) transfer of problems between actors. &...

The 1st Bimonthly Meeting of 2023 took place on the morning of 26.01 in Sorocaba (SP) at Sinctronics Innovation Center, and also with >35 participants online. It was an excellent opportunity to recapitulate the activities of 2022 and discuss some of the actions for 2023. For those who were there in person, there was a visit to Sinctronics' processes and to FIT. In...

"State of Science Index", a survey conducted by 3M globally, presented on 23.11.2022 in our bimonthly meeting, which was hybrid: face-to-face, at 3M's headquarters in Sumaré (SP) and via Teams. 50 participants could learn in detail the results of the last edition, discuss the connections with life cycle thinking, LCA, partnerships, COP27 and much more! Those...

"Carbon" is an increasingly constant theme in the debates of several organizations, both in the context of public policies (national and international), and in promoting Environmental Labeling, since it can promote a competitive product/service differential, as well as represent a corporate commitment to the 2030 Agenda and an opportunity to communicate with internal and external audi...

LCA Maturity Assessment guides companies towards Life Cycle Thinking (LCA) The tool was developed by Rede ACV with the objective of producing a strategic diagnosis that will serve as a basis for the continuity of Life Cycle management in organizations. Read more: https://rmai.com.br/2022/10/25/assessment-de-maturidade-em-acv-orienta-empresas-para-o-pensamento-de-ciclo-...

On Sep 29th, ~50 LCA Network members and guests gathered in hybrid format (online and in-person at Fundação Espaço ECO, in São Bernardo do Campo/SP), for the bimonthly meeting. After a brief update on the ongoing activities by the Executive Secretariat, Max Wilson Silva, Applied Sustainability Coordinator of Fundação Espaço ECO, shared kn...

Bimonthly meeting on 29.07.2022 discussed the relationship between Life Cycle Thinking, Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainable Finance. With very special guests (Annelise Vendramini, FGV and Alexandre Takano, Suzano) and important updates on ongoing actions by Fernanda Bueno (Dexco, Chair of Rede ACV's Deliberative Council), over 60 participants contributed to a rich discussion! ...

What is the environmental impact of agriculture in the sum total of the production chains? https://tejon.com.br/blog/eldoradoestadao-qual-o-impacto-ambiental-da-agricultura-na-soma-total-das-cadeias-produtivas ...

On May 26th we had our first bimonthly meeting in hybrid format today, with a total of 50 participants. Very good to meet colleagues, share knowledge! With the Special Topic "Reverse Logistics of Pharmaceuticals and their Packaging", presented by colleagues Tasso Cipriano and Fabricio Soler, from Felsberg Advogados, and a concrete case, from BHS Brasil Health Service, by JF Agostini R...

We are very pleased to share that the Brazilian Packaging Association (ABRE) is our newest institutional member! The synergy between the proposals of both entities is amazing, and we are sure that the impact of our activities will be leveraged by mutual learning that this approach represents! Check out more information on the site: https://www.abre.org.br/ ...

On April 29th we had the monthly meeting of the Labeling Working Group, which invited Indústria Santa Luzia to share the history, motivations, and learnings of the conquest of one more EPD. Check it out on the site: https://www.santaluziamouldings.com/sustainability/saving-the-environment ...

We are very happy to communicate Oxiteno's association to Rede ACV! Acting in a great diversity of segments/markets, with recognized trajectory in Sustainability, voluntary commitments and orientation to Agenda 2030, we are sure that it will contribute in a decisive way in several fronts! ...

Rede ACV's Methodologies Study Committee publishes White Paper on ISO 14044 requirements x practice - Rede ACV's recommendations for subjective issues, fruit of several intense meetings during 2020 and alignments in 2021. Portuguese version: https://redeacv.org.br/en/business-studies-and-cases/ ...

Rede ACV's AGRO promoted on 01.26.2022 an important debate on "Inventory + Amortization - a discussion on the 20-year term", with Vinícius Gonçalves Maciel (EnCiclo Soluções Sustentáveis consultant) and on 01.28.2022 a magnificent presentation by Otávio Cavalett (researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)) on &...

It is with great joy that we share that Mars is Rede ACV's newest Member!    With its incredible experience and capillarity, it comes to contribute with new insights in our universe, share challenges and best practices and help us move forward in the adoption of life cycle thinking in decision making oriented to Sustainability. http://www.mars.com/ ...

We are very pleased to share that WayCarbon (www.waycarbon.com) is Rede ACV's newest Member!   In Nov '17 WayCarbon colleagues lectured to us about the competitive differential, for those who already "think life cycle". This year, in July, they enriched our debate on the Special Topic "Carbon". Now, with important unfoldings of COP26, the association...

Rede ACV is very proud to announce its institutional partnership with the Circular Economy Research Center, linked to Inova.USP, represented in the person of its coordinator, Prof. Aldo Ometto. The organisations will work together in promoting life cycle thinking through research initiatives, capacity building, participation in events and promoting discussions around the role and opportuni...

Aiming to improve the quantity and quality of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) inventories representing Brazil, through thorough adaptation of relevant datasets (process inventories and metadata) to implement LCA in Brazilian companies, Rede ACV concluded, in August, the project of its "Foundation Stone". The achievement contributes with the representativeness of national data, increases t...

Cornerstone, important delivery of Rede ACV's Database Working Group, is launched by ecoinvent! Result of an incredible work, accompanied and validated by national and international experts, this project reinforces the potential of collaboration and partnerships to achieve common goals! https://ecoinvent.org/the-ecoinvent-database/data-releases/ecoinvent-3-8/ ...

Suzano is Rede ACV's newest member! Founded almost 100 years ago, the company has a history of achievements that will greatly enrich our debates and promote a strategic leap in Rede ACV's concrete deliveries! https://www.suzano.com.br/ ...

Rede ACV's Circular Economy Working Group invites to a debate on the complementarity between CE and LCA, in Construction. This action is a follow-up to the publication of the Position Paper and White Paper, in Dec '20, where we mapped considerations in 7 distinct key segments. Both are available here on our website. It will be on 07.13.2021, from 14:00 to 15:30, through our...

The Water Footprint is a valuable tool to identify and prioritize actions that significantly reduce impacts and improve water management in production processes. ...

Certified B Company, with recognized trajectory in Circular Economy, ReUrbi is Rede ACV's newest Member, signaling special interest in contributing to the important debate proposed by the Social LCA Commission. Check out more details at: https://reurbi.com.br/ ...

"LCA & Design for Environment", our Special Topic at bi-monthly meeting on 27.05.2021: a class! Thanks to our very special guests Gisela Schulzinger (Haus Design) and André Moraes (Colgate-Palmolive), the brilliant contributions of Tiago Barreto Rocha (ACV Brasil) and Edivan Cherubini (EnCiclo), and the idealization and fabulous organization of Beatriz Kiss (Braskem). ...

How does Rede ACV, its activities (Working Groups, Methodologies Study Commission and sectoral actions), life cycle thinking and LCA contribute to the 2030 Agenda? We started this important reflection, coordinated by Herbert Kanashiro (GS1), coordinator of Rede ACV's Sustainable Development Goals Working Group, following the SDG Compass training, exclusive for Rede ACV members, beginning of...

Opportunity to discuss concrete applications and industry tools to support the Circular Economy. Watch Portuguese recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFnmxYKbRfM ...

There are more than 400 "eco-labels" on the market. This makes the consumer confused. Because of this confusion, the consumer may lose confidence in these labels. Which label is better? What does this label mean? Rede ACV's Labeling working group, coordinated by Felipe Coelho, from Fundação Vanzolini, conducted training in partnership with GS1, on 18.03.2021. With 20...

Rede ACV will focus review of submissions and moderate session at LCM 2021, the largest global event on Life Cycle Management. With the theme "Business Life Cycle Networks", item 5.5 of the complete list of sessions, available at: https://www.lcm2021.org/call-for-abstracts ...

Today began Global Compact training, an exclusive class for Rede ACV members. In four days, in remote format, passing through the five stages of SDG Compass. Engagement, learning and concrete applications, affirmative of the Sustainable Development Goals! ...

Life Cycle Thinking Awareness Workshop, promoted in partnership with GS1, Institutional member of Rede ACV, on 21.01.21 attracted about 80 participants, from the most distinct segments. Dynamics, engagement - starting the year with lots of insights! ...

The free Life Cycle Thinking Awareness lecture is ideal for a first contact with the concept, without the need for prior knowledge. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com.br/e/palestra-sobre-pensamento-de-ciclo-de-vida-tickets-134533245559?aff=ACV ...

Event promoted by Rede ACV on Dec 15th discussed the complementarity between Circular Economy and LCA. Highlights include the keynote address by François Saunier (CIRAIG, Canada) and the launch of two publications of Rede ACV's Circular Economy Working Group, coordinated by ArcelorMittal Brasil and Sinctronics: Position Paper and White Paper, available on Business Studies a...

What is Life Cycle Assessment? And Circular Economy? What is the relationship between the two? What is the concrete application of these concepts, in key segments, such as Steel, Aluminium, Construction, Electronics, Paper, Plastics and Textile? Registration: ...

Rede ACV promoted on 26.11.20 debate on Walmart's project in Brazil. With presentations by colleagues from ITAL/CETEA and the testimony of a Cargill representative, "End-to-End" highlights the benefits of life-cycle thinking and LCA orientation. ...

Estevão do Prado Braga, Sustainability Manager South America, presented today motivations, results and learnings. Event promoted by Rede ACV's Circular Economy Working Group, coordinated by Leonardo Guimarães Ribeiro (ArcelorMittal Brasil) and Mariane Guerra Martins (Sinctronics).  https://www.ball.com/realcircularity ...

Red Iberoamericana de Ciclo de Vida publishes the Proceedings of CILCA 2019. With the fundamental participation of Embrapa, our associate and Council member, in the organization of the publication, its diagramming and cataloguing. https://rediberoamericanadecic...

Rede ACV is proud to announce an institutional partnership with the ecoinvent association (www.ecoinvent.org). Through this partnership, the organizations will work together to promote life cycle thinking, especially through joint initiatives to improve the availability and interoperability of LCI data related to Brazil. Through the ongoing ‘Cornerstone’ project, Rede ACV is already...

The Technical Committee of the Cornerstone met on 29.10.20 for final deliberations. The project is an initiative of the Database WG, coordinated by Embrapa, under the execution of ACV Brasil. ...

>40 participants! Introduction, dynamics and concrete cases. Capacity building in 27.10.20 gathered several organisations, from different segments! ...

Rede ACV is very proud to announce its institutional partnership with the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment (ACLCA). The organizations will work together in promoting life cycle thinking through capacity building initiatives, participation in events and the promotion of discussions around the role and opportunities of LCA & Circular Economy, Labelling, SDGs and many more. ...

Consolidation of the National Bank of Life Cycle Inventories (SICV Brasil): Rede ACV's Inventory Database Working Group, in partnership with ecoinvent and IBICT, through the expertise of ACV Brasil and the Technical Committee, carries out the "Cornerstone" project - recontextualization of relevant datasets (process inventories and metadata) - contributing to the representativ...

Rede ACV is part of the United Nations working group for the promotion of actions aimed at extending the useful life of products. ...