? 2023 PrivABoo Call for SMEs

The Private Adaptation Investment Bootcamp (PrivABoo) – implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) – supports growth-stage small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) with climate change adaptation & resilience solutions to raise capital and investment for entry into new markets or market segments and to scale-up for maximum development and climate change adaptation impacts.

Applications are now open for the next cohort kicking off in May 2023. SMEs registered or operating in #Kenya, #Nigeria, #Rwanda or #Pakistan that offer climate adaptation and resilience solutions can apply through the online application form! Deadline is Sunday, 2nd April 2023.

Selected applicants receive investment readiness support and capacity-building over a period of 18 months until the end of 2024 with the explicit objective to raise capital and investment by a professional investor by the end of the program.

For more information, please read the call’s terms and conditions.

With carbon reporting requirements expanding around the world, 2023 will see many businesses disclosing their emissions for the first time.

To report emissions, a business first needs to calculate them using carbon accounting, a process that involves mapping operations and purchases to their resulting greenhouse gas emissions.

To help businesses on their climate journeys, Normative has released a suite of new updates for the 2023 carbon reporting season, enabling businesses to more accurately account for and disclose their full greenhouse gas emissions. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3HNy4eV

Circular Water Economy: Innovative Approaches to Water Resource Recovery and Resiliency

Read the latest insights on creating a water-secure future for all
#water #watersecurity #watermanagement #waterresources #naturebasedsolutions

Today I'd like to share our new open-access publication in the Sustainability journal.

"The Application of Circular Footprint Formula in Bioenergy/Bioeconomy: Challenges, Case Study, and Comparison with Life Cycle Assessment Allocation Methods"

Why is this important? Because the evaluated CFF method is a good way to combine the circularity of production systems with environmental impacts. However, feel examples we find today in the context of Bioeconomy, but our publication helps on filling this gap by addressing some specific issues in the life cycle of solid biofuels (biomass briquettes).

Please check it out at the link below.

? Learning opportunity for students in Africa!

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation and African Leadership University have developed a one-hour lesson plan for educators to introduce young people to the circular economy?

Submission to the accompanying design challenge is due 28 Feb ? http://ggkp.org/ZNo

Kind regards from the Guatemalan Cleaner Production Centre Foundation -CGP+L-.

In May 2018, the CGP+L launched the Environmental Performance Program with the aim of providing technical tools that contribute to improving the competitiveness and performance of companies and institutions in Guatemala, starting with the DDA (Environmental Performance Assessments) that facilitates technical forms to carry out self-assessments on different environmental issues.

It is important to mention that this initiative has the institutional support of the Guatemalan Chamber of Industry and the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources.

Since the beginning of the program, we have periodically shared data, analysis and trends, with the idea of providing feedback to the different sectors of the country and identifying progress and areas of opportunity.

On this occasion we are pleased to share the executive summary of the first report on the Environmental Performance Profile - Guatemala, presenting the information that has been generated in the first four years of activity, and in which you can learn in detail the behavior of the 35 aspects defined for this methodology. This publication is based on the analysis of 296 self-assessments of companies in Guatemala, carried out between May 2018 and August 2022.

With the following link you have access to the executive summary (Spanish and English) and the full report (Spanish), we invite you to review and share the information that has been generated:

https://bit.ly/ReportesPerfildeDesempenoAmbientalGuatemala

We take this opportunity to remind you that the DDA is freely accessible through www.desempenoambiental.net. By carrying out the self-assessment, in addition to identifying the points of progress and opportunities for improvement, as well as making a comparison of the result with the general trend, the level of compliance can be identified in order to obtain the Environmental Performance seal, which seeks contribute to the strengthening and environmental differentiation of companies and institutions.

We are available for any comment or doubt in this regard, we appreciate the usual attention and support and we hope that this publication will be a positive contribution.