Green Economy
There are many concepts associated with sustainability: circular economy, bioeconomy, sustainable economy, blue economy, green economy, among others.
Green Economy é um termo que nasceu em 2008 com o Programa das Nações Unidas para o Meio Ambiente (PNUMA) com o lançamento da Iniciativa de Economia para motivar o investimento num modelo de governação que inclua diversos programas e projetos ambientais. A necessidade de o fazer surge inevitavelmente na sequência de ser globalmente fundamental reorientar os padrões de consumo e produção atuais.
A green economic model prioritises the sustainable balance of the relationship between production and consumption, unlike the classic economic model that promotes waste in some way, causing the scarcity of natural resources and thus contributing to possible threats to the environment and human health.
Thus, this “new” model prioritises an economic development that is sustainable, since as a whole it considers the environmental impacts caused by the means of production.
We can consider as examples of green economy: low carbon activities (zero or low emission of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere); efficient public transport powered by clean energy; modes of production with efficiency in the use of natural resources; tax incentives or subsidies to companies that use or start using green technologies, among others.
At BlueCrow, we cultivate processes that nurture economic development through emerging sustainable economies like this one, and as good example, we find two of our portfolio companies: Entogreen e BGW.
EntoGreen was born in 2014 as a result of a long R&D process started in 2012. From the outset, their mission has been to contribute to the development of sustainable food, focusing essentially on the development of technologies based on biology associated with reuse. Not only do they offer a valorisation service for food waste of vegetable origin, but also organic fertiliser and animal nutrition.
In an equally innovative perspective, BGW also contributes to this economic model, assuming the environmental commitment through its offer of products, 100% ecological and of sustainable production.
In an equally innovative perspective, our portfolio company BGW also contributes to this economic model, assuming the environmental commitment through its offer of products, 100% ecological and of sustainable production.
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https://www.unep.org/explore-topics/green-economy
