New Member Announcement – Oxalis Company Limited

New Member Announcement – Oxalis Company Limited

Oxalis Company Limited has become an outreach member of VB4E. Oxalis Company Limited was established in June 2011, head office located in Phong Nha village, a world natural heritage site in Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park.

Within the framework of the conference “Interprovincial consultation on the Trans-Border Management Framework between Phong Nha – Ke Bang and Hin Nam No National Parks” organized by IUCN in Quang Binh province in 2022, Oxalis Company Limited signed a cooperation agreement with Green Discovery Laos to promote responsible tourism cooperation and association between the two national parks and other tourist enterprises.

Additionally, Oxalis is currently the main partner in a regional project coordinated by IUCN and funded by the Biodiversity Landscape Fund (BLF), which aims to promote ecotourism and enhance community-based natural resource management.

Oxalis Company Limited is a pioneer in organizing experiencing tours to explore caves at different World Natural Heritage sites in Vietnam, such as Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, Tu Lan cave system in Quang Binh,… Oxalis has helped creating new job opportunities for the locals. The company also works closely with domestic and international experts to ensure safety and preserve natural values.

For more information about Oxalis Company Limited, please visit: https://oxalisadventure.com

Small grants on biodiversity conservation and sustainable development (Round 2)

Small grants on biodiversity conservation and sustainable development (Round 2) 

GreenViet and GSI through the EU-funded-project “Establishing a funding foundation for biodiversity protection and environmental sustainability in Da Nang City, Vietnam” has partnered with VB4E to call for application of small grants on biodiversity conservation and sustainable development (Round 2).  

VB4E is the partner of the project providing technical inputs, application screening, M&E and promote business participation in this process. 

After thorough review, VB4E advisory body team members, GreenViet and GSI have selected top 5 proposals. They are:  

Legal entity group: 

1. The ‘Greenhouse library’ model promotes green experience and career orientation activities to protect nature and the environment for sustainable development to the students at Hermann school and SOS village Da Nang.  

1. Model of indigenous Sa Sam tree planting on sandy soil in Hai Ninh commune, Quang Ninh district, Quang Binh province of the Women’s Union: Contributing to the restoration of indigenous plant varieties, biodiversity protection, and sustainable environmental protection on sandy soils. 

1. Promoting ethnic minorities participation in medicinal plant conservation: Contributing to the conservation of medicinal plant resources by promoting the participation of local ethnic minority communities. 

Non-legal entity group: 

1. Circular Economy Program for Youth: An educational program on plastic waste in support of Circular Economy, located in Da Nang City. The program aims to work with youth from 60 high schools and universities.  

1. Raising public awareness to minimize the poaching and consumption of endangered forest animals in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park.  

Promoting the collection and recycling of domestic solid waste in the Industrial Park through training and communication activities at VSIP Nghe An Industrial Park.

Promoting the collection and recycling of domestic solid waste in the industrial park through training and communication activities at VSIP Nghe An Industrial Park.

In November 22, within the framework of the project “TCP moving toward circular economy and enhancing EPR practices in Viet Nam“, with financial support from TCP Vietnam Corporation, IUCN cooperated with VSIP Nghe An Industrial Park, Building Up Sustainability Centre (BUS) to organize a training activity “Management & Classification of domestic solid waste in Industrial Parks” at the Industrial Park. VSIP Nghe An.

With the orientation of developing into a “green and clean” industrial park, VSIP Nghe An has been strengthening activities to better manage domestic solid waste not only among VSIP employees but also towards customers in the industrial park. The training was organized with the participation of more than 50 officials and employees from 19 enterprises in the IZ.

The main objective of the training was to promote the collection and recycling of domestic solid waste and raise awareness among employees at enterprises in VSIP Nghe An industrial park about waste separation at source; update legal documents on solid waste management. In addition, when participating in the program, officials and employees participated in group practice and lively discussions on the development of a communication plan for garbage classification, in order to clearly identify the target audience, the form of application. application, process and supervision,… After the training, the full-time staff can apply and practice in their own enterprises.

Separating domestic solid waste at source in industrial zones will bring benefits to businesses and the environment: reducing costs of collection, transportation, treatment, increasing recycling, and saving natural resources. This is also one of the main goals of the project that IUCN, TCP Vietnam wish to implement to promote solid waste separation at source, increase the rate of recycling collection in industrial parks in Nghe An province, Binh Duong and Hanoi city.

Core-team meeting – TCP moving towards Circular Economy and promoting EPR practices in Vietnam

Core-team meeting – TCP moving towards Circular Economy and promoting EPR practices in Vietnam

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On October 13, 2022, within the framework of the project “TCP moving towards Circular Economy and promoting EPR practices in Vietnam”, IUCN held a core-team meeting to follow up with the project progress, conduct survey on collection points of recyclable packaging waste including PET, aluminum and cardboard.

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Members who have attended the meeting include the General Director of TCPVN, Mr. Jake Brunner – IUCN Chief Representative, IUCN staff, TCPVN staff, Representative of VietCycle Company, VSIP Industrial Park, waste audit expert. With the pilot program of collecting recyclable waste according to EPR regulations, the project will contribute to identifying obstacles and difficulties in the implementation process. In addition, the project’s outputs are not only a cornerstone for TCPVN to determine the appropriate form of recycling responsibility for businesses, but also contribute to improving the profile of the business as being environmentally-conscious and bringing positive impacts to the society.

New Member Announcement – Green Connect Joint Stock Company

New Member Announcement – Green Connect Joint Stock Company

Green Connect Joint stock company has become an outreach member of VB4E from October, 2022. The company has been working in the digital and bio-technology industry to solve sustainability issues in agriculture and environment

Founded in January 2020, GreenConnect is a technology start-up enterprise in Ho Chi Minh City, with the goal of creating an ecosystem of green technology products, leading the trend of green living and ensuring a sustainable future.

Core business of Green Connect include:         

• Kompovi Composting machine
• Noda – e-commerce platform offering fresh local produce, chemical-free consumer products and natural bioproducts.
• GreenPoints – mobile application leveraging the power of gamification to make living green easier to make living green fun and easier.
• Larva Yum – organic waste upcycling funded by Mondelez Kinh Do: Larva Yum is a model to upcycle organic waste into nutrition-rich organic fertilizer using black soldier fly larvae as well as to process these larvae into feed packed with proteins for poultry, livestock and fish.

For more information about Green Connect, please see: https://greenconnect.vn/

MOU signing between Oxalis Adventure (Vietnam) and Green Discovery (Laos) to promote cave tourism in Vietnam and Lao DPR.

Workshop “Entrepreneurship story: Business with a purpose”

Workshop “Entrepreneurship story: Business with a purpose”

On September 10th, 2022, FPT Education Global in collaboration with Viet Nam Business for Environment (VB4E) successfully hosted the “Business with a purpose” workshop, as a part of workshop series “Gateway to Become Global Citizens”. Lagom Vietnam – a member of VB4E was the main speaker of the workshop.

Aim at inspiring start-up and doing business with environmental protection, FPT Education Global has been conducting the series of educational workshops to provide further information about doing business, share challenges in sustainable entrepreneurship for students in particular and interested public in general.

At the workshop, Mr. Tran Van Thanh – Director of Global External Relations and Strategic Advisor at Lagom Vietnam, who has extensive experience in business orientation and sustainable development, shared knowledge and experiences on the mission and meaning of sustainable business, balancing between making profits and environmental benefits.

Lagom’s objectives are to collect, recycle UBC and other waste to produce recycled products. Lagom JSC strives to protect the environment, dispose and recycle waste, transparency, education and communications. The workshop welcomed the active discussion from more than 50 students globally.

Consultation meeting – Promoting the programme of sorting, collecting and recycling 3 types of waste concluding carton, PET, aluminum can in industrial parks in Nghe An Province to enhance EPR practices in Viet Nam. 

Consultation meeting to establish Ecotourism Cluster Network – Cuc Phuong National Park & ​​Van Long Wetland Nature Reserve

Within the framework of GIZ-funded- Sustainable tourism in protected areas in the post-COVID world project, IUCN and the Planeterra organised a consultation meeting on setting up the Ecotourism Cluster Network (ECN) – Cuc Phuong & Van Long on August 9th, 2022 in Ninh Binh Province.

New Member Announcement – TCPVN Company Limited