ECOCITY BRASIL
HOW DOES ECOCITY BRASIL STAND OUT?
While many cities are consciously reducing their environmental and ecological footprints and a wide array of new developments are being built on 'green' principles, Ecocity Brasil holds a vast number of advantages over all of these:
- The stunning location and biodiversity of the site is unparalleled.
- The aim is to create the largest ecotourism residential complex in Brazil.
- Complete government backing and local priority.
- Starting from scratch so the very latest environmental infrastructure can be created from the ground up.
- The goal is to not only create a fully ecologically-healthy city, but one with an unparalleled standard of living.
- Approximately 40% of the total land is to be built on.
- Surrounded by thousands of kilometres of protected land, so urban sprawling is impossible.
- Being built by a Development Company with an impressive track record in sustainable development.
- Ecocity Brasil is working towards ISO 14001 approval, the international voluntary standard which measures and ensures that the environmental impact of the development is minimal.
WHAT IS ISO 14001?
First published in 1996, ISO 14001 is the voluntary environmental standard against which any manufacturing or construction organisations anywhere in the world can be assessed and certified by an external authority.
It specifies the actual requirements for an environmental management system and states how each organisation must:
- Implement, maintain and improve all environmental management systems;
- Ensure conformance with its own individually-stated environmental policy commitments;
- Be able to demonstrate and prove conformance;
- Ensure compliance with relevant environmental laws and regulations;
- Seek certification of its environmental management system by an external third party organization;
- Be able to make a self-determination of conformance throughout its operations.
