Creating the next generation of regenerative products, built for the future.

Turning breakthrough ideas into real-world solutions for companies ready to lead.

Advancing breakthrough
innovation for a

regenerative future.

about BVO

Braungart Van Oranje (BVO) is an innovation engine focused on creating products designed at the highest level of sustainability, quality and circularity. Our work is rooted in the belief that world-class product design can and should be a positive force for people, the planet and long-term business value.

about BVO

We breakthrough solutions through two pathways:

01

Responding to ambitious sustainability challenges from industry

02.

Originating new product ideas with the potential to transform entire sectors

In both cases, our role is to turn possibility into practice — identifying the best ideas, shaping them into viable products, and working with clients and strategic partners who want to be first to bring this level of innovation to market.

Working at the origin
of one of the world’s
most influential
sustainability frameworks.

Michael Braungart

Biography

  • German chemist; Father of Cradle-to-Cradle design
  • Co-author of Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things and The Upcycle (with foreword by President Bill Clinton)
  • Founder of the chemistry section of Greenpeace International
  • Professor for Eco-Design at Leuphana University, Germany

recognition

  • Recipient of the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development, the highest environmental honour given by the United States (President Clinton)
  • Recognised by Time Magazine as 
‘Hero for our Planet’
  • Recipient of the Goldene Blume von Rheydt, Germany’s oldest environmental protection award, for his work in pioneering sustainable innovation
  • Numerous international awards and accolades