Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC)

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Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC)

8 November 20222 November 2022

Möbel, Dielen, Verpackungen – wie Pappel-Produkte den Einsatz fossiler Rohstoffe reduzieren

Forscher der TU Dresden haben Möglichkeiten erarbeitet, wie der Einsatz fossiler Rohstoffe durch die Nutzung umweltfreundlicherer, bio-basierter Materialen aus Pappeln reduziert werden kann

6 October 20226 October 2022

European bio-based industry turnover jumps to 814 billion Euro despite Brexit

Even though the latest numbers no longer include the UK, the EU’s bioeconomy turnover remained stable, resulting in a 25 % increase since 2008

1 September 20221 September 2022

New bio-based polymer PEF shows low CO2 footprint

Peer-reviewed LCA study with in-depth assessment of industrial PEF production and its use as raw material for bottles

30 June 202223 June 2022

BIC Annual Report 2021

About BIC’s new Business Plan, organised several webinars, commissioned and written informative or useful publications

Bioeconomy: Poised at a historic crossroads

Beside shipping issues and energy disruption, business operations have been prevented by pandemic-related effects, supply chain tightness, higher demand as well as digitalisation, blockchains and AI

18 February 202216 February 2022

10 years after the first EU bioeconomy strategy. An interview with Chris Patermann, the father of the European bioeconomy

In this exclusive interview with Il Bioeconomista, Chris Patermann talks about the new challenges we are facing to make the new economy based on biological resources happen

7 February 202228 January 2022

CHAMPION consortium reaches milestone in safe and circular material development

Researchers of the CHAMPION project have successfully prepared a first set of innovative bio-based materials with promising properties for coatings, adhesives and home care ingredients

6 January 20222 January 2022

FAO and JRC launch new guidance note on monitoring bioeconomy sustainability

New bioeconomy Guidance note describes in easy-to-follow steps how countries and macro-regions, such as the European Union (EU), can monitor sustainability along with their bioeconomy strategies and policies

7 December 20211 December 2021

Welcome to the Circular Bio-based Europe community

CBE JU is the new BBI JU, nothing changes for you!

European SSuchy Project Update after 4 years of work

3 years after the project launch, the 17 European partners gathered online to review their work & plan for the last year of the project

2 December 202125 January 2022

Free Webinar: Innovative Financing Support for the Circular Bioeconomy

Circular Bioeconomy needs investment, startups are looking for investors – what innovative financing options are available?

26 November 202123 November 2021

Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking to be launched at the end of November

Partnership between the European Union and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) will build on the success of BBI JU to advance competitive circular bio-based industries in Europe

5 November 20215 November 2021

European Parliament approves Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking

The EU Council is now anticipated to ratify the rule in the second half of November, paving the way for the CBE JU to be launched and its Programme Office to be established by the end of 2021

6 October 202130 September 2021

New country infographics illustrate how BBI JU projects shape the European bioeconomy

The illustrations include key data on BBI JU beneficiaries, projects, and applications for BBI JU funding, thus showing the relevance of the initiative for each country’s bioeconomy

4 October 20216 October 2021

European bioeconomy robust as bio-based industry turnover jumps to 780 billion EUR

The analysis of the 2018 Eurostat data shows that the turnover of the total bioeconomy, including food and beverages and the primary sectors of agriculture and forestry had an increase of around 25% since 2008

6 September 20219 September 2021

The REDWine project and climate change

Reduction of greenhouse gases in wine production

Das REDWine-Projekt und der Klimawandel

Reduktion von Treibhausgasen bei der Weinherstellung

15 July 202112 July 2021

Measuring EU Member State performance on bio-waste

BIC and Zero Waste Europe report and country factsheets demonstrate untapped potential

13 July 20218 July 2021

Microphyt announces launch of SCALE, the world’s first fully-integrated microalgae biorefinery

The 4-year 15 million Euro EU-project will address the ever-growing demand for safe and effective nutrition and wellness ingredients produced in a natural and highly sustainable way

9 July 20217 July 2021

Agrimax formally opens two new processing facilities to create value from crop and food processing waste

Both pilot plants (biorefineries) – one in Spain and one in Italy – aim to develop and demonstrate the production of multiple, high-value bio-based products from food and farming waste

31 May 202116 June 2021

BBI JU to invest €104.5 million into circular bio-based projects

This is the seventh and last BBI JU call which will bring the total investment of the initiative to €821.6 million and the BBI JU’s portfolio to 142 projects

16 March 202111 March 2021

BBI JU-funded Ssuchy project yields results

Manufacturers have invariably turned to natural and wood fibres and bio-based polymers

3 March 202126 February 2021

Portugal in prime position to lead Europe’s bioeconomy transformation

New in-depth exploration shows Portugal’s potential to become Europe’s Green Deal champion

1 March 202125 February 2021

Commission gives the green light to the successor of BBI JU

European Commission agrees on successor public-private partnership with BIC

24 February 20219 September 2021

Join our expert survey and evaluate the newly developed AFTERLIFE process for the extraction of value-added products from waste water!

As part of the EU funded project AFTERLIFE, we are conducting a survey on the socio-economic impact of our newly developed biotechnological process to improve the valorisation of wastewater and its resulting products.

9 December 20205 December 2020

Development of new bio-based coating materials – ECOAT

Aim is, to develop new bio-based coating materials from highly available, low valorized biomass such as tomatoes, legumes, and sunflowers

Entwicklung von neuen biobasierten Barrierebeschichtungen – ECOAT

Anfallende biologische Reststoffe werden zu Beschichtungen funktionalisiert und auf verschiedene zellulose- und polymerbasierte Substrate beschichtet

12 October 20207 October 2020

UN SDGs – how to measure the bio-based sector’s contribution?

New guidance developed by the IEEP think tank now equips companies with the right tools to measure this contribution quantitively

22 September 202018 September 2020

Importance of bio-based value chains emphasised in EU’s Strategic Foresight report

Creating new bio-based value chains in order to realise "greener, more cost-effective industrial processes" playing a big role towards a more resilient Europe

14 September 20209 September 2020

Bio-based industries equipped to help Europe meet its waste objectives

Research by ZWE and BIC maps bio-waste collection and potential

7 September 2020

Bioeconomy worth 2.4 trillion EUR to the European economy as bio-based industries mark sizeable jump in turnover and bio-based share of chemicals reaches record high of 15%

Latest version of nova-Institute's market report for BIC "European Bioeconomy in Figures" covers the whole period from 2008 to 2017

3 August 20209 September 2021

Bio-waste generation in the EU: Current capture levels and future potential

Examples of best practices for sustainably valorising bio-waste to provide new bio-based compounds for the chemicals, food-packaging and agricultural sectors

31 July 202030 July 2020

Bio-based industries are key to the EU’s green recovery, says BIC’s position paper

Creating bio-based value chains requires new connections and innovations across multiple and diverse sectors

21 July 202021 July 2020

The potential of bio waste in Europe

BIC is actively involved in a number of European research programs to convert and process collected waste into useful applications

29 June 202020 July 2020

Tackling Europe’s food waste problem – bio-based industries offer innovative solutions

Report details the current generation and capture rates of bio-waste for each EU27 Member State, plus Norway and the United Kingdom

23 June 202022 June 2020

63 bio-based industry leaders sign letter to EU Commissioners calling for a stronger recognition of the sector in the green recovery

Calling for a stronger recognition of the bio-based sector in the EU's green recovery

3 June 202028 May 2020

In the Name of Innovation: Industry controls billions in EU research funding, de-prioritises the public interest

Two extensive reports on research public-private partnerships in the EU by the NGOs Global Health Advocates and Corporate Europe Observatory

BIC rejects the unfounded and erroneous claims made against the BBI JU by the Corporate Europe Observatory and Global Health Advocates

The bio-based industries are a crucial partner to the EU in realising the Green Deal and green recovery

25 May 202019 May 2020

New platform signals commitment of bio-based industries and regions in advancing European bioeconomy

New platform seeks to stimulate new bio-based investments and create new, local value chains

14 May 202011 May 2020

Agriculture: a fully-fledged partner in biobased value chains

BBI, BIC and EC study the participation of primary sectors

13 May 20207 May 2020

Bio-based sector offers new opportunities for green growth in EU-13

Read the first three reports in a series of country bioeconomy reports that will cover Central and Eastern Europe

19 March 202016 March 2020

Enhanced role envisaged for the bio-based industries under the EU’s new Circular Economy Action Plan

Proposed EU Strategy for Textiles also presents opportunities for Europe’s flourishing bio-based textiles sector

11 March 20207 March 2020

Brewing greener chemicals from fermented waste

BBI JU's PERCAL project is developing novel solutions for transforming the organic part of municipal solid waste into intermediate chemicals

6 March 20203 March 2020

Bio-based solutions for a future-fit Europe – How can the bio-based sector contribute to EU Green Deal and to a zero-waste-europe?

"Bio-based solutions for a future-fit Europe" conference gathered different stakeholders of the biobased sector to discuss and coordinate the future of the sector

23 January 202020 January 2020

Lebensmittelabfälle als Rohstoff für 3D-gedruckte Biokunststoffe

EU- und Industrie-gefördertes BARBARA-Projekt will Lebensmittelreste besser verwerten und fossile Kunststoffe durch umweltfreundlichere Biokunststoffe ersetzen

21 January 202016 January 2020

Food waste as raw material for 3D printed bioplastics

EU- and industry-funded BARBARA project to put food waste to good use, replacing petroleum-based plastics with more environmentally friendly bioplastics

31 October 201928 October 2019

BIC hosts first-ever European bio-based student challenge to develop innovative, sustainable products from bio-based raw materials

Five teams presented their innovative projects to an audience of leading figures from the bio-based industry

17 October 201915 October 2019

High-impact bio-based initiative for a circular Europe

Institutional public-private partnerships are needed to ensure the full deployment of the bioeconomy in Europe

13 September 201911 September 2019

Project focus: How BBI JU has built the model for the successful expansion of Europe’s growing bioeconomy

To ensure that the bioeconomy delivers the environmental and commercial benefits, connections have to be built across industries and geographies

26 July 2019

New figures reveal sustained growth for the European bioeconomy – 2.3 trillion EUR turnover and 18.6 million people employed in 2016

A study conducted in 2016 by nova-Institute on behalf of the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) showed for the first time which macroeconomic effects are generated by the bioeconomy e.g. turnover and employment for the years 2008 and 2013

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