Webinar: Potential and challenges of certification and development of new labels

A joint webinar hosted by the Horizon Europe projects 3-CO and BioReCer will take place on November 5th, 2024, from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm (CET). This event will focus on the critical topic of certification and labelling for the renewable and especially bio-based economy, with insights from REDcert and TÜV AUSTRIA.

Certification and labelling are essential in enabling sustainable purchasing decisions by offering credible information and preventing greenwashing. They ensure the traceability of biological and renewable feedstock across value chains, promoting transparency and accountability within the industry. However, many current certification and labelling schemes are not fully adapted to bio-based products and their value-chains, creating challenges in their implementation.

The webinar will feature presentations from REDcert and TÜV AUSTRIA, showcasing their sustainability certification systems. It will also introduce new or soon-to-be-launched labelling and certification schemes relevant to the bio-based economy. The speakers will address the challenges encountered in developing new labels and highlight how these efforts aim to close gaps in existing certification schemes.

This webinar offers a valuable opportunity to explore how innovative certification schemes can support the development of a strong circular bioeconomy in the EU.

If you are interested to join, please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nS69SWbtQmK6IRceByvF7Q

About the projects

The Horizon Europe projects 3-CO and BioReCer are both dedicated to advancing sustainable practices in the bio-based economy, with a focus on enhancing current certification schemes.

BioReCer (Biological Resources Certifications Schemes) aims at assessing and complementing current certification schemes for biological resources according to the new EU sustainability goals to enhance bio-based circular systems. This will be achieved by including new criteria that align with EU taxonomy and EU corporate due diligence regulations into guidelines for certifying biological resources’ sustainability, origin, tracking and traceability (T&T), and by ensuring applicability at EU and global scale. By promoting the sustainability and trade of biological resources, BioReCer will increase the added value, use, as well as social acceptance of bio-based products. http://www.biorecer.eu/

The key objective of the project 3-CO (Concise Consumer Communication through Robust Labels for Biobased Systems) is to support sustainable consumption and improve consumer behaviour through smart digital solutions and guidelines for Labelling and Certification Scheme holders. 3-CO will therefore develop and demonstrate the viability of a supportive framework for LCS on Business-to-Consumers (B2C) communication for industrial bio-based products, and will publish guidelines for label development. The recommendations and guidelines will be verified in ten different value chains, which were selected based on their relevance. http://www.3co-project.eu

Together, these projects contribute to shaping a more transparent and accountable bio-based industry through improved certification and labelling schemes.

Both projects are funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the respective granting authority. Neither the European Union nor the granting authorities can be held responsible for them.