63 BIC industry member CEOs and C-level representatives have signed an open letter addressed EU Commissioners calling for a stronger recognition of the bio-based sector in the EU’s green recovery.<\/p>\n
BIC has also published a position paper on the green recovery which can be consulted at https:\/\/biconsortium.eu\/news\/green-recovery.<\/p>\n
The bio-based industries – key to the green recovery
\nCalling for a stronger recognition of the bio-based sector<\/p>\n
Dear Executive First Vice-President Timmermans,<\/p>\n
Dear Commissioner Wojciechowski,<\/p>\n
Dear Commissioner Gabriel,<\/p>\n
Dear Commissioner Ferreira,<\/p>\n
Dear Commissioner Sinkevi\u010dius,<\/p>\n
Dear Commissioner Breton,<\/p>\n
Europe is undergoing an unprecedented crisis and the impacts are felt in all aspects of our daily lives. While our society is facing challenging times, the bio-based industries welcome the immediate reaction from the European Commission to formulate a common response to the crisis and its economic consequences.<\/p>\n
With about 700 billion EUR turnover and 3.6 million people employed, the bio-based industries are helping to alleviate the impact of the crisis by keeping essential services running and maintaining green jobs. Our companies are providing much-needed supplies such as food and feed ingredients, (compostable) packaging, hand sanitisers, masks, tissues, and energy from renewable feedstock.<\/p>\n
The future impacts of the crisis are unpredictable. What is predictable, however, is that climate change will not halt if we do not take action. Reducing Europe\u2019s dependency on fossil-based resources, sustaining healthy ecosystems and reaching the climate neutrality goal will require better integration across sectors to create more circular and innovative bio-based solutions. To quote President von der Leyen, the European Green Deal is \u201can opportunity to rebuild our economies differently and make them more resilient\u201d.<\/p>\n
The bio-based sector can help by turning the crisis into new opportunities for green growth and by being a strong partner in the EU\u2019s green economic recovery. We are integrating \u2018traditional\u2019 industrial sectors into innovative value chains in making the European bioeconomy the global leader. We sustainably use domestic renewable feedstock from agriculture, forestry and fisheries as well as residues and bio-waste, and process it in state-of-the-art biorefineries to provide bio-based solutions for our customers and consumers. We help to improve food security, foster circularity, stimulate rural development and maintain green jobs in EU regions.<\/p>\n
It is necessary to build on the positive impacts of the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) and to fully implement the EU Bioeconomy Strategy. To enable our industry to fully deploy its potential, the European Green Deal should better recognise the importance of the bioeconomy and support the private-public partnership \u2018Circular Bio-based Europe\u2019. Only together can private and public sectors ensure that economic recovery and green growth go hand in hand. Our companies are committed to investing in circular and innovative bio-based solutions in Europe, paving the way to a more sustainable and resilient future.<\/p>\n
ADM EMEA<\/p>\n
Ismael Roig<\/p>\n
President<\/p>\n
AEP Polymers<\/p>\n
Alan Patrick Giles<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
Algae 4 Future<\/p>\n
Nuno Coelho<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
AlgaEnergy S.A<\/p>\n
Augusto Rodr\u00edguez-Villa Matons<\/p>\n
President<\/p>\n
API Europe MEPE<\/p>\n
Theodora Retsina<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
Arbiom<\/p>\n
Marc Chevrel<\/p>\n
President<\/p>\n
BE-Basic Foundation<\/p>\n
Abraham Brouwer<\/p>\n
Managing Director<\/p>\n
Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant<\/p>\n
Wim Soetaert<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
BioEconomy Cluster<\/p>\n
Matthias Zscheile<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
Bio-Mi<\/p>\n
Filip Miketa<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
Biosphere S.r.l<\/p>\n
Mario Riciputi<\/p>\n
Chairman of the Board<\/p>\n
Biotrend<\/p>\n
Bruno Sommer Ferreira<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
BioVale<\/p>\n
Sarah Hickingbottom<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
Borregaard<\/p>\n
Per Arthur S\u00f8rlie<\/p>\n
President and CEO<\/p>\n
Capax Biobased Development<\/p>\n
Bart Tambuyser<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
Cellicon<\/p>\n
Ton Runneboom<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
Celtic Renewables Ltd.<\/p>\n
Mark Simmers<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
Centro Ricerche per la Chimica Fine S.r.l<\/p>\n
Samuele Giovando<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
ChainCraft<\/p>\n
Niels van Stralen<\/p>\n
Co-founder and Director<\/p>\n
Circular Biobased Delta<\/p>\n
Willem Sederel<\/p>\n
Chairman of the Board<\/p>\n
Clariant<\/p>\n
Hariolf Kottmann<\/p>\n
Executive Chairman<\/p>\n
CLIB – Cluster Industrielle Biotechnologie<\/p>\n
Dennis Herzberg<\/p>\n
Managing Director and Cluster Manager<\/p>\n
CLIC Innovation Oy<\/p>\n
Jatta Jussila<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
Consorzio Italbiotec<\/p>\n
Diego Bosco<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
Corbion<\/p>\n
Olivier Rigaud<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
Cosun<\/p>\n
Albert Markusse<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
CTA – Corporaci\u00f3n Tecnol\u00f3gica de Andaluc\u00eda<\/p>\n
Elias Atienza<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
Dutch Biorefinery Cluster<\/p>\n
Ger Willems<\/p>\n
Chair of the Board<\/p>\n
EnginZyme<\/p>\n
Karim Engelmark Cassimjee<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
Evonik Industries<\/p>\n
Ulrich K\u00fcsthardt<\/p>\n
CIO<\/p>\n
Fertinagro Biotech<\/p>\n
Jose Luis Moya<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
FiberLean Technologies Ltd<\/p>\n
Paris Kyriacopoulos<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
Flanders\u2019 Food<\/p>\n
Inge Arents<\/p>\n
Managing Director<\/p>\n
Fortum Oyj<\/p>\n
Pekka Lundmark<\/p>\n
President and CEO<\/p>\n
Glanbia Ireland DAC<\/p>\n
Jim Bergin<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
Graanul Invest AS<\/p>\n
Raul Kirjanen<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
GreenWin<\/p>\n
V\u00e9ronique Graff<\/p>\n
Managing Director<\/p>\n
IAR, the French Bioeconomy Cluster<\/p>\n
Yvon Le H\u00e9naff<\/p>\n
Chairman of the Board<\/p>\n
IBioIC<\/p>\n
Mark Bustard<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
InnovEn S.r.l<\/p>\n
Fausto Tagliaferro<\/p>\n
President<\/p>\n
Irish Bioeconomy Foundation<\/p>\n
Stephen Napier<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
Kaneka Europe Holding Company NV and Kaneka Belgium NV<\/p>\n
Shinji Mizusawa<\/p>\n
President<\/p>\n
LanzaTech Inc.<\/p>\n
Jennifer Holmgren<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
MBio, Innovation arm of Monaghan Mushrooms<\/p>\n
Peter Corcoran<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
Metabolic EXplorer<\/p>\n
Benjamin Gonzalez<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
MetGen Oy<\/p>\n
Alex Michine<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
Mets\u00e4 Group<\/p>\n
Ilkka H\u00e4m\u00e4l\u00e4<\/p>\n
President and CEO<\/p>\n
Natac Biotech SL<\/p>\n
Antonio Delgado<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
Neste Corp.<\/p>\n
Peter Vanacker<\/p>\n
President and CEO<\/p>\n
Norske Skog Golbey<\/p>\n
Yves Bailly<\/p>\n
Managing Director<\/p>\n
Nova Pangaea Technologies (UK) Ltd<\/p>\n
Sarah Ellerby<\/p>\n
Chief Executive<\/p>\n
Novamont S.p.A<\/p>\n
Catia Bastioli<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
Novozymes<\/p>\n
Ester Baiget Arnau<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
OLEON SAS<\/p>\n
Moussa Naciri<\/p>\n
President<\/p>\n
Process Design Centre<\/p>\n
Hans Keuken<\/p>\n
Managing Director<\/p>\n
Royal DSM<\/p>\n
Dimitri de Vreeze<\/p>\n
Co-CEO & Managing Board Member<\/p>\n
Sappi Europe SA<\/p>\n
Berend John Wiersum<\/p>\n
CEO<\/p>\n
S\u00f6dra<\/p>\n
Peter Karlsson<\/p>\n
President\/CEO<\/p>\n
Stora Enso<\/p>\n
Annica Bresky<\/p>\n
President and CEO<\/p>\n
S\u00fcdzucker<\/p>\n
Thomas Kirchberg,<\/p>\n
COO & Member of the Executive Board<\/p>\n
SUSPACC<\/p>\n
Bart Labrie<\/p>\n
President<\/p>\n
Unilever<\/p>\n
Peter ter Kulve<\/p>\n
President, Home Care<\/p>\n
UPM Kymmene Corporation<\/p>\n
Jussi Pesonen<\/p>\n
President and CEO<\/p>\n
The open letter was also published in Politico: https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/sponsored-content\/the-bio-based-industries-key-to-the-green-recovery\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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