{"id":77495,"date":"2020-08-21T06:45:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T04:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rss.nova-institut.net\/public.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Filbioeconomista.com%2F2020%2F07%2F30%2Fmanufacturers-of-biomass-derived-chemicals-created-a-new-sector-group-within-the-cefic%2F"},"modified":"2020-10-14T11:54:53","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T09:54:53","slug":"cefic-launches-bio-based-chemicals-sector-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/cefic-launches-bio-based-chemicals-sector-group\/","title":{"rendered":"CEFIC launches bio-based chemicals sector group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the growing importance of bio-based renewable raw materials, manufacturers of biomass-derived chemicals created a new sector group within the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic): Biomass-derived Chemicals Europe (BioChem Europe).<\/p>\n<p>The group represents companies using feedstocks based on biomass as their raw materials to produce chemicals. \u201cWith this new sector group, we aim to establish a close dialogue with the EU authorities and raise awareness about the benefits of plant-based chemistry for society, for the environment and for the economy\u201d said the newly elected Chair Ylwa Alwarsdotter, from Sekab, the Swedish company that specializes in green chemistry and biofuels.<\/p>\n<p>Biomass-derived chemicals are chemicals made from plant-based feedstocks such as agriculture, forestry and marine biomass, and their co-products and waste. These renewable materials are mostly grown in Europe and sustainably sourced.<\/p>\n<p>As such, biomass-derived chemicals can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Help improve resource efficiency and reduce CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions by partially replacing nonrenewable natural resources during production processes.<\/li>\n<li>Deliver more circular solutions to a wide range of sectors, such as food and feed, hygiene and cosmetics, innovative materials, and energy.<\/li>\n<li>Contribute to meeting ambitions of the European Green Deal, as set out in the Farm-to-Fork strategy, the Clean Planet for All vision, the Building and Renovation wave and the Biodiversity Strategy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to the growing importance of bio-based renewable raw materials, manufacturers of biomass-derived chemicals created a new sector group within the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic): Biomass-derived Chemicals Europe (BioChem Europe). The group represents companies using feedstocks based on biomass as their raw materials to produce chemicals. \u201cWith this new sector group, we aim [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[6843,5842,5829],"supplier":[4027],"class_list":["post-77495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-biochemicals","tag-biomass","tag-economy","supplier-european-chemical-industry-council-cefic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77495\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77495"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=77495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}