🇪🇺 Heads of State included the #bioeconomy in their conclusions adopted yesterday. BIC welcomes this +ve step demonstrating the importance of our sector. Now we need concrete actions in 🇪🇺 to realise this political ambition consilium.europa.eu/media/m5jlwe0p…

BIC’s Samuele Ambrosetti is at the kickoff event for the Greek Bioeconomy Council🇬🇷 at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He’s in 🇬🇷 for the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking Info Day #biobased #bioeconomy University of Athens

Our 2023 Annual Report highlights our work & achievements - including on our partnership with European Commission on the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking - in the year that we marked our 10th anniversary biconsortium.eu/publication/bi…

In this Agro & Chemistry blog, BIC's Marco Rupp talks about the similarities between the 'hydrogen hype' & the 'bio-based buzz' when it comes to exciting potential & opportunities for 🇪🇺's green transition
agro-chemistry.com/the-buzz-on-bi…

Here's our Executive Director Dirk Carrez sitting in the Metsä Fibre 'booth' at the World Bioeconomy Forum. The booth is made of Kuura, a novel textile fibre made from paper-grade pulp. Find out more about Kuura on page 11 of the BIC Trend Report biconsortium.eu/sites/biconsor……

🇪🇺Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education & Youth Iliana Ivanova launched the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking -funded NEBA Alliance today, supporting 🇪🇺's construction industry w/ training, curricula & programmes on sustainable building solutions, incl biobased materials & practices 🥳

BIC’s Dirk Carrez at today’s World Bioeconomy Forum🇫🇮 “Market approval & stimulation, availability of sustainable biomass & fast scale up of innovations are crucial for companies & investors. Let’s implement asap the proposed actions of the 🇪🇺Biotech & Biomanufacturing Initiative

⏰At 11:00 CET today, BIC Executive Director Dirk Carrez is giving a keynote on the main stage about the drivers and obstacles to investing in new #biorefineries at the World BioEconomy Forum in Helsinki🇫🇮 #biobased

Another large-scale investment in 🇪🇺's #biobased sector - this time from BIC member Metsä Fibre. Read about this & more on our Investment Portal in the Growth & Innovation section of the BIC website👉 biconsortium.eu/investment-por…

In this ⁦Agro & Chemistry⁩ article, read about the purpose and strategy behind our Country Reports, aiming to boost the development of #biobased industries in Europe🇪🇺. The latest one focuses on Romania 🇷🇴 agro-chemistry.com/articles/count…

We welcome Katariina Kemppainen from BIC member Metsä Group to the BIC Board, representing the forestry based and paper & pulp industries 🌳. Metsa Group is a Finnish 🇫🇮 forest industry group that operates in international markets. For more on the company👉biconsortium.eu/member/metsa-g…

The 🇪🇺 aims to increase the participation of Widening Countries in research & innovation. Did you know there is a lot of untapped potential for growing 🇪🇺's #biobased industries in Romania? Our Country Report highlights the opportunities 🇷🇴 offers biconsortium.eu/publication/ma…

The 🇪🇺 Commission has just published a new Communication biotechnology and biomanufacturing. The proposals represent positive news for biomanufacturing, of which Europe's bio-based industries are a strategic pillar biconsortium.eu/media/bic-eu-c…

We are at #BIOKET2024 alongside Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking explaining the partnership, the CBE open call & the benefits of BIC membership. The event, focused on processes & technologies applied to biomass, is organised by BIC member Bioeconomy For Change (ex-IAR) #biobased #greentransition #Sustainability

BIC Exec Director Dirk Carrez is at the “Dîner des décideurs bioéconomie” organised by Bioeconomy For Change (ex-IAR) introducing BIC, Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking & talking about key recommendations needed in the upcoming 🇪🇺EU Biotechnology & Biomanufacturing Initiative

BIC Chair Rob Beekers at the Bioeconomy Changemakers Festival speaking about the collaboration of different stakeholders, including the public & private sectors “working together to establish viable ecosystems for making #biobased products”

Fernanda from AgroParisTech - was part of Team BioAroma - winners of our student innovation competition BISC-E. She’s at the Bioeconomy Changemakers Festival speaking to young people about how valuable the competition was #Networking #Entrepreneurship #innovation