Blogs
Experts’ opinionsDirk Carrez
The bioeconomy towards 205005 / 10 / 2018
In 2012, the companies within the Biobased Industries Consortium (BIC) developed a Vision for 2030. The…
- Topics:
- BBI JU,
- Biobased industries,
- Bioeconomy,
- Climate,
- Future,
- SDGs
Nelo Emerencia
‘Make Biobased a permanent part of education in Europe’26 / 06 / 2018
‘The Bio-Based Industries Consortium is working hard to set up a strong biobased industry in Europe.…
- Topics:
- Curriculum,
- Education,
- European Union,
- Soft skills
Dirk Carrez
‘Biobased Industry in Europe delivers economic growth and employment’03 / 04 / 2018
The German nova-Institute is conducting on behalf of the Biobased Industries Consortium (BIC) on an annual…
- Topics:
- Bio-economy,
- Bioeconomy,
- Economic growth,
- Employment,
- Europe,
- European Union,
- Statistics
Chris Bruijnes
BioBooster: a successful experiment20 / 11 / 2017
A little over a year ago, the province of North Brabant, the regional development authority REWIN,…
- Topics:
- BioBooster,
- Funding,
- SME
Louise Vet
More than two birds with one stone16 / 11 / 2017
My first TEDXAmsterdam talk, in 2009, was called ‘Towards a circular economy: let’s be positive’. Yes…
Dirk Carrez
BBI JU on track for 202011 / 07 / 2017
The European strategy "Innovating for Sustainable Growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe (2012)" calls for a bioeconomy…
- Topics:
- BBI JU,
- Biobased,
- Biochemicals,
- Biomass,
- Biomaterials
Luuk van der Wielen
Bioeconomy and Reality01 / 06 / 2017
The bioeconomy has been hyped, applauded, ridiculed and rejected over the last decade. One thing is…
- Topics:
- Bernal Institute,
- Bio-economy,
- Bioeconomy,
- Luuk van der Wielen
Joop Groen
Doing business in the bio-based economy: you’ve got to be crazy!31 / 03 / 2017
Whether I was crazy? That's what people asked me when I enthusiastically told them I was…
Dirk Carrez
Biobased economy in Europe on the right track!27 / 03 / 2017
The biobased economy becomes an important industrial sector contributing to the priorities of the current Juncker…
- Topics:
- BBI JU,
- Bio-waste,
- Innovation,
- Waste
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