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Dirk Carrez

Helping society understand the bioeconomy is part of the change needed

28 / 03 / 2023

The message about the urgent need for action to deal with the threats to the environment…

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Dirk Carrez

Validating and unlocking the potential of Europe’s bioeconomy needs a great monitoring tool

20 / 03 / 2023

With the right kind of legislation in place, the bioeconomy can bring circularity, sustainability and competitive…

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Dirk Carrez

EU Bioeconomy Strategy Progress Report outlines the contribution of the bio-based industry

15 / 06 / 2022

The European Commission recently published the Bioeconomy Strategy Progress Report (09/06/22) to track the progress of…

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Dirk Carrez

The bioeconomy towards 2050

05 / 10 / 2018

In 2012, the companies within the Biobased Industries Consortium (BIC) developed a Vision for 2030. The…

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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…

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Luuk van der Wielen

Bioeconomy and Reality

01 / 06 / 2017

The bioeconomy has been hyped, applauded, ridiculed and rejected over the last decade. One thing is…


Articles

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Award Ceremony BISC-E 2024
06:38

‘A completely different perspective than from the lab’

Once again, a French student team has won European finals of BISC-E. In this annual competition,…

Pierre Gielen

TechTour Circular dag 1 Stadhuis Gent, pitches
08:51

TechTour Circular links entrepreneurs in the biobased economy to investors

Some 40 entrepreneurs and almost twice as many investors attended the two-day Tech Tour Circular event…

Pierre Gielen

Romanian landscape
03:18

BIC Country Reports boost development of biobased industries in Europe

The demand for sustainable and circular alternatives to fossil raw materials offers opportunities for the European…

Pierre Gielen

BIC Trend Report graphic
05:35

“The European bioeconomy needs faster and bolder actions”

The US, India and China are diving fully into the opportunities that biomanufacturing offers for producing…

Pierre Gielen

Biobased Circular
04:07

Bio-based raw materials as the basis for a new branch of industry

The chemical industry is facing a radical turnaround: from fossil fuels as the trusted basis for…

Pierre Gielen

Rubber
05:30

Rubber from yeast, activated carbon from plums and insoles from mycelium

The 2022 Bio-based Innovation Student Challenge Europe (BISC-E) Finals were a close call. Student teams competed…

Pierre Gielen



News

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Biorefinery
01:11

Europe must seize momentum in race for the bioeconomy

As the European bioeconomy marks its 20th anniversary in 2025, industry leaders are calling for urgent…

Editorial office / Brussels

Test tubes in coloured light
01:09

Key role for biomass in defossilising chemicals and materials by 2050

A new study commissioned by the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) and the Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI)…

Editorial office / Brussels

Brussel by night
00:58

CBE JU presents €165M for the bioeconomy at Info Day 2025 in Brussels

The CBE JU Info Day 2025, scheduled for 3 April in Brussels, will showcase the recently…

Editorial office / Brussels

Tech Tour Bio Based Industries: panel led by Dirk Carrez (1)
01:16

Accelerating investments in the European bio-economy

How can we facilitate and accelerate investments in the European Bio Economy? This was the topic…

Editorial office / Wuppertal

Bioeconomy
01:41

COVID-19 has cost European biobased industries €89 billion in turnover

The COVID-19 epidemic of recent years has cost the biobased industries in Europe €89 billion in…

Editorial office / Brussels

Green industry concept
01:09

‘€1 Billion venture fund needed for gamechangers in green chemistry’

The Dutch government should set up a €1 billion venture fund to support high-potential companies ('gamechangers')…

Editorial office / Geleen


Agenda

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BIOEAST Bioeconomy Conference 2025

12:00
Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, București

BIOEAST Bioeconomy Conference

09:00
Hungarian Academy of Sciences Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest

Global Biobased Economy Conference and Exhibition 2023

Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Fort Washington