BIC Bio-based Industries Consortium

14/10/2026

What if Europe led on bio-based chemicals and plastics? 🌱🏭📈💼🌍

A new policy brief shows that upscaling these sectors could lift turnover to €148 billion by 2040 (vs €68 billion in the baseline) and create around 230,000 additional jobs, while reducing emissions across the EU chemicals and plastics industries.

Combined with our lead markets reports, the data and evidence are on the table. Now we need policy measures and a clear framework to unlock the potential of these innovations for EU competitiveness, autonomy, growth and jobs.

Read the brief 👉️ https://tinyurl.com/4na66btu
Explore our lead markets reports 👉️ https://tinyurl.com/batrzzaz

06/10/2026

⚠️ 👣 Did you know that carbon from plants and carbon from fossil fuels are counted differently in climate reporting? 🌱

This can make it hard to compare materials fairly and to see the real benefits of switching from fossil to bio-based options.

A new joint statement, signed by 9 organisations and 22 companies, calls for one consistent method for both. The aim is to give a clearer and more honest picture of carbon in the products we use every day.

Read the full statement ✍️➡️ https://tinyurl.com/2yba8cbb

05/10/2026

📅 Save the date!

The BIOEAST&BOOST4BIOEAST Conference will take place in Brussels on 25 November 2026, bringing together stakeholders to reflect on a decade of macro-regional cooperation and discuss the next steps for research, innovation and the bioeconomy.

🌱 A great opportunity to exchange on how cooperation can help accelerate the transition towards a stronger and more sustainable bioeconomy.

Find out more about the programme and register for the conference 👉 https://lnkd.in/ejujfpZY
📝 Registration is open until 10 November 2026: https://lnkd.in/eHerPDTp

𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟓 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞! 👈

We are pleased to share with you the concept note and the draft programme of our upcoming final event "𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝐷𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜-𝑅𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐶𝑜𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ, 𝐼𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝑖𝑜𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑦 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝐿𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙".

Register today to participate in discussions at the forefront of the future of bioeconomy! 🌳

🌐More 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 on our website: https://bioeast.eu/events-cal/taking-a-decade-of-macro-regional-cooperation-for-research-innovation-and-bioeconomy-transformation-to-the-next-level/

⚠️𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟎 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: https://tinyurl.com/bioeastconference

29/09/2026

Every year, the average EU citizen generates around 129 kg of food waste. 🍎

Food waste is responsible for 8-10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, yet only about 26% of kitchen waste in the EU is captured, even though separate collection of bio-waste has been mandatory since 2024. One key reason is that municipalities often lack the funding and incentives to make it happen.

Collected separately, food waste can become compost to restore our soils and feedstock for bio-based products. ♻️

A study commissioned by BIC and prepared by Zero Waste Europe explores one option: Extended Producer Responsibility for food products. Wholesalers, importers and retailers (for their own brands) would help fund prevention, redistribution, consumer education and separate collection. The study also looks at the challenges, such as cost pass-through and administrative complexity.

On the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, we would love to hear your views!

Read our study📄 ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/3wx8p3p2

23/09/2026

📢 Join our team in Brussels! 💼

BIC is recruiting a Programme & Project Support Officer to help support our EU-funded projects, engage with our members, and coordinate BISC-E, our European student competition.

If you are passionate about Europe's circular and bio-based economy and have a background in EU affairs, project management or a related field, we'd love to hear from you!

📅 Deadline: 16/10/2026
📩 Send your CV + motivation letter to [email protected]

Full details are available in our website 🔗➡️ https://tinyurl.com/a6kh7vp

Apply via LinkedIn ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4465575252/

17/09/2026

Did you know food waste and agricultural leftovers are being turned into everyday ingredients right now, across Europe? 🌾➡️🍽️

The Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking - CBE JU is a €2 billion partnership between the European Union and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC), where BIC represents private industry in this collaboration, and its members are the companies actually building these solutions.

This is what public-private collaboration for a greener economy looks like! 🌍

14/09/2026

📢 Lead markets don't flourish by chance, they require the right policies.

For Europe's bio-based industries to truly take off, businesses need predictable demand and the confidence to make long-term investments. That doesn't happen on its own.

📊 Our latest study looks at targeted demand-side measures that could help unlock the full potential of Europe's bio-based sector. One key finding: integrating bio-based requirements into existing EU legislation would give businesses the long-term regulatory certainty they need to invest with confidence and help accelerate the growth of lead markets across the continent.

📓 Curious how this could reshape the bioeconomy? Read the full study here: https://tinyurl.com/r65tvudu

08/09/2026

📢 Turning waste into tomorrow's materials, that is the bioeconomy in action!

Across Europe, CBE JU-supported projects are showing how agricultural by-products, food waste and forestry residues can become sustainable ingredients, materials and products. 🫜🌿🧱🏠

Projects like AFTERBIOCHEM, WASTE2FUNC, SWEETWOODS and FRACTION demonstrate how circular solutions can:
✅ Reduce dependence on fossil resources
✅ Create new industrial value chains
✅ Support Europe's sustainability and competitiveness goals

These innovations show what long-term public-private partnerships can achieve.

A successor to the CBE JU is essential to keep this momentum going. Bio-based industries are among its main contributors, investing alongside the EU to bring these solutions to market. Without continuity, Europe risks losing the partnerships needed to scale what's already working.

Read more about the benefits of CBE JU 👉️ https://www.cbe.europa.eu/

07/09/2026

📢Europe's bio-based industries are ready to grow, so why is not the market keeping up? 🏭 🌱🥤 🧵 📦 🧪 🪸 🍔 🚗 💄 👗

Our new lead markets study shows the challenge isn't just production costs. Bio-based products bring real environmental, industrial and strategic benefits — but these aren't currently rewarded by the market.

Without a clear policy signal to create demand, producers lack the certainty they need to de-risk investment and scale up production.

📝👉Learn more in our reports: https://tinyurl.com/batrzzaz