The present document compiles the main outputs of the environmental sustainability assessment in the framework of the Bioeconomy Observatory as at the end of 2015, as approved under PUBSY Ref. JRC96713. The selection includes...
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Bioeconomy has gained political momentum since 2012 when the European Commission adopted the strategy “Innovating for Sustainable Growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe”. Assessing the environmental performance of different...
Bio-based products potentially decrease consumption of non-renewable fossil resources compared to their fossil-derived counterparts, but are more demanding for bio-productive land use. Although thermodynamics-based...
Concerns over non-renewable fossil fuel supply and accelerated climate change have been driving the Renaissance of bio-based materials. To substantiate environmental claims, the impacts of bio-based...
In response to the need for further clarifications concerning the emerging concept of the “bio-economy”, the present study scrutinizes this concept in order to better delineate its analytical scope. It also...
Concerns over climate change and the security of industrial feedstock supply have been opening a growing market for bio-based materials. However, this development confronts scientists, policy-makers...
The International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) provides a common basis for consistent, robust and quality-assured life cycle data and studies. Such data and studies...
The International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) provides a common basis for consistent, robust and quality-assured life cycle data and studies. Such data and studies...