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A collective work by the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC), the BBI-JU advisory bodies, the European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA), the European Agricultural Machinery Industry (CEMA), Cefic and the European...

The yearly-updated report, first published in 2016, shows that Europe's bio-based industries contribute over 814 billion EUR. This constitutes an increase of 34 billion EUR (+4...

The new data for 2018 demonstrates that the bio-based industries made a contribution of 780 billion EUR, to the European economy a notable increase of 30 billion EUR (+ 4%)...

BIC has commissioned guidance produced by the Institute of European Environmental Policy (IEEP) enabling the bio-based industries to better measure how bio-based projects contribute to the UN...

In 2017, a study conducted by nova-Institute on behalf of BIC showed for the first time which macroeconomic effects are generated by these activities, e.g. turnover and employment for the years...

The report includes country-specific factsheets (see links below) that provide calculations for the EU-27, the United Kingdom and Norway, and other specific information that is relevant to bio-waste management strategies...

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to tackle global challenges related to social, economic and environmental aspects. In November 2016, the European Commission published...

The Bio-based Industry Consortium's (BIC) bioeconomy platform is a digital, partnering platform where regions and industry can make contact based on mutual interest. The platform focuses...

The bioeconomy comprises those parts of the economy that use renewable biological resources from land and sea – such as crops, forests, fish, animals and micro-organisms – to produce...

Regions play an important role in the further development of the bio-based economy in Europe as they can support the establishment of (regional) innovative value chains. They are also...