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biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

📅 Save the date! The BIOEAST Conference is coming to Brussels on 25 November 2026. Join the conversation on the future of research, innovation and the bioeconomy, and on how macro-regional cooperation can take us to the next level. 🌱 📝 Registration is open until 10 November 2026: lnkd.in/eHerPDTp

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biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🌱 🏭 @CBE_JU is a €2bn EU partnership with the Bio-based Industries Consortium, the private-sector partner. BIC members are turning food and agri sidestreams into sustainable ingredients across Europe. 🌾🧴🥩🪸

biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🔊💼 BIC is looking for a Programme & Project Support Officer to support EU-funded projects, member engagement & our student competition BISC-E. Apply by 16/10/2026 👉 tinyurl.com/a6kh7vp

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Join our team! BIC is hiring a Programme & Project Support Officer

Our vision is to make Europe’s innovative, sustainable and competitive bio-based industry the leader of a circular bio society in Europe by 2050.

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biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

📢⚖️📊 Lead markets need policies that create predictable demand and reward long-term investment in order to flourish. Our study maps out demand-side measures to unlock Europe's bio-based industries, such as integrating bio-based needs into EU law: the certainty investors need ⬇️ tinyurl.com/r65tvudu

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biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🔉Europe's bio-based industries have real growth potential but market uptake keeps lagging. 🏭🌱📈 Our lead markets study finds the issue isn't only cost: bio-based products' environmental & strategic value isn't rewarded by the market ➡️ tinyurl.com/batrzzaz

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biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Can crops and wood realistically replace 20% of the fossil carbon used to make chemicals and plastics by 2050? A report from BIC and the Renewable Carbon Initiative says yes without hurting food supply➡️ tinyurl.com/4tyx3emc

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biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The Renewable Energy Directive showed how binding EU targets can create markets and drive investment. Our study finds bio-based products need similar demand-side measures to make it to the market, scale innovation and strengthen Europe's industrial competitiveness. Read more ➡️ tinyurl.com/batrzzaz

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biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🌍💸The BIC Investment Portal tracks how Europe's bio-based industries are turning EU climate policies into industrial reality. Curious to know more about the amount of private investments and the type of projects the BIC members are focusing on? Take a look here 👉 biconsortium.eu/investment-p...

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biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

♻️🌍🧴Bio-based plastics are 1.5–2× more expensive to produce than fossil-based alternatives but their environmental & strategic benefits are still not rewarded by the market. Until then, producers will face challenges securing customers and scaling up production across Europe ➡️ tinyurl.com/yvsa33b2

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biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

🌍 Europe grows only 1.4% of the world's cotton, despite leading globally in flax and hemp. Stronger European value chains for bio-based products can reduce reliance on imported fossil resources while boosting domestic industries👉 tinyurl.com/4ju36esk

biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

📊 Europe's bio-based market is growing fast bioplastics alone at 18.3% compound annual growth rate (2024-2030). Still, only 8% of the €655bn EU chemicals industry is bio-based. Our new study maps where bio-based products can scale next🌱➡️ tinyurl.com/4ju36esk

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biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🧬 BIC welcomes the @ec.europa.eu's Biotech Act II, a key measure to scale up biomanufacturing across Europe. Europe has a narrow window to lead, besides pharma: think food, bio-based chemicals, materials & consumer products too. More on BIC's position here ➡️ 🔗 tinyurl.com/4ruf45fm

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Biotech Act II: what bio-based Industries need to scale

Our vision is to make Europe’s innovative, sustainable and competitive bio-based industry the leader of a circular bio society in Europe by 2050.

biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

📢 📊 🌱 Europe now has solid, comparable data on where bio-based industries can actually win chemicals, polymers, packaging, textiles! 📃 Read our press release and the full reports here ➡️ tinyurl.com/2nskhzsb

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biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

As the private partner of the @cbe-ju.bsky.social, BIC reflects on a decade of collaboration with @ec.europa.eu and shares its perspective on shaping the model's future together🔗 tinyurl.com/y9z22kmf

biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

86 European associations just issued a joint declaration calling for a bold, well-funded FP10 to close Europe's innovation gap and boost productivity. The window to act on the 2028–2034 MFF is narrow! Read our joint statement➡️ tinyurl.com/3b4d3r89

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biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

🌱 @cbe-ju.bsky.social’s latest annual report highlights progress in Europe’s circular bio-based economy. As CBE JU’s private sector partner, BIC connects industry and innovation, with BIC members driving impact as project beneficiaries. Read the full report ➡️ tinyurl.com/3x3mpha2

Rural BioReFarmeries @ruralbiorefarm.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

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Learn how grass and manure can be transformed into bio-based products! 🌱 🐄 Join our webinar "Unlocking value from agricultural biomass" on 23 June 👉 tally.so/r/aQaelX @cbe-ju.bsky.social @biorefineryie.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu @bioeast-hub.bsky.social

Joint webinar - The future of bio-based innovation: Unlocking value from agricultural biomass (23 June 2026, 11:30 CET). Hosted by Rural BioReFarmeries and ManuREfinery.

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Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking @cbe-ju.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

📢 24 new CBE JU-funded projects have been launched! Backed by €172 million, they bring together 332 beneficiaries from 32 countries to scale up #competitive circular #biobased industries in Europe. SMEs will receive 47% of the awarded budget.

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biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

We've been in Portugal today with @cbe-ju.bsky.social promoting the CBE JU 2026 open call for proposals. More than €170m is available to help scale up #biobased innovations. We also visited companies at the technology hub Biocant Park. More info on the call here: www.cbe.europa.eu/open-calls-p...

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biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Thanks to World Bio Markets Insights for highlighting our recent report on the opportunities for EU defence offered by dual-use of #biobased materials. At a time of geopolitical instability, this could be a win-win for EU defence & European companies worldbiomarketinsights.com/europe-eyes-...

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Europe eyes bio-based materials for dual-use strategy - World Bio Market Insights

Europe’s bio-based industries are making a case for their inclusion in the continent’s rapidly evolving dual-use innovation strategy, arguing that biomanufacturing technologies could serve both civili...

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biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

At BIC, we see the upcoming EU procurement rules as a strategic opportunity for Europe to increase its resilience in a sustainable way - by turning to the bio-based industries for innovations and materials. We explain more in our latest publication biconsortium.eu/publication/...

Dual-use and the bio-based industries - a strategic opportunity for Europe

Our vision is to make Europe’s innovative, sustainable and competitive bio-based industry the leader of a circular bio society in Europe by 2050.

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biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Our Executive Director talks about what changed in his time away from the European bioeconomy, his thoughts on the current state of things - and what still needs to happen!

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biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

🤝 We’re at today’s @cbe-ju.bsky.social Networking Event, gathering those who want to collaborate in the 2026 open call. 💶 More than 170 million euros will go to projects innovating and scaling up in the bio-based industries across 13 topics. BIC partners w/ @ec.europa.eu on this initiative

biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Europe can’t afford to just react. We need to stay competitive! The bioeconomy (& biobased industries) are our strategic edge: less dependence on fossil imports, more innovation and a truly sustainable path forward. Europe’s next industrial revolution should be bio-based! 🎥 youtu.be/zes95p2lKVg

The Future is Bio-based

biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

BIC welcomes the EIB's new Paris Alignment Framework. The use of food & feed crops is now ELIGIBLE for the production of biomaterials & biochemicals under certain conditions. A major step forward👏👏👏https://www.eib.org/en/publications/20250368-paris-alignment-framework-low-carbon-framework-v2

biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

BIC is proud to support a joint statement, calling for agriculture and the bioeconomy to remain clearly recognised in the next EU Framework Programme - vital for ensuring continuity, clarity and the right conditions for innovation to thrive biconsortium.eu/media/bic-si...

BIC signs joint letter to safeguard agriculture and the bioeconomy in Horizon Europe 2028–2034

Our vision is to make Europe’s innovative, sustainable and competitive bio-based industry the leader of a circular bio society in Europe by 2050.

biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

👑BIC's Philippe Mengal had a royal audience, meeting King Charles at Windsor Castle for the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance (CBA) "Roundtables & Reception". CBA brought together bio-innovators, investment organisations & businesses on Monday to discuss what's needed to scale the circular bioeconomy.

biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Brought to our office for a visit by @cbe-ju.bsky.social this morning was the European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) winner Evita Martensone. Evita's winning entry evaluated plant oils as biobased alternatives to synthetic UV filters, for possible use in sunscreens!

biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

“The bioeconomy is not a panacea that solves everything, but it is an essential part of the solution,” says Dirk Carrez in this article in Agro & Chemistry, reflecting on his long career in the bioeconomy and the end of 14 years leading BIC www.agro-chemistry.com/articles/it-...

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“It was supposed to be a three-month project” - Agro & Chemistry

After almost 14 years, Dirk Carrez is stepping down as Executive Director of the Bio-based Industries Consortium

biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

We're in Bucharest, Romania today for an Info Day for the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) @cbe-ju.bsky.social. Around 80 participants from industry, institutions and the R&I community were there to hear about the 💶funding opportunities in the 2026 call for proposals.

biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

The Circular Bio-based Joint Undertaking - or CBE JU - is a public private partnership between the European Commission @ec.europa.eu & BIC (representing the private sector). The aim is to scale up innovation to commercial scale and market in Europe's biobased industries.

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biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

📽️This flagship biorefinery in the Netherlands is @cbe-ju.bsky.social project PEFerence. Project lead Avantium describes the success of 🤝💶mobilising public AND private money to get more #biobased products onto the market & the benefits to the local area youtu.be/72gal-qhoNI

BIC focus on flagship biorefineries funded by CBE JU

biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

The BIC Annual Report 2025 is here! Read about the many activities, events & projects we were involved in last year, as we structured operations to ensure all we do grows Europe's #biobased industries #business biconsortium.eu/publication/...

Our vision is to make Europe’s innovative, sustainable and competitive bio-based industry the leader of a circular bio society in Europe by 2050.

Annual Report 2025

biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

BIC member Michelin is taking the lead on this CBE JU flagship plant in France. Scaling up #biobased products, creating jobs, making Europe more sustainable & competitive - that's the public-private partnership in action! Let's keep the momentum! youtu.be/mM0JIaLaetk

BIC focus on flagship biorefineries funded by CBE JU

biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

We welcome Philippe Mengal as our new Executive Director. He previously headed up the Circular Biobased Europe Joint Undertaking (our public-private partnership w/ the @ec.europa.eu), so Philippe is very familiar with BIC & we are excited to have him at the helm. biconsortium.eu/media/philip...

Philippe Mengal becomes Executive Director of the Bio-based Industries Consortium

Our vision is to make Europe’s innovative, sustainable and competitive bio-based industry the leader of a circular bio society in Europe by 2050.

biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

🥳🪴We want to highlight these great achievements that BIC members are involved in. Watch this 📽️ where Spanish company Natac talks about their CBE JU funded biorefinery🏭 youtu.be/PaTp6QV8644

BIC focus on flagship biorefineries funded by CBE JU

biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

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💶Public & private capital combining to build more biorefineries scaling up bio-based innovations is just what Europe's bioeconomy needs! Our partnership with the European Commission - the CBE JU - has led to 19 flagship biorefineries. That's more sustainable biobased alternatives coming to market!

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biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

📽️🎞️🍿The BIC Matchmaking Event 2026 was our largest one ever! 🥳 There were a record number of 1-to-1 meetings and pitches. Many members came looking for potential partners for the 2026 CBE JU call for proposals. Watch some of the action www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_ee...

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BIC Matchmaking Event 2026

biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

BIC is a proud and engaged member of the European Bioeconomy Alliance. This event is another example of member associations joining forces to ensure EU policies strengthen Europe's bioeconomy.

biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

BIC is a proud partner in BOOST4BIOEAST, which aims to increase bioeconomy deployment in the Central Eastern European and Baltic countries. It's great to see a diverse range of researchers, SMEs, start-ups and associations as winners in the Open Innovation Challenge!

Zero Waste Europe @zerowasteeurope.eu · 22/01/2026

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Did you miss the ZWE-BIC webinar on Extended Producer Responsibility for food products this morning? Or did you like it so much that we must watch it again? We've got you covered. The webinar recording and Joan Marc Simon's presentation are now available 🔗⬇️ - w/ @biconsortium.bsky.social

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Webinar - The case of Extended Producer Responsibility for food products

Join us on this webinar to discover and discuss the joint Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) and Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) “The Case of Extended Producer Responsibility for food products” study.

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biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Dual use - for both military AND civilian purposes - increasingly presents opportunities for industrial #biotechnology & #biomanufacturing, helping to enhancethe EU's strategic autonomy & #biobased businesses. We hosted a webinar on this very topic: www.agro-chemistry.com/articles/def...

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Defence as a strategic opportunity for industrial biotechnology and biomanufacturing - Agro & Chemistry

Dual use - technology that has both civil and military applications is increasingly seen as a strategic tool.

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biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

💻⏰There's still time to join us for our FREE WEBINAR with @zerowasteeurope.eu on Extended Producer Responsibility for food products. Let's get food producers to help prevent European #biowaste from being incinerated or going to landfills! zerowasteeurope.eu/event/the-ca...

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biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

We'll soon release a report with @zerowasteeurope.eu on EPRFP - that is, making manufacturers, importers and retailers more responsible for food waste. To go through the report and learn more about how EPRFP could cut EU biowaste, register for our FREE WEBINAR zerowasteeurope.eu/event/the-ca...

biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Read about our participation in a new action group, bringing together the European Commission and stakeholders to tackle the main challenges affecting the 🧪chemicals sector. The Commission set up the group following the European Chemicals Industry Action Plan biconsortium.eu/media/bic-de...

BIC Deputy Director is Vice Chair of European WG on lead markets for chemicals

Our vision is to make Europe’s innovative, sustainable and competitive bio-based industry the leader of a circular bio society in Europe by 2050.

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Zero Waste Europe @zerowasteeurope.eu · 14/01/2026

Extended Producer Responsibility for food products would improve circular economy and put the burden of responsibility on the producers, rather than consumers. Join @biconsortium.bsky.social and ZWE's webinar on 22 January at 10:30 CET to learn more about this proposal. Register now zurl.co/POI4l

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biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

🧑‍💻👩‍💻Join us for a FREE WEBINAR Europeans create an average of 130kg of food waste per year. Despite EU regulations, > 75% ends up in landfills. Let's get food producers more involved in preventing it. Let's discuss Extended Producer Responsibility: zerowasteeurope.eu/event/the-ca...

Advert for a free webinar on Extender Producer Responsibility for food products - a way of making the producers of food more responsible for the prevention of food waste. This free webinar is hosted by the Bio-based Industries Consortium and Zero Waste Europe.

biconsortium.bsky.social @biconsortium.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

We wish you a wonderful festive period and a great start to 2026. 🥂 Here's to another of doing all we can to advance Europe's bio-based industries, as we continually push for sustainable, greener alternatives. Let's make 2026 a year of bio-based revolution! youtu.be/soBciLJ_NDM

BIC Holiday Greetings 2025