Will Europe lead the bioeconomy, or import it? 🌱 🌍 ♻️ 📢💬Our Executive Director Philippe Mengal shares his views on investment, scale and competitiveness ahead of Tech Tour Bio-based Industries 2026, co-hosted by BIC on 12-13 November in Wuppertal. Read the full interview ➡️ 🔗 tinyurl.com/y5svrxsv BIC is proud to co-host Tech Tour Bio-based Industries 2026 for the fifth year in a row. The event takes place on 12-13 November in Wuppertal, Germany, as part of the Circular Valley Forum. It will bring together 40 selected companies, more than 45 investors and over 100 One2One meetings. #Bioeconomy #Biobased #CircularEconomy

💪 🌱Bio-based industries are committed to create jobs in the regions that need them most, while protecting the planet. 🌍 CBE JU is needed to continue to make that happen at scale and invest in European workers and communities. #Bioeconomy #CBEJU

🌱👩‍🎓🧑‍🎓5 teams and 1 European title: this is BISC-E! Meet the #BISCE2026 finalists: 🇦🇹 BioBrick 🇧🇪 Citronova 🇮🇪 CarbonCircle 🇮🇹 H2Ope 🇳🇱 CircuTech The finalists will pitch their innovations to our jury members during our Industry Networking Event on 17 November and winners will be revealed during the plenary session ceremony. A BIC initiative bringing new talent to the #bioeconomy sector! Check out these videos to know more about this year's finalists👉tinyurl.com/pdakkvxj #BISCE2026 #Bioeconomy #BioBased #CircularEconomy #Innovation

The BIC team is in Ireland for the #GlobalBioeconomyForum, so it's the perfect time to revisit this interview from the @CBE_JU Stakeholder Forum. Patrick Barrett (Irish Dept. of Agriculture, Food & the Marine) and Prof. Kevin O'Connor (@ucddublin) on how public-private partnerships scale up bio-based solutions and drive a competitive, circular, climate-neutral Europe 🌍 ▶️ Watch the full interview to learn more about the role of bio-based industries in building a competitive, circular and climate-neutral Europe: tinyurl.com/ytkrcy85 #Bioeconomy #CBEJU #BioBased #CircularEconomy

Food and bio-based materials share the same feedstock base. Resilience in one strengthens the other. 🌱🍎🥬🥕🥔 This #WorldFoodDay, 47 food and feed projects funded by @CBE_JU, the #BIC-@EU_Commission partnership, are innovating to nourish tomorrow. Our members are part of them! 🌾 #Bioeconomy #Biobased

Welcome to @Hogeschool_Gent, our new associate member! 🎓 Flanders’ largest university of applied sciences and arts combines future-proof education with applied research and co-creation with industry. 🔬🧬🦠🧪⚗️🥼 We look forward to collaborating with HOGENT and its researchers, lecturers and students! Find out more at 👉️ hogent.be/en/ #Bioeconomy #AppliedResearch #Innovation

A new policy brief looks at what upscaling bio-based chemicals and plastics in the EU could mean by 2040: 🏭🌍💼📈Upscaling bio-based chemicals and plastics in the EU could mean €148bn turnover by 2040 (vs €68bn baseline) and +230,000 jobs. The evidence is there, from this brief and our lead markets reports. Now we need the policy framework to unlock it. Read the brief 👉️ tinyurl.com/4na66btu Explore our lead markets reports 👉️ tinyurl.com/batrzzaz #Bioeconomy #BioBased #CircularEconomy #Competitiveness

💡Did you know? The @CBE_JU helps turning innovative ideas into industrial-scale solutions. But how does innovation move from the lab to the market? 🗣️ Hear from Nicolas Sordet from AFYREN shows how EU support can accelerate breakthrough bio-based technologies and bring sustainable solutions to the market. Learn more by exploring the stories from CBE JU-funded projects reaching the market ➡️ cbe.europa.eu/across-two-val… #CBEJU #Bioeconomy #EUInnovation #PublicPrivatePartnership

We are delighted to welcome GO!PHA, as an Associate Member! 🌱💼 Their 60+ member coalition promotes PHA, a renewable, biodegradable alternative to plastics, to drive a circular economy. ♻️ 🥤 🏭 🌱 Learn more here➡️ gopha.org/ #Bioeconomy #Biobased #Bioplastics #CircularEconomy

Public investment can unlock private ambition. 💡📈 Harald Dialer from UPM highlights how the @CBE_JU helps turn innovation into industrial projects, mobilising investment and creating jobs across Europe. A stronger bioeconomy needs a stronger CBE JU! Watch below ⬇️ 📽️ #Bioeconomy #Biobased #CBEJU

⚠️ 👣 Fossil and biogenic carbon should be counted the same way. BIC joins 8 organisations and 22 companies call for one consistent approach (-1/+1) in product and corporate carbon accounting, so bio-based and fossil materials can be fairly compared. Read the full statement ✍️➡️ tinyurl.com/2yba8cbb #Bioeconomy #CarbonAccounting #CircularEconomy #ClimateAction @CLEPA_eu | @CATENAX_AutoNet | @Cefic | @RCInitiative | @Alcogroup1 | @Arkema_group | @Avantium | @BIOVOXmaterials | @braskem | @clariant | @FitesaNonwovens | @Henkel | @newbalance | @syensqo | @tetrapak | @TotalCorbionPLA

📅 Save the date! The BOOST4BIOEAST Final Conference will take place on 26 November 2026 at the Committee of the Regions in Brussels. Looking forward to this important conversation on the future of the bioeconomy! 🌱 #BOOST4BIOEAST #Bioeconomy @bioeastsup @EU_CoR