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Necessary measures to achieve a level-playing field for bio-based products

20-06-2019

Over the last three years the STAR4BBI project has studied policy and standardization hurdles that bio-based industries face. During the recent stakeholders’ workshop in Cologne, a set of seven measures…

New version of Better Biomass scheme published for sustainable biomass certification

25-04-2019

The updated Better Biomass certification scheme has been published by NEN. This scheme enables certification to the 2nd edition of NTA 8080, the standard including sustainability and chain-of-custody requirements. The…

Major hurdles leading to a lack of level playing field for bio-based industry

24-04-2019

The bio-based industry faces a number of regulatory and standardisation hurdles for market entry. Based on these barriers, a missing level playing field for bio-based products hampers investments in this…

Biomonitor – Monitoring the Bioeconomy

19-06-2018

Delft, 19 June 2018 On June 7 to 8 the kick-off meeting of the BioMonitor project took place in Brussels. Eighteen European partners coming from public and private research institutions…

Developing standards for bio-based industries

26-03-2018

Standards play a crucial role in supporting the growth of the bio-based products market. They can help to increase market transparency by providing common reference methods and requirements that enable…