Press & Positions - EU Bioeconomy Alliance

27 Nov 2023

The Bioeconomy Blueprint: Building a circular and reslient Europe

Achieving the EU’s vision for a more sustainable, resilient and competitive economy that places nature and people at its core requires actions across many sectors. Europe’s bioeconomy – which tr...

12 May 2023

EUBA Position on the European Commission’s Proposal for a Revised Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation

KEY LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES, SUCH AS THE REVISION OF THE PPWR, CONCRETELY AND COHESIVELY SUPPORT THE TRANSITION TO A MORE SUSTAINABLE CIRCULAR BIOECONOMY The European Bi...

01 Dec 2022

EUBA Statement on the Commission’s new rules for packaging and proposed policy framework for bio-based, biodegradable and compostable plastics

MORE IS NEEDED TO EMBRACE THE BENEFITS OF THE BIOECONOMY 1 December 2022 On 30 November, the Commission published a proposal for a Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR) and a Communic...

03 Oct 2022

How the Bioeconomy contributes to the European Green Deal

Delivering on the European Green Deal’s objectives and ensuring food security requires a strong bioeconomy Fit for the world in 2023 and beyond The Covid-19 pandemic shook global supply chains...

28 Sep 2022

Best-practice case studies: EUBA members contributions to the EU Bioeconomy Strategy and Green Agenda

This brochure aims to highlight on the ground projects and examples across the bioeconomy value chain. The projects are a collection of contributions from European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA) members s...

09 Jun 2022

EUBA Statement on EU Bioeconomy Progress Report

Working towards a sustainable and circular bioeconomy: the European Bioeconomy Alliance welcomes the progress report on the EU Bioeconomy Strategy The European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA), represent...

01 Mar 2022

EUBA position on the JRC LCA Methodology

EUBA considers the LCA methodology, as presented by the JRC, not fit for the purpose of comparing bio-based with conventional fossil-based plastics. We urge the Commission to stop the wider diss...

17 Dec 2021

EUBA position on the JRC LCA Methodology

The final methodology for life cycle assessment (LCA) of alternative feedstock for plastics production clearly and structurally favours fossil-based over bio-based plastics, and so undermines many of...

15 Apr 2021

Taxonomy: EUBA Statement on revised draft Delegated Act on climate-related objectives

Despite improvement, more changes are needed to allow European bioeconomy to be part of the solution towards climate neutrality The EUBA takes note of the revised draft Delegated Act on climate-rel...

03 Mar 2021

EUBA position on the EU Circular Economy Action Plan

The European Commission's Circular Economy Action Plan sets important ambitions for reducing consumption by making products more renewable, reusable and recyclable throughout their whole lifecycle –...

17 Dec 2020

Joint letter to the European Commission on the EU Taxonomy Regulation

EUBA members have written a joint letter to the European Commission on the EU Taxonomy Regulation’s draft delegated act on climate-related objectives and its annexes. "We write to express our deep c...

03 Dec 2020

Joint letter to Member States on the EU Taxonomy Regulation

EUBA members have written a joint letter to Member State authorities on the EU Taxonomy Regulation’s draft delegated act on climate-related objectives and its annexes. "We believe that the Commissio...

26 May 2020

Joint Statement on the EU Climate Law from ACE, EUBA and CITPA

Three organisations representing various sectors active in packaging and the bioeconomy (ACE, EUBA and CITPA) published a joint statement in support of an ambitious Climate Law that recognizes the...

29 Apr 2020

European Bioeconomy Alliance Welcomes the Comprehensive EU Green Deal Strategy

The ambitious European Commission strategy to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the EU and achieve climate neutrality by 2050 has recently been set in motion as the European Green Deal. T...

12 Feb 2020

European Bioeconomy Alliance comments on European Climate Law Roadmap

The European Bioeconomy Alliance, representing 12 leading European organisations in various sectors active in the bioeconomy, has responded to the European Commission’s public consultation on the r...

03 Dec 2019

European Bioeconomy Alliance welcomes Council Conclusions on the updated Bioeconomy Strategy

The European Bioeconomy Alliance, representing 12 leading European organisations in various sectors active in the bioeconomy, welcomes the Council Conclusions on the updated Bioeconomy Strategy “A s...

28 Oct 2019

Open letter on the future European Green Deal: Integration of bioeconomy, providing key solutions for substituting fossil-based resources

European Bioeconomy Alliance’s sent an Open letter on the future European Green Deal: Integration of bioeconomy, providing key solutions for substituting fossil-based resources to Commissioner Timme...

07 Oct 2019

Why Bioeconomy?

This leaflet aims at presenting the importance of bioeconomy in the EU and it outlines the basic things one needs to know about Europe's innovative bio-based sectors. In this leaflet we also presen...

05 Feb 2019

Commission confirms Europe’s bioeconomy is essential for long-term GHG reductions

The European Commission’s long-term strategy for decarbonisation highlights the essential and increasing role the EU bioeconomy must play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In doing so it sends...

06 Nov 2018

Read the EUBA position on the EU Plastics Strategy

On 16 January 2018, the European Commission published its Communication ‘A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy’. With this proposal the Commission aims to take an ambitious step t...

09 Jul 2018

The crucial role of the bioeconomy in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals

The bioeconomy has a key role to play in the transition to a more circular, renewable and resource-efficient society. In order to achieve food security, meet climate and renewable energy targets and a...

16 Nov 2017

Five policy asks for a strong European bioeconomy

On the occasion of the EU Bioeconomy Policy Day and of the release of the “Staff Working Document on the review of the 2012 European Bioeconomy Strategy”, the European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA)...

29 Aug 2017

Policy asks for the bioeconomy strategy revision

EUBA calls for the implementation of concrete measures and long‐term support for the availability of sustainably produced biomass, fostering investment and market development. More specifically,...

01 Jan 2017

Sustainable production of EU-grown renewable raw materials

The bioeconomy comprises the production of renewable biological resources and their conversion into food, feed, bio-based products and bioenergy. The European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA) believes that...

12 Apr 2016

Bioeconomy 2.0 will help lead the EU’s renewable revolution – with the right support

On the occasion of ‘BioEconomyUtrecht2016’, the fourth Bioeconomy Stakeholders’ Conference, the European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA) calls on the EU to lead a worldwide transition towards a...

05 Apr 2016

The EUBA warns against a tiered approach to the carbon leakage list

A number of the sectors which are fundamental to the implementation of the EU Bioeconomy strategy, represented by the European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA), are identified as being subject to the risk o...

02 Feb 2016

Bioeconomy’s potential to mitigate climate change

Plants, such as trees, crops and algae rely on photosynthesis – a natural process that inherently removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and releases oxygen – to grow. This comes in addition t...

01 Feb 2016

Bio-based industries’ views on the EU Emissions Trading Scheme

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01 Feb 2016

Bioeconomy – a motor to the circular economy

The bioeconomy comprises the production of renewable biological resources and their conversion into food, feed, bio-based products and bioenergy via innovative, efficient technologies. In this regard,...

01 Feb 2015

Joint call for action on the bioeconomy

The bioeconomy offers huge potential to tackle societal challenges such as resource efficiency, climate change, maintaining European competitiveness and creation of jobs. The vision of the European Bi...