An interview with Dirk Carrez, CEO of BIC. “We need to grow the bio-based sector. Why is Europe so slow?”

Dirk Carrez “We need to grow the bio-based sector. Especially, if you look at the challenges the world is facing. That means, not just research and innovation, but actually scaling-up the production of our new bio-based products and processes in Europe. For that, we need more investment in new biorefineries in Europe.” Dirk Carrez, CEO of BIC (Biobased Industries Consortium), a non-profit…

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BIC published a Trend Report on how Europe can unleash the full potential of the bioeconomy

Berlaymont, European Commission’s Headquarter in Brussels For the first time, BIC has published a Trend Report on how Europe can unleash the full potential of the bioeconomy, enabling it to better contribute to the EU’s green transition. In 2012, the world admired Europe as a global frontrunner for launching its EU bioeconomy strategy. Today, the world and Europe look to other regions that are…

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New platform of bio-based industries and regions to advance EU bioeconomy

New platform of bio-based industries and regions to advance EU bioeconomy

Dirk Carrez

The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC), Europe’s leading industry association putting circularity, innovation and sustainability at the heart of the European bioeconomy, has partnered with the European Committee of Regions (CoR) to develop a new partnering platform to connect the bio-based industries and European regions.

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