Bio-based Industries Consortium

📢 Euroseeds joins a coalition of more than 20 stakeholders calling to keep agriculture & the bioeconomy at the heart of Horizon Europe 2028–2034. We support the ITRE draft by Christian Ehler but warn: removing explicit references risks weakening visibility and impact. 🌾These sectors are key to food security, sustainability & the EU’s green transition and therefore we urge policy-makers to keep the original policy window title supported by the @EU_Commission. Read our statement ℹ️ tinyurl.com/2r4ejkuw #GrowingTheFuture #sustainableagriculture #bioeconomy #HorizonEurope

We encourage policymakers to retain the original policy window structure as proposed by the European Commission. Doing so will ensure continuity, clarity, and the right conditions for innovation to thrive. Read the joint letter & see the signatories here biconsortium.eu/media/bic-sign…

Proposed changes to the policy window title (Amendments 48 and 51) would remove explicit references to agriculture and the bioeconomy. While seemingly minor, such changes risk weakening the visibility of sectors that are fundamental to Europe’s transition.

Following the 🇪🇺ITRE draft report, BIC has signed a joint statement alongside a broad coalition of European stakeholders, calling for agriculture and the bioeconomy to remain clearly recognised in the next EU Framework Programme.

BIC has signed a joint position paper stressing that the 🇪🇺EU Biotech Act II must be a dedicated and globally ambitious piece of legislation capable of delivering biomanufacturing scale-up and market deployment across Europe🏭🌿 biconsortium.eu/media/bic-call…

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

Brought to our office for a visit by @CBE_JU 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!

We’re at #CBESF2026 tomorrow w/ @CBE_JU for discussions on the future of circular #biobased innovation in #Europe. It’s a time to celebrate the success of this public-private partnership and push for its renewal as we seek to scale up even more innovative biobased solutions

“The bioeconomy is not a panacea that solves everything, but it is an essential part of the solution,” says @DCarrez in @agrochemie, reflecting on his long career in the bioeconomy & the end of 14 years leading BIC agro-chemistry.com/articles/it-wa…

BIC's Samuele Ambrosetti is in Bucharest, Romania today for an Info Day for the @CBE_JU. Around 80 participants from industry, institutions and the R&I community are there to hear about the 💶funding opportunities in the 2026 call for proposals #biobased

📽️This flagship biorefinery in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 is @CBE_JU 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

@EcoLeilaH Thanks for your kind words. We strive to be at the forefront of leading Europe's biobased revolution!

@biconsortium BIC’s push toward a circular bioeconomy shows real systems thinking. I value how they connect financing and innovation-this is exactly what resilience in global sustainability looks like.

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/an…

📽️🍿BIC member @Michelin is taking the lead on this @CBE_JU flagship plant in France. Scaling up #biobased products, creating jobs, making 🇪🇺 more sustainable & competitive - that's the public-private partnership in action🤝💶! We need more of this.

Philippe Mengal is the new Executive Director of BIC. Having previously headed up the @CBE_JU, Philippe is very familiar with BIC and we are excited to have him at the helm. Welcome Philippe! biconsortium.eu/media/philippe…

@CraftyFleur @EU_Commission @CBE_JU It is a great initiative - that's why we need to convince EU policymakers to renew this partnership. With the CBE JU, Europe is the envy of other countries' biobased industries. It shows how the public & private sector can work together on a green, sustainable future

@biconsortium @EU_Commission @CBE_JU Great initiative! 🔥 Wish France moved this fast. Bureaucracy delays projects for years here. Red tape kills innovation.

The partnership that we have with the @EU_Commission - the @CBE_JU - is vital for growing #biobased businesses, by offsetting some of the financial risk. Here, public & private capital go hand-in-hand, allowing companies to build #biorefineries that will produce biobased goods

These biobased products go a long way to replacing fossil-based polluting ones - thus also growing Europe's bioeconomy. Here's a BIC member describing the impact of their flagship biorefinery in Spain, that received CBE JU funding @SustaiNext

📽️🎞️🍿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. Take a look at some of the action youtu.be/E_eeHrBjYZU?si…

It’s the last time that BIC Executive Director Dirk Carrez will address members at our annual Matchmaking Event. He highlights all the great achievements of 2025 and wishes all our members the best in their bio-based business innovations and endeavours