European bioeconomy seen strongly linked with SDGs

In Belgium, a new paper of Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) illustrates the strong link between the SDGs, the bioeconomy and the Bio-Based Industries with concrete examples.

Thanks to BIC’s Partnership with the European Union since 2014, the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) has kick-started the European bioeconomy by supporting innovative bio-based demonstration and flagship projects.

In their view BBI JU projects currently contribute through breakthrough innovation of sustainable bio-based products and processes to SDGs 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15. The BBI JU itself is an example of SDG 17 “Partnerships for the Goals”, where industry works alongside the public sector to develop more integrated solutions to global challenges.