Circularity, regeneration, and responsibility: Revising the EU’s Bioeconomy Strategy
Europe's competitiveness in the global bioeconomy must be realistic about resource constraints and driven by strategic innovation. The bioeconomy is a cornerstone of the EU's future socio-economic prosperity, but the scale and sustainability of this transition will rely on our ability to operate within planetary boundaries.
Read our response to the EU’s consultation on the bioeconomy.
Essential objectives of a new EU Bioeconomy Strategy
- Mitigate the negative impacts of the EU bioeconomy globally, and foster regenerative systems upholding nature protection and restoration goals from the Nature Restoration Regulation.
- Create a responsible EU circular economy of bio-based materials based on circular business models, aimed at reducing primary material extraction and growing the share of circular biomass flows.
- Support a just transition in farming and forestry towards adopting ambitious ecological principles such as agroecology and closer-to-nature forest management.
