Tag: circular bioeconomy

• 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.

• A future-proof EU Bioeconomy Strategy

  The EU Bioeconomy Strategy is under revision and ECOS joins 50+ organisations calling for a future bioeconomy that is socially just, ecologically sustainable and economically efficient. We need a strategy that tackles the EU’s growing biomass gap and puts justice at the centre of the bioeconomy.

• ECOS Report – Seeing the forest through the trees: How sustainable timber buildings can help fight the climate crisis

  New ECOS report on sustainable timber constructions explains how policy and standards can support the mutual improvement of the ecological functions of forests via ecological forest management, and decarbonise the building sector through a reasonable use of circular and sustainably-sourced timber.

• Seeing the forest through the trees: how can wood buildings be truly green?

  Wood is one of the longest-standing building materials in human history. Although the use of steel, concrete, or iron has brought significant advances to construction, wood is now enjoying newfound popularity.