Advancing Sustainability in Bio-Based Products: insights and new tools from European research projects

This workshop aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the critical aspects of sustainability in the bio-based products industry while fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing among key stakeholders.

It is organized by UNI, the Italian Standards Body, within the Horizon Europe project BioReCer and it aims to bring together stakeholders from the bio-based products industry, researchers, and policymakers. The focus will be on advancing sustainability practices, understanding the Green Claims Directive, promoting circular economy principles, and improving traceability and monitoring of certification schemes. Participants will gain insights into new tolls developed within research projects and aimed at enhancing the sustainability of bio-based products. 

Objectives 

• Explore the current legislative and standardization landscape and prospects of bio-based products.
• Discussing the implications of the Green Claims Directive on the market
• Presenting new tools to enhance sustainability of bio-based products.
• Foster collaboration among sector stakeholders.

Programme

10.00-10.15 Welcome and Opening
Claudio Perissinotti Bisoni & Viviana Buscemi – Technical Project Managers, UNI

Current Landscape of Bio-Based Products: from the legislation to the users  

10.15-11.00 A landscape for Bio-based products: what are the EU priorities that the sector should expect?
Carlo Brondi, Researcher STIIMA-CNR 

11.00-11.15 Green Claims Directive & environmental certifications
Davide Zaniboni, Sustainability specialist Accredia  

11.15-11.30 The analysis of bio-based fashion materials towards SCAR spectrometry: a weapon against green-washing
Gustavo Adrián Defeo, Vice president CTC ARS Tinctoria SRL, Chairman IULTCS - IUF / IUP commissions, Convenor CEN TC289 WG2 and WG3

New tools from research projects 

11.30-11.50 BioReCer 
A standardization toolkit to enhance the sustainability of bio-based products
Cristina Di Maria, R&I Project Manager UNI

Circular Economy & Zero Pollution: the importance of the sludge traceability and the Italian contribution to Horizon Europe BioReCer
Francesco Fatone, Full Professor of Chemical - Environmental Engineering & Elisa Blumenthal PhD student, Università Politecnica delle Marche

11.50-12.10 BIORADAR
Monitoring system of the environmental and social sustainability and circularity of industrial bio-based systems
Emad Yaghmaei, Senior Researcher TU Delft & Consultant in YAGHMA

Available tools to measure circular performance of bio-based products
Hasler Iglesias, Environmental R&D Researcher CETENMA

12.10-12.30 Star4bbs | Sustainability Transition Assessment Rules for Bio-Based Systems
Luana Ladu, Research Fellow at the Chair of Innovation Economics, Technische Universität Berlin

12.0-12.45 ambience | Advanced manufacturing of biobased products for urban outdoor applications: a circular approach
Giulio Gianfelici, Technology and Innovation Advisor, CRIT Srl; Risk Manager in AMBIANCE

12.45-12.55 Q&A

12.55-13.00 Closing Remarks
Cristina Di Maria, R&I Project Manager, UNI