Expected Outcome:
Projects are overall expected to address the EU Bioeconomy Strategy[1] and its action plan, the EU Zero pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment under the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability[2] and the Zero Pollution Action Plan, the EU Industrial strategy[3], the EU Biodiversity strategy 2030[4], as well as the co-implementation of the Transition Pathway[5] for the chemicals industry.
Project results should contribute to the following expected outcomes:
- Sustainable, large-scale production of bio-based platform chemicals with dedicated[6] chemical structures and availability of a broader range of bio-based chemicals meeting market and technical performance requirements, hence also facilitating the market uptake of bio-based solutions.
- Improved circularity and resource efficiency of bio-based value chains via practical application of circular bioeconomy, encompassing the resource- and energy-efficient, cascading use of sustainably-sourced biomass.
- Significantly improved sustainability, strategic autonomy, resilience and competitiveness of the European chemical industry and with cascading impact in other downstream sectors.
- Reduce the fossil feedstock dependence of chemicals production and/or minimising biomass imports dependencies of the bio-based industries.
- Significant improvement of environmental and safety performance across the value chain against specified fossil and/or bio-based benchmarks.
- New skilled job opportunities and investments in the bio-based sectors.
- Societal relevance and social acceptance of circular bio-based solutions and products.
Overall, bio-based platform chemicals, according
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