Expected Outcome:
Projects are expected to address the EU Bioeconomy Strategy[1] and its action plan, the zero pollution ambition for a toxic free environment under the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability and the Zero Pollution Action Plan,[2] the EU Industrial strategy,[3] the EU Biodiversity strategy 2030,[4] as well as and the co-implementation of the Transition Pathway for the Chemical Industry.[5]
Project results should contribute to the following expected outcomes:
- Availability of a broader range of bio-based safe and sustainable by design (SSbD) solvents meeting market and technical performance requirements while delivering environmental and safety performance benefits, further facilitating of the market uptake of scalable bio-based solutions across the value chain.
- Significant improvement of environmental and safety performance across the value chain against specified fossil and/or bio-based benchmarks.
- Significantly improved sustainability, safety, 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.
- Improved circularity and resource efficiency via practical application of circular bioeconomy, encompassing the resource- and energy-efficient, cascading use of sustainably sourced biomass[6].
- Societal relevance and social acceptance of circular bio-based solutions and products.
Solvents play an essential role in many applications, from production
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