Anke Schwarzenberger – The European Bioeconomy Network

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Labels and certification for bio-based products: Counteracting greenwashing and increasing consumer trust

Posted on 07/11/2024 by Anke Schwarzenberger

The second episode of the certification webinar series by the Horizon Europe projects BioReCer (https://biorecer.eu/) and 3-CO (https://3co-project.eu/) will tackle two intertwined topics:

DIN CERTCO will give an introduction into certification in general and especially bio-based certification. Both bio-based and general certifications play a vital role in fostering innovation, ensuring product integrity. Furthermore, bio-based certification is a crucial process that verifies the bio-based carbon content of products and materials. Here, certification promotes the use of renewable resources and provides transparency and trust for consumers and businesses.

The presentation by ECOS picks up on labelling and certification schemes for bio-based products, and will present the variables determining consumer trust and thus shaping consumer behaviour. These variables include sustainability criteria, label design, the level of familiarity with labels by consumers and many more.

The 3-CO and BioReCer team kindly welcomes the following speakers:

Berit Topolinski (DIN CERTCO, the certification body of TÜV Rheinland Group)
Margaux Le Gallou (ECOS – Environmental Coalition on Standards)

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2024-12-13

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2024-12-13

Zoom Event: Advancing Bio-Based Products Certification: A Collaborative Path Towards Sustainability

Posted on 09/10/2024 by Anke Schwarzenberger

We are pleased to invite you to the Second Multi-Stakeholder Online Meeting of the BioReCer project, titled “Advancing Bio-Based Products Certification: A Collaborative Path Towards Sustainability”, taking place on November 27, 2024, from 15:00 to 16:30 CET.

This past year has seen significant progress and developments of the Horizon Europe project BioReCer that will greatly enhance the certification of bio-based products. We would love to share these advancements with you and gather your valuable feedback. In addition, we will inform participants about the Biomass Utilisation Factor, a new metric combining cascading use and production efficiency into one indicator to investigate the circularity of materials for the circular bioeconomy. We also value your input for an upcoming policy brief that aims to influence policymakers, helping shape the EU policy of tomorrow.

As you may know, BioReCer strengthens certification schemes to boost the acceptance of bio-based feedstock and products from biological waste, both by industry and consumers, and to enhance the competitiveness of Europe’s bio-based economy. Our goal is to address the needs of all stakeholders across the bio-based product value chain. To succeed, the project depends on the input and collaboration of a broad range of stakeholders, including: Producers and processors of bio-based feedstock, Bio-based industries, Certification Bodies, Policy Makers, Scientists, Consumers and their associations…

Your participation is crucial in driving the EU’s transition toward a more sustainable economy. This event will give you the opportunity to stay informed about the project’s achievements, monitor its progress, and see how your input can shape its future development.

The detailed agenda will be available shortly, but we encourage you to save your place now by registering [here]!

Webinar: Potential and challenges of certification and development of new labels

Posted on 09/10/2024 by Anke Schwarzenberger

Are you a member of the (bio-based) industry, a label and certification schemes holder, a policy maker or part of a consumer association? Then participate in the first joined webinar by the Horizon Europe projects 3-CO and BioReCer on November 5th 2024, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm (CET). The webinar will address the vital topic of new certifications and labels for the renewable, and especially bio-based, economy.

Certification and labelling play a crucial role in empowering consumers to make informed and sustainable purchasing decisions by impeding greenwashing and instead providing credible and reliable sustainability information. Furthermore, they facilitate the tracking and traceability of biological and other renewable feedstock throughout value chains, fostering transparency and accountability among stakeholders of the industry. However, there are a lot of challenges for current certification and labelling schemes, since they are often not sufficiently laid-out for bio-based and other renewable products and their value-chains.

In this webinar, REDcert and TÜV AUSTRIA will show their sytems for sustainability certification and will present new or soon to be published label and certification schemes (LCS) that are relevant for the bio-based economy. The speakers will talk about challenges on the way to the final label, and which gaps will be closed.

Join us on November the 5th and listen to the two presentations by REDcert and TÜV AUSTRIA. Together, we will explore their innovative new LCS that will support shaping a strong circular EU (bio)economy.

Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nS69SWbtQmK6IRceByvF7Q#/registration

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2024-11-05

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