How NEN stimulates the growth of the industry through standards and certification

17 March 2017

Read our interview in Bio-based World Quartely #5

“…Credible claims about the content are key for increasing in demand for bio-based products and the transition towards the circular bio-economy and we are looking forward to working with lots more products in 2017 and beyond!”

MORE: The ‘Bio-based content certification scheme’is the single European certification scheme that enables independent assessment of claims about the bio-based content of products, based on the European standard EN 16785-1. It contains provisions for the determination,verification and monitoring of the bio-based content of products or product families.

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Major hurdles leading to a lack of level playing field for bio-based industry

24 April 2019

The bio-based industry faces a number of regulatory and standardisation hurdles for market entry. Based on these barriers, a missing level playing field for bio-based products hampers investments in this industry, which limits the chance of future technological developments and innovations to mature and enter the market at commercial scales. Five main themes have been … Continued

Developing standards for bio-based industries

26 March 2019

Standards play a crucial role in supporting the growth of the bio-based products market. They can help to increase market transparency by providing common reference methods and requirements that enable the verification of claims and certification regarding the bio-based content, biodegradability or environmental sustainability of different products. However, inadequate standards can also act as barriers … Continued

Common language across the value chains of bio-based products – where are the real challenges?

10 December 2018

Terminology and common language used across the whole value chains from farmer to consumer is of major importance to facilitate the market uptake of bio-based products. The study carried out within the EU funded project STAR4BBI concludes that challenges are related to misuses of terms and to the lack of knowledge of characteristics of bio-based … Continued