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 studied for several product value chains and first conclusions are drawn in a public EU research report.
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
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
How can standards support the full deployment of innovation in the bio-based industry? Standards are used in all parts of the bio-based product market. Their application is specific to a product or an application and can differ from sector or value chain where it is applied. As part of the work of the STAR4BBI research … Continued
