Insights & Whitepaper
Our white papers and guides shed light on selected issues relating to the industrial bioeconomy and explain complex topics in an understandable way. They provide expert analysis, highlight options for action and support companies and other stakeholders in making informed decisions and thus driving innovation processes forward in a targeted manner.
Bio-based plastic for a sustainable future?
Bio-based plastics represent a promising alternative to fossil-based plastics. However, their market success depends on a variety of factors. We analyse these factors and assess the risks and opportunities for companies across the plastics value chain.
Construction industry: Is the future bio-based?
Bio-based materials offer a wide range of opportunities in the construction sector, but are currently still subject to a degree of uncertainty. This report helps companies to assess risks realistically, contextualise developments and shape their sustainable transformation in a well-founded and forward-looking manner.
The automotive industry: Is the future bio-based?
Renewable raw materials and waste materials are opening up new opportunities for the automotive industry to replace fossil resources. Bio-based materials are therefore making an important contribution to climate-friendly and circular economy-oriented vehicle concepts.
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Minimising risks from concept to commercialisation: A comprehensive roadmap for the development of bioprocesses
This white paper presents a structured and practical roadmap for scaling up bioprocess concepts to an industrial level. It outlines the key steps, strategic considerations and best practices across all phases of technical development and project management.
Factors for success in strong bioeconomy regions: learning from Straubing
Practical, well-founded and transferable: this white paper analyses the development of the Straubing Bioeconomy Competence Hub and provides concrete insights for building strong regional ecosystems.
Study: Skills requirements for chemical and pharmaceutical apprenticeships in a bio-based future
Whilst academic programmes on the bioeconomy are gaining in importance, the subject still plays a minor role in initial and continuing vocational training. The study identified skills gaps in vocational training and put forward recommendations for action.
Developing centres of excellence for the industrial bioeconomy – lessons learnt from five pilot regions
How can regions pool expertise, stakeholders and infrastructure to effectively advance the industrial bioeconomy? The focus is on success factors such as industry involvement, regional focus, coordination and pilot projects – as well as challenges relating to scaling up, financing and sustainability.
Guide: Life-cycle assessment between capital and sales markets
What is the significance of life cycle assessment for current and future requirements in capital and sales markets? This guide provides a structured overview of key EU regulations and highlights where life cycle data, carbon footprints and other environmental information are already relevant today. It thus provides companies and other stakeholders in the bioeconomy with practical guidance to help them understand regulatory developments, identify requirements arising from value chains at an early stage and prepare for future market demands.
Trends in the bioeconomy – findings from surveys and analyses
What drives the key players in the industrial bioeconomy – and what are the specific needs and challenges? As part of the TransBIB project, various surveys and interviews were carried out, the results and findings of which are summarised in the following reports.
The Bioeconomy in Transition: Findings from Round-Table Discussions and Online Surveys on Opportunities and Barriers
How can the industrial bioeconomy gain widespread acceptance? The TransBIB project explored this question through a series of round-table discussions and an online survey. The focus was on the sectors of construction, chemicals and meat substitutes, as well as on how bio-based products are perceived and which factors influence their acceptance.
Skills requirements in the plastics industry: findings from a survey and interviews
Bioeconomic innovations require more than just technical expertise. Surveys and interviews reveal the role played by strategic leadership, a willingness to embrace change and a new mindset in the transformation of the plastics industry.
Skills requirements in the construction and lightweight construction industries: findings from a survey and interviews
New materials, digital technologies and changing operating conditions are placing new demands on expertise in the construction and lightweight construction sectors. The findings provide an insight into which technical, social and transformative skills are particularly relevant to the sector’s shift towards a bio-economy.
Skills requirements in the automotive industry: findings from a survey and interviews
AI, the circular economy, digital traceability and bio-based technologies are bringing new skills into focus within the automotive industry. The report highlights the areas where specialists and managers are already well-positioned – and the areas where skills gaps are still identified.
