Policy matters

The European Union cannot fully move to a green economy based on resource efficiency unless it starts to address the impact that EU production and consumption has beyond its borders, according to the The report notes that “around half of some pressures from EU consumption are exerted outside...

Eco-innovation could be boosted by a call for “responsible research and innovation” (RRI) in Europe, which is defined as “societal actors work[ing] together during the whole research and innovation process in order to better align both the process and its outcomes with the values, needs and...

The Netherlands is gearing up to make the circular economy a centrepiece of its presidency of the Council of the European Union during the first half of 2016. As part of the preparations, a project to make the Netherlands a “circular hotspot” started in September 2014. The project has its roots...

A group of business federations active in agriculture and bio-based industries has established a new platform to call on the European Union to establish a more long-term policy framework that will foster the emergence of the bioeconomy. The European Bioeconomy Alliance (EBA) was launched in...