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Sustainability Transition Assessment and Research of Bio-based Products Grant Agreement Number 727740 The Bioeconomy Strategy and the role for schemes and labels Final Workshop (web-based) 28.04.2020 Mathilde Crêpy (ECOS) www.STAR-ProBio.eu Funded by the EU H2020 Programme

Bioeconomy Strategy 2012 Action 11 “Support the expansion of new markets by developing standards and standardised sustainability assessment methodologies for bio- based products and food production systems and supporting scale- up activities” Support in standardization (terminology, bio-based content, etc.) Knowledge base for certification scheme & labels Review of the strategy (2017): Research under Horizon 2020 (EUR 16 million from 2014 up end 2017) Slow implementation Action should be further strengthened www.STAR-ProBio.eu Funded by the EU H2020 Programme

Bioeconomy Strategy 2018 Action 1.4 “Promote and/or develop standards and emerging market-based incentives, and improve labels applicable to bio-based products on the basis of reliable and comparable data on environmental and climate performance” Highlight plurality of instruments (Product Environmental Footprint, EU Ecolabel & Green Public Procurement, Certification schemes) Relies Projects (Life, Horizon 2020) www.STAR-ProBio.eu Funded by the EU H2020 Programme

European Green Deal 2020 Labels to ease identification of sustainable investments Shift focus from compliance to performance through ‘eco - schemes’ in agricultural production www.STAR-ProBio.eu Funded by the EU H2020 Programme

STAR-ProBio (2017-2020) Contribution to various instruments Building on Product Environmental Footprint (integrated assessment tool) Independent, third party verified sustainability schemes (benchmarking platform and building blocks) – including the use thereof in policies Recommendations on EU Ecolabel Better integration with circular economy agenda Special focus on land use changes www.STAR-ProBio.eu Funded by the EU H2020 Programme

Contact Mathilde Crepy Mathilde.crepy@ecostandard.org www.star-probio.eu Thank you ! This project is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and innovation action under grant agreement No 727740 with the Research Executive Agency (REA) - European Commission. Duration: 36 months (May 2017 – April 2020). Work Programme BB-01-2016: Sustainability schemes for the bio-based economy