BioReCer Deliverable D8.5 Mid Report on BioReCer Communications Activities

BioReCer aims to ensure the environmental performance and traceability of biologicalfeedstock used by the bio-based industries. This will be executed through the deploymentof guidelines to strengthen current certification schemes by including new criteria that alignwith EU taxonomy and EU corporate due diligence regulations. Within this approach, theadded value, the use, as well as the social acceptance of bioproducts will be increased.With this objective in mind, BioReCer is structured in three main technological pillars:1. development of a multidimensional assessment framework and a digital BioReCerICT-tool (BIT) for the aggregated and collaborative analysis of biological feedstocksand their associated supply chains;2. creation of a BioReCer Innovation Ecosystem Living-Lab (BRIE-LL) following amulti-agent approach and the testing of this framework in four bio-based supplychain case studies,3. using all generated knowledge to complement current certification schemes byincluding new sustainability and traceability criteria, and ensure their applicabilityat EU and global scale. The transition to a bio-based economy is expected to deliver substantial environmental,societal and economic benefits. For this, BioReCer assesses the impact of current andadapted certification schemes on (end-)users and bio-based industries stakeholders’willingness to pay (WTP) along with acceptance of value chains from novel biologicalfeedstocks (including residual feedstock and waste(water)) by industries and consumers.The project designs and develops a multidimensional assessment framework to analysethe environmental performance of biological resources and traceability. This frameworkwill be subsequently validated in four case studies which will allow for the applicability in awide range of bio-based value chains. This approach is unfolded by the joint creation oftwo levels of interaction: a physical one through the creation of a BioResourcesStakeholders Platform (BRSP) and a “digital” one through a BioReCer ICT tool (BIT). This document is the mid-term report on all executed communication and disseminationactivities and measures between M1 and M18 that target different stakeholder groups(including the BRSP) in order to maximise the project’s reach and success.