Technology

An exclusive interview with Frederic Van Gansberghe, CEO Futerro. The Most Innovative Bioeconomy CEO 2024

Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment
Frederic Van Gansberghe, CEO Futerro

“For me and Futerro, innovation in the bioeconomy is all about reinvention and transition. It’s about finding alternative solutions that weave sustainability, circularity, and ecological resilience into the very core of what we do.” To say it – in this exclusive interview with Il Bioeconomista – is Frederic Van Gansberghe, CEO of Futerro and the Most Innovative Bioeconomy CEO 2024.

According to him, “there is a clear gap between Europe’s ambitions and reality. Many industrial players usually ask to reduce the number of regulations and directives; in my case, I would request to increase their quality”

Interview by Mario Bonaccorso

Continue reading →

Ecoplanta receives approval: a major step forward with Enerkem’s waste-to-methanol technology

Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment
Enerkem in Westbury, Quebec

The Repsol’s Board of Directors has officially approved the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the Ecoplanta project, marking a significant milestone in the drive for the supply of sustainable fuel and product.

Continue reading →

The EU Commission presented the Competitiveness Compass. “We must fix our weaknesses”, said President Ursula von der Leyen

Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment
Berlaymont, European Commission’s Headquarter in Brussels

Yesterday, the EU Commission presented the Competitiveness Compass, the first major initiative of this mandate providing a strategic and clear framework to steer the Commission’s work. The Compass sets a path for Europe to become the place where future technologies, services, and clean products are invented, manufactured, and put on the market, while being the first continent to become climate neutral.

Continue reading →

Enilive begins SAF production at its plant in Gela (Sicily), capable of meeting one third of Europe’s demand

Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment
Source: Eni

Enilive commissioned its first plant to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) at the Gela biorefinery, in Sicily. Production has started at the plant, which has a capacity of 400,000 tonnes per year, representing almost a third of the expected European SAF demand in 2025 (Source: Wood Mackanzie), following the implementation of the ReFuelEU Aviation regulation.

Continue reading →

EIT opened its call to build a new sustainable innovation partnership to strengthen Europe’s water, marine and maritime sectors

Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

The European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) opened its call to build a new sustainable innovation partnership to strengthen Europe’s water, marine and maritime sectors and ecosystems. The Call for Proposals invites consortia of  organisations and industry leaders bringing together water-related education, research and business to put forward their vision and strategy for EIT Water. The EIT is an integral part of Horizon Europe, the EU’s research and innovation framework programme. 

Continue reading →

Neste and Bayer to collaborate on developing novel vegetable oils from regenerative agriculture concepts

Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment
IMG_0273
Neste’s headquarter in Espoo, Finland

Neste and Bayer, a global enterprise with core competencies in the life science fields of health care and agriculture, signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at developing a winter canola ecosystem in the U.S, including identifying partners and developing the value chain together, and scaling winter canola production as a raw material for renewable products. 

Continue reading →

Aramco, TotalEnergies and Saudi Investment Recycling Company (SIRC) assess the development of a sustainable aviation fuels unit

Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

IMG_0162

Aramco, TotalEnergies, and Saudi Investment Recycling Company (SIRC), the major player which collects and valorizes organic materials into sustainable products in Saudi Arabia, signed a Joint Development and Cost Sharing Agreement (JDCSA) to assess the development of a sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) production unit in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This signature was done on the occasion of the visit of the President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud, Saudi Minister of Energy,

Continue reading →

The Most Innovative Bioeconomy CEO 2024 is Frederic Van Gansberghe, CEO of Futerro

Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

IMG_0155

Our readers have voted. The most innovative bioeconomy CEO 2024 is Frederic Van Gansberghe, CEO of Futerro, a a pioneer and world leader in bioplastics with the development and production of Poly-Lactic Acid (PLA, also called FUTERRO RENEW®). PLA is a well-recognized biopolymer able to replace a large number of traditional petro-based plastic used in several applications.

Continue reading →

The 10 Most Innovative Bioeconomy CEOs 2024. Now choose the number 1

Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment
wpid-20150618_135539.jpg
“Bioeconomy in everyday life” @ BioBased World 2015 in Frankfurt am Main

The circular bioeconomy is innovation, the result of the skills and passion of researchers and managers able to create value and new high-qualified jobs, reconciling economy, society and the environment. At the end of 2014 Il Bioeconomista launched a new initiative: The 10 Most Innovative Bioeconomy CEOs.

We have asked a panel of world bioeconomy experts to tell us the Chief Executive Officers that have stood out as the most innovative during the last year.

Now we ask you to choose the most innovative CEO responding to our survey (open till December 13 at 7 am, Central Europe Time).

Continue reading →

Eni and MSC Group joined forces to achieve decarbonization

Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment
descalzi-652x366-ad
Claudio Descalzi, CEO of Eni

Eni and MSC Group President signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at developing joint initiatives in the field of sustainability and energy transition. The two Italian companies – the first is an integrated energy company committed to the energy transition towards carbon neutrality by 2050, the second is a world leader in transport and cruise services – intend to extend the scope of their already fruitful business relationship to a broader geographic context and, in particular, to areas relating to sustainability and decarbonization of their operations.

Continue reading →