Descrizione del progetto
Un nuovo sistema di monitoraggio per la certificazione di sostenibilità dei biosistemi
Proprio come gli alimenti vengono etichettati in base al loro contenuto o alle procedure con cui sono stati prodotti, oppure gli elettrodomestici sulla base di parametri come l’efficienza energetica, i sistemi di certificazione della sostenibilità e le etichette business-to-business standardizzano ciò che è sostenibile e la misura in cui lo è. Il mondo dell’industria e i governi stanno agendo per rendere operativi tali strumenti, mentre l’Unione europea sta sostenendo la standardizzazione dei sistemi di certificazione dei biosistemi allo scopo di accelerare la transizione verso l’economia sostenibile. Il progetto SUSTCERT4BIOBASED, finanziato dall’UE, svilupperà un sistema di monitoraggio dei bioprodotti che opera lungo le catene del valore e gli scambi all’interno dell’Unione, nonché a livello globale. Rivolgendo l’attenzione a quattro temi, ovvero ambiente, società, economia e governance, SUSTCERT4BIOBASED supporterà la produzione e il consumo responsabili e contribuirà all’istituzione di una bioindustria circolare e sostenibile.
Obiettivo
SUSTCERT4BIOBASED project is set on fostering the adoption of effective and robust sustainability certification schemes and business-to-business labels for industrial biobased systems to support tracing the sustainability of biobased products along the value chains and trades within the EU and globally for responsible production and consumption. To this end, a monitoring system will be developed with a life-cycle perspective along four themes (environment, social, economic and governance) considering the complexity and relationships of all dimensions of sustainability and the rules and procedures on how the schemes are managed. This system will be optimized with pilot audit in practice and testing on existing schemes/labels for biobased systems evaluating their performance in the different themes and their coverage of the list of minimum requirements. Costs and benefits from the adoption of certification schemes and labels will be assessed, considering actual economic as well as internalized environmental and social ones. Data will be generated on volumes of biological resources and biobased products in global trade flow and extent of their certification. We will leverage the results of the project to provide best practices and recommendations to 4 key target groups: policy makers, sustainability system community, industrial biobased value chain actors, and regional/rural bioeconomy stakeholders. Our vision is that this will result in harmonized system requirements, continuous improvement and enhanced adoption of sustainability certification schemes and labels, and provide a significant contribution towards establishing a circular and sustainable bio-based industry for Europe contributing to the Bioeconomy Strategy and Green Deal. The large multi-sectorial stakeholders involvement (through an international Network of Interest domain and a comprehensive Advisory Board) will enable SUSTCERT4BIOBASED to increase outreach and aligning with ongoing international efforts.
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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support ActionsCoordinatore
6708 PB Wageningen
Paesi Bassi