Periodic Reporting for period 1 - BIORECER (Biological Resources Certifications Schemes)
Período documentado: 2022-09-01 hasta 2024-02-29
BioReCer aims to ensure the environmental performance and traceability of the biological feedstock used by the bio-based industries, deploying guidelines to strengthen the current certification schemes. Within this approach, the added value, the use, as well as social acceptance of bioproducts will be increased. This will be reached by meeting the following general objectives:
-To advance current and emerging methodologies, concepts, and tools to enable the assessment of traceability and environmental sustainability of biological resources production and trades in bio-based systems.
-To develop an Environmental Sustainability Assessment framework (aligned with the EU Taxonomy Regulation criteria, EU Corporate due diligence and corporate accountability regulation) to be integrated into the current certification schemes and applicable to different bio-based industries.
-To validate the methodologies of the BioReCer assessment in 4 case studies, serving as BioReCer early adopters, while showcasing the potential of certification schemes on consumers and bio-based industry stakeholders’ WTP along with consumers’ acceptance of bio-based products produced using different feedstocks.
-To advance current and emerging methodologies, concepts, and tools to enable the assessment of traceability and environmental sustainability of biological resources production and trades in bio-based systems.
-To develop an Environmental Sustainability Assessment framework (aligned with the EU Taxonomy Regulation criteria, EU Corporate due diligence and corporate accountability regulation) to be integrated into the current certification schemes and applicable to different bio-based industries.
-To validate the methodologies of the BioReCer assessment in 4 case studies, serving as BioReCer early adopters, while showcasing the potential of certification schemes on consumers and bio-based industry stakeholders’ WTP along with consumers’ acceptance of bio-based products produced using different feedstocks.
The main achievements of the project are closely linked to the progress of WP2, WP3, WP4 and WP5 (technical work packages). In this regard, in the framework of "WP2-Environmental sustainability assessment: Diagnosis and mapping of current indicators and data collection of biological resources", the first map of biological feedstocks was elaborated --MFA-- (D2.1) as well as a revision and identification of the main environmental and circularity criteria, indicators and assessment methodologies to be implemented into the final assessment framework for bio-based products.
In the framework of "WP3-Product Tracking and Traceability (T&T) for Circular Value Chain Integration", it has been focuses on the design, build, and implementation of Tracking and Traceability (T&T) software and hardware apparatus.
In the framework of "WP4-Integration of the environmental and traceability assessment framework into the established certification schemes", it designed and developed the bio-based multi-stakeholder platform aiming at stakeholders engagement and active participation in the project (D4.1).
In the framework of "WP5-BIORECER ICT tool", it was set the basis of the requirements and architecture for the development of the ICT tool(D5.1).
In the framework of "WP6- Demonstration of the developed methodologies on the 4 case studies and study of replicability/transferability", the biomasses selected have been standardized and characterized for integration into the ICT tool (D6.1).
In the framework of "WP7-Explotation plan", it has been established the necessary strategy for IPR management as a best practice to achieve the overall project goals (D7.1) and it was presented the initial exploitation plan for the KERs (D7.4)
In the framework of "WP3-Product Tracking and Traceability (T&T) for Circular Value Chain Integration", it has been focuses on the design, build, and implementation of Tracking and Traceability (T&T) software and hardware apparatus.
In the framework of "WP4-Integration of the environmental and traceability assessment framework into the established certification schemes", it designed and developed the bio-based multi-stakeholder platform aiming at stakeholders engagement and active participation in the project (D4.1).
In the framework of "WP5-BIORECER ICT tool", it was set the basis of the requirements and architecture for the development of the ICT tool(D5.1).
In the framework of "WP6- Demonstration of the developed methodologies on the 4 case studies and study of replicability/transferability", the biomasses selected have been standardized and characterized for integration into the ICT tool (D6.1).
In the framework of "WP7-Explotation plan", it has been established the necessary strategy for IPR management as a best practice to achieve the overall project goals (D7.1) and it was presented the initial exploitation plan for the KERs (D7.4)
The envisaged results and advances of BioReCer project are classified according to different work fields and topics:
- Biological resources mapping: elaboration of a complete database of biological resources trade-offs considering both regional and European aspects.
- Sustainability assessment: Development of the BioReCer methodology following the guidelines of the new ISO 59020 on “Measuring and assessing circularity” and the EU taxonomy regulation.
- Tracking and traceability assessment: the implementation of T&T into Standardization and Certification protocols to accomplish the accuracy requirements of certification schemes.
- Certification framework: adaptation of the current certification schemes to incipient bio-based value chains in a multicriteria approach including the main stakeholders to avoid previous limitations, as well as incorporating sustainability and T&T aspects that are not well covered in current schemes.
- ICT tools: implementation of blockchain technology to bring a complete, holistic and ad-hoc solution for supporting traceability in biological feedstock exchange.
- Decision support system (DSS): model interpretability and explainability in the context of the DSS (Decision Support System) development.
Likewise, the innovations and advances are also classified considering two points of view as follows:
1. Methodological point of view: i) creation of an open innovation ecosystem that includes the main actors of the supply chain, i.e. the creation of a stakeholders' platform; ii) identification of the main trade flows and fate of biological feedstocks by means of MFA; iii) revision of the existing environmental and trade-off assessment methodologies; iv) validation of results considering consumers’ and bio-based industries’ acceptance regarding the key factors affecting the traceability and trustworthiness of bio-based products; and v) design of a multidimensional framework to analyze the main supply chains of biological resources integrating circularity and environmental indicators.
2. According to the main final outputs: i) the development of a common methodology and the definition of indicators to monitor, certify and assess the environmental sustainability and T&T of biological resources used in the bio-based systems; and ii) the deployment of the BioReCer ICT tool to enable bio-based main actors to analyze and certify biological resources impacts and trade-offs in different bio-based sectors.
- Biological resources mapping: elaboration of a complete database of biological resources trade-offs considering both regional and European aspects.
- Sustainability assessment: Development of the BioReCer methodology following the guidelines of the new ISO 59020 on “Measuring and assessing circularity” and the EU taxonomy regulation.
- Tracking and traceability assessment: the implementation of T&T into Standardization and Certification protocols to accomplish the accuracy requirements of certification schemes.
- Certification framework: adaptation of the current certification schemes to incipient bio-based value chains in a multicriteria approach including the main stakeholders to avoid previous limitations, as well as incorporating sustainability and T&T aspects that are not well covered in current schemes.
- ICT tools: implementation of blockchain technology to bring a complete, holistic and ad-hoc solution for supporting traceability in biological feedstock exchange.
- Decision support system (DSS): model interpretability and explainability in the context of the DSS (Decision Support System) development.
Likewise, the innovations and advances are also classified considering two points of view as follows:
1. Methodological point of view: i) creation of an open innovation ecosystem that includes the main actors of the supply chain, i.e. the creation of a stakeholders' platform; ii) identification of the main trade flows and fate of biological feedstocks by means of MFA; iii) revision of the existing environmental and trade-off assessment methodologies; iv) validation of results considering consumers’ and bio-based industries’ acceptance regarding the key factors affecting the traceability and trustworthiness of bio-based products; and v) design of a multidimensional framework to analyze the main supply chains of biological resources integrating circularity and environmental indicators.
2. According to the main final outputs: i) the development of a common methodology and the definition of indicators to monitor, certify and assess the environmental sustainability and T&T of biological resources used in the bio-based systems; and ii) the deployment of the BioReCer ICT tool to enable bio-based main actors to analyze and certify biological resources impacts and trade-offs in different bio-based sectors.