The State of Massachusetts, US, announced a ten-year strategy to support technologies aimed at addressing climate change and promoting environmental sustainability. The sustainable and biobased materials, circular manufacturing, and innovations in sustainable foods that our clients are developing are at the heart of climatetech. We applaud the Healey-Driscoll Administration for their leadership.

Catalyzing Across Sectors to Advance the Bioeconomy, CASA-Bio, aims to identify research and development needs in the five thematic areas listed in the US Executive Order (EO) on Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy.

The European Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a new directive that will require sustainability claims to be backed by third-party verification and restricts the use of ecolabels in European member states to those based on official certification schemes and scientific evidence.

Among the many terms used to imply the sustainability of products, the term ‘biobased’ has real meaning.

Impactful updates to environmental, health and safety regulations and assessment methods for chemicals, advanced materials and foods headline our latest new roundup.