Room: Amazon
Date: Thursday, 21 May 2026
Time: 16:15 - 17:15 CEST
Session code 2CO.11
Sustainability frontiers in the bioeconomy: methods, gaps and global perspectives
Sustainability Assessment Methodologies for Industrial Bio-Based Systems
Short Introductive summary
This contribution will present results of the EU-funded ESCIB project (2024-2027) which aims to help the European bio-based economy by developing sustainability assessment methodologies that will allow more accurate assessments of their value chains. Central to ESCIB’s mission is crafting standardized, life-cycle methodologies for sustainability assessments of bio-based systems at various technology-readiness levels (TRLs). This will help to further improve the sustainability of biobased products, to reduce potential negative impacts and to highlight the benefits of biobased products in comparison to fossil-based products.
Presenter
Dominik RUTZ
WIP Renewable Energies, Bioenergy & Bioeconomy Unit, GERMANY
Presenter's biography
Dominik Rutz is a Senior Project Manager at WIP Renewable Energies ( www.wip-munich.de) since 2005. He graduated in Environmental Science (Dipl.-Ing.) and Consumer Science (M.Sc.). His main field of experience includes the technical and non-technical analysis of bioenergy and its supporting policies in developing countries and emerging economies worldwide. He is coordinator of several EU funded projects.
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Co-authors:
C. Ma, WIP Renewable Energies, Munich, GERMANY
R. Janssen, WIP Renewable Energies, Munich, GERMANY
P. Nachtergaele, Gent University, BELGIUM
C. Perez Hernandez, Gent University, BELGIUM
M. Junginger, Utrecht University, THE NETHERLANDS
L. Shen, Utrecht University, THE NETHERLANDS
M.A. Rondón Villabona, Utrecht University, THE NETHERLANDS
M. de Jong, Utrecht University, THE NETHERLANDS
M.Z. Khan, Technical University of Munich, GERMANY
G. Weber-Blaschke, Technical University of Munich, GERMANY
Z. Ali, ADAI, Coimbra, PORTUGAL
C. Rodrigues, ADAI, Coimbra, PORTUGAL
F. Freire, ADAI, Coimbra, PORTUGAL
H. Pihkola, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, FINLAND
I. Toivanen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, FINLAND
A. Coulon, Quantis, Lausanne, SWITZERLAND
F. Zhang, Quantis, Lausanne, SWITZERLAND
Session reference: 2CO.11.1