Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Food security
• Natural resources management
• Climate change
• Responsible consumption and production
• Economic growth
• Good governance

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced GHG emissions through various methods including shifting from burning agricultural residues to using them as biomass feedstock, improving soil carbon sequestration, and implementing water-saving measures.
• Improved water quality and quantity through efficient water use in bio-based industries and sustainable end-of-life options for wastewater treatment.

Social Achievements

• Increased employment opportunities, particularly for rural women and youth.
• Enhanced rural and urban economic resilience through income diversification and improved territorial cohesion.
• Supported vulnerable stakeholders, including low-income communities, smallholder agricultural producers, and indigenous peoples.

Governance Achievements

• Established inclusive decision-making processes and broad social agreement and engagement.
• Implemented territorial approaches to rural bioeconomy development.
• Developed regional bioeconomy clusters.
• Utilized contract farming mechanisms.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Competition for biomass and natural resources among different bioeconomy sectors.
• Challenges in applying circularity principles to the use of residues.
• Risks associated with intermittent supply of raw materials.
• Risks associated with new and uncertain investments in bioeconomy.
• Potential competition between traditional jobs and new jobs in bioproduct value chains.
• Potential for new technologies to reduce employment opportunities.

Mitigation Strategies

• Using biomass residues and food that are otherwise lost or wasted.
• Adopting integrated systems and value web approaches.
• Implementing contract farming agreements.
• Strengthening collaboration between stakeholders.
• Diversifying incomes of farmers and industrial actors.
• Developing technologies adaptable to different feedstocks.
• Establishing mechanisms to create an enabling environment for new activities.
• Providing training and access to technology.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Contract farming
• Purchasing agreements

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Droughts
• Increased rainfall variability

Opportunities

• Development of climate-smart practices
• Carbon sequestration

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: ISBWG Principles and Criteria for Sustainable Bioeconomy, SDGs

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• SDG 2
• SDG 7
• SDG 8
• SDG 9
• SDG 12
• SDG 13
• SDG 15

The report details how various bioeconomy initiatives contribute to these goals.