OXIPRO - Enzymes for more environment-friendly consumer products
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Integrating Enzyme Technologies into EU Policy Frameworks - Enzyme Cluster Policy Brief

Creators

  • 1. ROR icon Rete Europea Dell'Innovazione (Italy)
  • 2. EDMO icon CSIC, Central Organisation
  • 3. ROR icon NORCE Norwegian Research Centre
  • 4. Aitiip Centro Tecnológico
  • 5. ROR icon SB Science Management

Description

Enzyme technologies are revolutionising industries by providing sustainable, efficient, and non-toxic alternatives to conventional chemical-based processes. These innovations directly align with the European Union’s (EU) safety goals under the European Green Deal, Circular Economy Action Plan, Safe and Sustainable by Design framework (SSbD), and the Clean Industrial Deal. However, regulatory inconsistencies - particularly within chemical classifications – pose significant barriers to the widespread adoption of enzyme-based solutions. 

This policy brief draws insights from the FNR-16 projects (EnXylaScope, FuturEnzyme, OXIPRO, and RadicalZ) and extensive stakeholder and consumer surveys, highlights the economic and environmental benefits of enzyme technologies, identifies regulatory obstacles, and provides clear policy recommendations to position enzymes as catalysts for Europe’s green and digital transition.

At the same time, it emphasises the urgent need to adapt EU regulations to fully harness enzyme technologies as sustainable alternatives to conventional chemicals.

 

Files

FNR-16 2nd Policy Brief - Integrating Enzyme Technologies into EU Policy Frameworks.pdf

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Funding

European Commission
EnXylaScope - Mining Microbes and Developing Advanced Production Platforms for Novel Enzymes To Rapidly Unleash Xylans’ Potential In a Scope Of Products For the Consumer Market 101000831
European Commission
FuturEnzyme - Technologies of the Future for Low-Cost Enzymes for Environment-Friendly Products 101000327
European Commission
OXIPRO - Transition towards environment-friendly consumer products by co-creation of an oxidoreductase foundry 101000607
European Commission
RADICALZ - RAPID DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENZYMES FOR NOVEL AND GREENER CONSUMER PRODUCTS 101000560