RISE Sweden Webinar | Business France
🌱 Webinar | Toward a Fossil-Free Chemical Industry: Franco-Swedish Opportunities in the Bioeconomy
The global transition toward a more sustainable future and the achievement of climate goals require a rapid decarbonization of European industry. The chemical sector, at the heart of this transition, faces a unique challenge: unlike other sectors, it cannot simply decarbonize, as carbon is a key building block in the manufacturing of many products. It must instead recarbonize by adopting sustainable, non-fossil carbon sources such as biomass, biogenic CO₂, or recycled materials.
Sweden is particularly well positioned to play a leading role in this transformation thanks to:
- its vast biomass resources,
- its significant sources of biogenic CO₂,
- and its sustainable electricity, among the cheapest in Europe.
To accelerate this transition, the Swedish government has supported the creation of the Bioeconomy Arena, a cutting-edge R&D center inaugurated at the end of 2024. This unique site aims to scale up innovations from lab phase to industrial level.
🎯 Key figures about the Bioeconomy Arena:
- 20 brand new state-of-the-art pilot facilities,
- Enhanced capacities for thermochemical and biochemical processes,
- Solutions for CO₂ capture and electrochemical conversion.
📅 Franco-Swedish Webinar — Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Business France and RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden) invite you to a webinar dedicated to sustainable chemical industry in Europe, focusing on synergies between France and Sweden.
🔎 Agenda:
🕑 2:00 PM – 2:40 PM | Presentation of Sweden and the Bioeconomy Arena
🕑 2:40 PM – 3:00 PM | Q&A session
This webinar is an opportunity to:
✅ Discover Sweden’s new bioeconomy infrastructure,
✅ Explore R&D and business collaboration opportunities,
✅ Engage with key players in sustainable innovation in Sweden.
🎟️ Free registration required by June 4, 2025:
We look forward to welcoming many of you for this exciting exchange on the future of a fossil-free chemical industry, firmly focused on innovation and sustainability.
This event will be held in English.