Events

Upcoming CHAMPION Events

From Niche to Mainstream: Sustainability Considerations for Consumer Products

17 May 2023, 14:00 - 15:00 CEST

In our next webinar, we will hear from two experts about the importance of sustainability in the consumer product space.

Sarah Hosking, Home Care Biosourcing Manager at project partner Unilever, will talk about the company's sustainability strategy, the role of bio-based and examples of new chemistries that have been brought to the marketplace, with a focus on ingredients and formulations of consumer products.

SQ Consult’s Manisha Gulati will discuss the challenges and opportunities of more sustainable packaging for consumer products, including the sustainability aspects that need to be considered, the kinds of sustainability claims made in the current market, and how such claims can be backed-up through certifications, labels and testing.

Following each presentation, participants will have the opportunity to share their views and questions in an interactive discussion.

Past CHAMPION Events

CHAMPION Webinar 4: Health and safety in the transition to a more circular and biobased economy - Part 1

This video is a recording of Part 1 of the CHAMPION Project Webinar series - Webinar 4, held online on 10 January 2023.

Circular Economy Advisor Frieke Heens (RIVM) explains the hurdles in the circular economy transition caused by hazardous substances and how to best cope with these.

CHAMPION Webinar 4: Health and safety in the transition to a more circular and biobased economy - Part 2

This video is a recording of Part 2 of the CHAMPION Project Webinar series - Webinar 4, held online on 10 January 2023.

Barbara van Vugt (BDS, BioDetection Systems, CHAMPION project partner) presents safety assessment methods in green chemistry and results for CHAMPION’s products so far, showing that safety is built into the design of CHAMPION’s materials.

CHAMPION Webinar 3: Bio-polymer biodegradability: State-of-play and examples from practice - Part 1

This video is a recording of Part 1 of the CHAMPION Project Webinar series - Webinar 3, held online on 12 October 2022.

Biodegradability expert Maarten van der Zee (Wageningen Food & Biobased Research) explains the key aspects of measuring biodegradability, common misconceptions and current issues, including standards, labeling and EU policy.

CHAMPION Webinar 3: Bio-polymer biodegradability: State-of-play and examples from practice - Part 2

This video is a recording of Part 2 of the CHAMPION Project Webinar series - Webinar 3, held online on 12 October 2022.

Astrid Van Houtte (OWS, Organic Waste Systems, CHAMPION project partner) shared some biodegradability results of common bio-based polymers and of CHAMPION’s products so far, showing that our bio-polymers can be both high-performance and biodegradable.

This video is a recording of the CHAMPION Project Webinar series - Webinar 1: Progress in Materials Designed for a Circular Economy, held online on 6 April 2022.

The CHAMPION Project's Dr Rolf Blaauw of Wageningen University & Research presented promising bio-based resins for coatings and adhesives, and selecting polymers and materials for a circular biobased economy.

CHAMPION Webinar 1: Promising bio-based resins: safer, more sustainable and circular

Webinar 2: Deep Change in Practice: True Circularity in a Bio-Based Transition - Part 1

This video is Part 1 of a recording of the CHAMPION Project Webinar series - Webinar 2: Deep change in practice: True circularity in a bio-based transition, held online on 15 June 2022.

Philippe Willems, CEO of CHAMPION project partner Orineo, shared his vision of designing products so that after a useful life they become high-quality raw materials instead of waste.

Webinar 2: Deep Change in Practice: True Circularity in a Bio-Based Transition - Part 2

This video is Part 2 of a recording of the CHAMPION Project Webinar series - Webinar 2: Deep change in practice: True circularity in a bio-based transition, held online on 15 June 2022.

Albin Kälin, CEO of EPEA Switzerland, has a long track record in implementing the Cradle-to-Cradle design philosophy in practice. He shared his vision on the role of bio-based polymers and products for a circular future.