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ALIGNED & CALIMERO Science-for-Policy Joint Event


On 4 June 2025, the ALIGNED and CALIMERO Horizon Europe sister projects held their Science-for-Policy Joint Event at the Thon EU Hotel in Brussels, with a parallel online livestream. The hybrid event attracted over 130 participants — 50 onsite and 84 online — including policymakers, researchers, and industry stakeholders from across Europe.

The event featured insightful keynotes on improving environmental assessment methods for bio-based products, highlights from real-world case studies, and a dynamic panel discussion on policy and industrial practices. Stakeholders from sectors such as construction, chemicals, textiles, and algae biorefinery shared their perspectives on shaping a more sustainable bioeconomy.

We thank everyone who joined us to help shape the future research and policy agenda in this crucial field.

Watch the event here:

Welcoming remarks by Evdokia Achilleos, Head of Sector in the Biodiversity, Circular economy and Environment Unit (Research Executive Agency)

Introduction to ALIGNED & CALIMERO projects

  • CALIMERO keynote: Industry case studies to improve environmental performance – Eduardo Entrena, Contactica. If you are interested in any CALIMERO presentation, please contact CONTACTICA .
  • ALIGNED keynote: Aligning LCA methods for improved sustainability – Prof. Massimo Pizzol, Aalborg University. Download presentation

Research highlights

Project impacts

Panel discussion

Mauro Cordella, Policy Officer (DG Environment) Silvia Maltagliati, Policy Officer (DG Research and Innovation) Pelin Birsen (EREKS – Blue matters, industrial partner – textile sector) Laura Monteiro (A4F, industrial partner – algae biorefinery)

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ALIGNED Environmental Sustainability in the Construction Sector

Date: Thursday, June 19, 2025

Time: 10:00–11:30 CEST
Format: Online | Free registration

We are organising on June 19, 2025 from 10:00 – 11.30 hours a free online Sustainability in the Construction Sector Workshop.

The overall goal of the workshop is to help improving the environmental sustainability of the construction through Life Cycle Assessment. As part of the ALIGNED project, we have explored innovative ways to measure and enhance sustainability in the construction sector. During this workshop, we will present key findings from the case studies.

The session will conclude with an interactive discussion on the utilisation of these methodologies in the construction sector and the results of the consultation.

If you did not yet participate in the online consultation, we would kindly request you to take a few minutes to fill out the form.

To participate in the consultation, please click here and fill out the form: https://forms.gle/64FzNyRxqBGgVU4L7

🔗 Register here

Agenda

10:00 – 10:05
Welcome & Practical Issues

10:05 – 10:20
Introduction of the Project
Speaker: Patrick Reumerman (BTG)

10:20 – 10:45
Case Study: bio-based phenolic foam as thermal insulating board
Speaker: Damien Arbault (INSA – Tolouse)

10:45 – 11:20
Interactive Discussion

11:20 – 11:30
Wrap up & Closing

ALIGNED Milestone 6

Milestone 6: Final case study results

This milestone marks an important step building on several months of work with the application of the ALIGNED framework to specific case studies in the five sectors covered by the project (woodworking, pulp and paper, construction, chemicals and textiles).

The academic and industrial partners have been jointly working on using the framework to assess the performance of different products and processes within these sectors. This effort not only allowed us to investigate the sustainability of these processes and what are positive environmental improvements that can be achieved within the case studies, but also allowed to test whether the framework provides added value to the analysis.

In fact, an important aspect of the work was collecting feedback from the researchers as well as the industry experts on the advantages and drawbacks of the framework. The ALIGNED framework consists in a consistent set of approaches, methods and tools. These are used for advanced analysis and different tiers of increasing complexity are identified to guide the user in its application.

The final results have shown where these tiers need to be revised, as well as allowing them to spot bugs and shortcomings in the methods that can now be improved.

The next steps are then to report the results of the case studies in specific deliverables to the commission, and then to revise the tools and make the improved versions openly available.