The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to Biorefineries as Integrators in a Circular Bioeconomy

This presentation positions biorefineries as crucial integrators for a circular bioeconomy, creating synergistic “systems of systems.” It defines integration as yielding more than the sum of parts, emphasizing resource exchange and enhanced resilience. An innovative “second 50% value” concept focuses on reliability, resilience, and flexibility against uncertainties. A new framework based on “Nature’s contributions to people” is proposed to measure bioeconomy integration, aiming for biorefineries to amplify beneficial natural contributions and ensure long-term competitiveness.