Innovation mission
SusChem was created with a mission to revitalise and inspire European chemistry and industrial biotechnology research, development and innovation in a sustainable way to respond to pressing societal challenges.
Solutions
The chemical sector’s key enabling technologies provide the critical building blocks for the solutions needed to achieve a sustainable low carbon circular economy. They impact all value chains including energy, construction, mobility and electronics. They can be categorised into three interconnected areas: Advanced Materials; Digital; and Process.

Materials for Energy Production and Storage
Sustainable chemistry research and innovation actions are needed to strengthen Europe’s position in low carbon energy production...
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Sustainable chemistry is key to more sustainable transport systems and personal mobility...
Read moreMaterials for Health and Well-being
An affordable and accessible healthcare system is key to a sustainable and cohesive society...
Read moreMaterials for Consumer goods
Increasing the sustainability of consumer goods requires developments in materials that support recycling and reuse and that focus on...
Read moreMaterials for Energy Efficiency
Sustainable chemistry is essential to improving energy efficiency in all types of buildings: new and old...
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Feedstock
To ensure a sustainable future the European chemical industry must reduce its dependency on, largely imported, petroleum and gas feedstock...
Read moreCatalysis
Catalysis is, perhaps, the single most important and pervasive interdisciplinary technology in the chemical industry and certainly one of...
Read moreProcess Control
Process control and supervision of operations, from regulatory control to manufacturing planning and optimisation, has a major impact on...
Read moreProcess Intensification
Process intensification presents a set of radically innovative new principles in process and equipment design that can bring significant...
Read moreDownstream Processing
New and existing sustainable processes in the circular economy need to be able to cope with an increasing share of renewable, often...
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Cognitive and Connected Plants
Advanced process control is key to achieving more sustainable chemical production processes.
Read moreBig Data
Future industries, and the chemical sector in particular, will be awash with data...
Read moreDigital Platforms
Companies that were early adopters of digital have already successfully mastered platform strategies, the opportunity is now opening up to...
Read moreDigital Skills
Driving the growth of new flexible skills and an educated workforce able to learn fast and use digital technology as the central source for...
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