Forest-based products, services, and green infrastructure can offer viable alternatives
EFI fosters cross-sector partnerships and innovation to support evidence-informed policies and practices, contributing to sustainable development, climate adaptation, and rural and urban environments that are more healthy and pleasant to live in.
How can a forest-based bioeconomy support biodiversity and climate neutrality?
Forests and forestry play a key role in climate change mitigation.
- Sustainable economy
What are harvested wood products?
Harvested wood products (HWPs) consist of biobased materials, primarily wood sourced from forests.
- Sustainable economy
What is forest bioeconomy?
Forest bioeconomy promotes resilient, circular and climate-smart forestry within ecological boundaries and for wellbeing.
- Sustainable economy
Publications
What are payments for ecosystem services (PES)?
PES constitute a potentially integrated financing and incentive mechanism to improve the environmental quality of natural resource management.
- Sustainable economy
What is sustainable finance?
Sustainable finance integrates environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment decisions to support long-term sustainability.
- Sustainable economy
What tools are available to comply with the EUDR?
Discover what free and/or open-source tools are available to supply chain actors to comply with the EU Deforestation Regulation.
- Sustainable economy
Mapping wood flows to final product and energy uses in 2021 in the European Union
This study presents a material flow analysis of wood use across the European Union in 2021, tracking flows from forest harvest to end-of-life.
- Sustainable economy
News and blogs
Major collaboration agreement between regional bioeconomy networks
The agreement establishes a formal framework with the aim of accelerating the deployment of bio-based innovation at regional level across Europe.
- Sustainable economy
New online tool helps clarify the raw commodities behind processed products
The EFI Commodity Converter translates processed goods into raw commodity equivalents and estimates planted area, transparently and openly.
- Sustainable economy
From chocolate bars to cocoa beans: what’s the raw commodity behind the product?
EFI’s Commodity Converter helps reveal the raw commodities and planted area behind processed agricultural products.
- Sustainable economy
Upcoming events
Session ecosystem services assessment and biodiversity footprinting at SETAC Europe 27th LCA Symposium
Anyone working on ecosystem services, biodiversity metrics, LCA, or sustainability assessment in bio‑based value chains is invited to join.
18 October 2026 – 21 October 2026
- Sustainable economy
Projects on this theme
SATAF
Strengthening Agroecological Transition & Agroforesty in Africa
- Sustainable economy
BIOECONOMY GIANTS
Fostering collaboration among primary producers and beyond to promote sustainable growth.
- Sustainable economy
PASSAD - Forêt
We promote sustainable forest economies in Côte d'Ivoire to address declining forest resources and strength economic resilience.
- Sustainable economy
Technical facility on deforestation-free value chains
We collaborate with commodity-producing countries to assist in transitioning to legal and deforestation-free value chains.
- Sustainable economy
INTERCEDE
Incentivising future forest ecosystem services and incomes in Europe
- Sustainable economy
- Sustainable economy
CircHive
A Horizon Europe project that helps businesses and the public sector recognise, measure and report on the value of nature.
- Sustainable economy
- Sustainable economy