- 2025, Building resilient, bio-based UK supply chains for high value biorenewables
A joint workshop with BBIA, Biomass Connect, Biorenewables Development Centre delivered a report on feedstock availability, bioprocessing, economic factors, and policy and regulatory matters.
Building Bio-Based Supply Chains Report v4 2025.pdf
- 2024, Using biological systems to develop high value products and processes
This policy report was led by Dr Joanna Sparks who was a Policy Fellow at the University of Aston. There are two documents – a briefing and a report. The report was developed through review of scientific literature, engagement with members of the HVB Network and a series of stakeholder workshops with cross-sector academic and industry experts.
HVB_PolicyBrief_ExecSummary_Digital.pdf
HVB policy briefing full document FINAL.pdf
- 2023, High value biorenewables in personal care
A report from a workshop on the challenges and solutions towards developing sustainable, high value, bio-based ingredients for the personal care sector.
- 2023, How biotechnology can unlock higher value from UK break crops
A workshop report following on from the UK Grown report (see below), exploring opportunities to use biotechnology to deliver higher value from novel break crops.
HVB Break Crops Report Final.pdf
- 2022, High value bioactives
A report from a workshop on bioactives discussing industry targets, opportunities and challenges, and impact.
- 2022, UK Grown: How biotechnology can unlock higher value products from UK crops
A commissioned report prepared by Lucid Insight with HVB, that explored innovation from within and beyond the HVB Network, to provide inspiration for further research, development and collaboration in the UK to realise the full value of these crops.
The overall aim was to identify and review exemplar plants and fungi that are suited to UK climate conditions and present an opportunity, in combination with industrial biotechnology, to deliver higher value biorenewable products.