A future economy may include many strategies and approaches, referred to as Bioeconomy, Green Eco­nomy, CO₂ as raw mater­i­al, ​“Zero Waste”, Cir­cu­lar Eco­nomy / ​“Cradle to Cradle”, Recyc­ling (mech­an­ic­al, chem­ic­al), Hydro­gen Eco­nomy, and Indus­tri­al Bio­tech­no­logy, the lat­ter as a poten­tially gentle and envir­on­ment­ally friendly con­ver­sion meth­od.

All these efforts are out­stand­ing, use­ful and neces­sary. However, none of these strategies is com­plete and none can constitute a comprehensive guideline for a future viable economy on its own. What is apparently miss­ing, is an underlying principle or a ​‘uni­fy­ing ele­ment’ that com­bines the pos­it­ive aspects of all these strategies. This principle can only be “sustainability” with its three pillars: efficiency, consistency, sufficiency. All ambitions and approaches must suffice these claims.

ISEF enables the exchange of act­ors of sustainable economy across the boundaries of industrial sectors and provides space for discussion and exchange to scrutinize the different approaches according to the criteria of sustainability, to identify barriers for stakeholders in implementation and to propose measures to solve them. As a result, ISEF aims to formulate policies required to advance a sus­tain­able eco­nomy.

More than 150 participants are expected to join the forum at hbw ConferenceCenter in Munich on 27/28 June 2022. The list of companies contributing to ISEF is already outstanding: Clariant, UPM, Wallinger Ricker Schlotter Tostmann, Fuchs, Neste, SHV Energy, EurA AG, Electrochaea, Hafen Straubing-Sand Biocampus, Nordic Electrofuel, Evonik, ECBF, HTGF and many more. Get your ticket and become part of ISEF, too! See you in Munich soon!