This research was carried out as part of the intern’s final graduation internship for the study program International Business at HZ University of Applied Sciences. The internship began on the 8th of February 2021 and ended on the 18th of June 2021. The internship was carried out at Medisol B.V. where …

The coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic still poses serious threats to global public health. Therefore, the scientific community is desperately looking for suitable vaccines and pharmacological treatment options. This thesis completes the internship at Specs Compound Handling BV and describes …

Circularity and recycling are gaining increased attention, yet the amount of recycled plastic applied in new products remains low. To accelerate uptake by businesses, it will be useful to empirically investigate the main barriers and enablers that organisations experience when using recycled plastic …

Slotbijeenkomst LIBBIO (Lupinus mutabilis for Increased Biomass from marginal lands and value for BIOrefineries)

In the BBI-JU project LIBBIO, institutions across Europe researched the development of the ideal Andean Lupin variant. Successful breeding programmes resulted in the variant COTOPAXI, which received European Breeder’s Rights within five years. Learn more about how this was achieved in this video.

In het BBI-JU-project LIBBIO hebben instellingen in heel Europa onderzoek gedaan naar de ontwikkeling van de ideale variant van de Andes-lupin. Succesvolle kweekprogramma's resulteerden in de variant COTOPAXI, die binnen vijf jaar Europees kwekersrecht kreeg. Lees meer over hoe dit is bereikt in deze …

The growing interest in vegan and vegetarian diets around the world, gave the vegan and vegetarian food alternative sector a significant boost. This happened also in the Netherlands. As especially vegans try to distance themselves from all animal products, it is important thatthe Dutch consumer understands …

Vegantranslate is a service that helps consumers to find the best plant-based food products for their preferred meals. However, the website doe not have any users yet, and needs to be changed to match the market demand. This business plan gives instructions for the client on how a Vegantranslate 2.0 …

SummarySustainability is a necessity for businesses from many different angles. Sustainable supply chain management has been gaining attention continuously due to increased attention to sustainable targets on organizational and macro policy levels. Local and organic products have been a recent demand …

In this brief chapter of the report we focus on the model that was developed as part of the evaluation strategy: the local CoP impact measurement model. This model has been described as part of the strategy report as well. For purposes of clarity (as it is one of the main deliverables of work package …