Consumers around the world are demanding more sustainable packaging, clothing, energy, food, and just about everything else available on the market today.

Rising consumer education and awareness around climate change, corporate accountability, and policy support from governments and international policy bodies all contribute to this movement. 

In response, a new wave of companies is working to supply brands with renewable and bio-based materials that help maintain equilibrium between business and the environment and key natural resources. 

Most of the players within the industry rely on biotechnological processes to produce these materials and have been enabled by recent R&D-driven advances and resultant products and processes.