Safe- and sustainable-by-design organic and hybrid coatings

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or HaDEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Horizon’s Europe GA number: 101091464 SUSTAINABLE SURFACE PROTECTION BY GLASS-LIKE HYBRID AND BIOMATERIALS COATINGS Circular, sustainable and biobased coatings November 18th, 2025 –On line Safeand sustainable-by-design organic and hybrid coatings BIO4COAT Webinar | 18 Nov 2025 Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or HaDEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Horizon’s Europe GA number: 101091464 Team The BIO-SUSHY project is a collaboration between 14 partners from 7 EU countries and 1 EUassociated country: 6 RTDs, 5 SMEs, 1 large company, 1 university, and 1 national association. 2 BIO4COAT Webinar | 18 Nov 2025 Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or HaDEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Horizon’s Europe GA number: 101091464 Contribution to SSbD criteria and guiding principles Reduction of PFAS in the environment Computational tools to support SSbD concepts 25% reduction of environmental impact Impacts BIO4COAT Webinar | 18 Nov 2025 Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or HaDEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Horizon’s Europe GA number: 101091464 BIO4COAT Webinar | 18 Nov 2025 Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or HaDEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Horizon’s Europe GA number: 101091464 5 Introduction PFAS (per and polyfluorinated alkyl substances) provide excellent water and oil repellency properties. Why is it a problem? PFAS, What? PFAS are known as ‘forever chemicals’due to their resistance, widespread, and linked to environmental and health problems like cancer and decreased fertility. How? Exposure could happen through eating,drinking,or using consumer products containing PFAS. You may have assumed PFAS without knowing it BIO4COAT Webinar | 18 Nov 2025 Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or HaDEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Horizon’s Europe GA number: 101091464 Objectives Hydro/oleophobic additives Develop 3 PFAS-free bio-based coatings Water-based hybrid sol-gel organic Solvent-based hybrid sol-gel inorganic Thermoplastic bio-based powder BIO4COAT Webinar | 18 Nov 2025 Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or HaDEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Horizon’s Europe GA number: 101091464 BIO-SUSHY Methodology –Based on 3 pillars R&I COATING DEVELOPMENT SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE BY DESIGN MODELLING BIO4COAT Webinar | 18 Nov 2025 Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or HaDEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Horizon’s Europe GA number: 101091464 R&I Coating Development •Development of 3 novel SSbD coatings materials with water and oil repellency •Validation of coating materials with 3 case studies •Textile •Food packaging •Glass packaging BIO4COAT Webinar | 18 Nov 2025 Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or HaDEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Horizon’s Europe GA number: 101091464 9 Step 1 Intrinsic Hazardous properties •Human health, environmental and physical hazards Step 2 Occupational health safety •Combination of chemical/material hazards, exposure and risk management measures Step 3 Risks/hazards of the final application •Exposure and related toxicity impacts on human health and environment Step 4 Environmental sustainability assessment •Environmental sustainability aspects of the chemical/material Step 5 Social and economic sustainability assessment Identification of needs “(re)DESIGN” •Alternative coatings •PFAS-free Safe and sustainable by design framework BIO4COAT Webinar | 18 Nov 2025 Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or HaDEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Horizon’s Europe GA number: 101091464 SSbD Step 5 –SLCA: Activities Overview •Identification and Prioritization of Social Risks and Opportunities (Impact (Sub-)Categories) •Social Risk Mapping on sectorand country-level 1. Identifying relevant topics and issues 3. Prioritize: Ranking processes and stakeholder relevance, identify issues 2. Mapping: Case study value chains and stakeholder 4. Risk Analysis: Identification of Social Risks on sectorand country-level •Literature review (case study specific, SLCA studies, etc.) •Guidelines (UNEP Guidelines, SSbD Guidelines, etc.) •Value chains, locations and stakeholders characterization •Definition of reference products and hypothetic value chains •Project internal Workshop •Qualitative Interviews with Value Chain Experts •Marketand sector analysis •Social Hotspots Identification (SHDB Risk Mapping Tool) BIO4COAT Webinar | 18 Nov 2025 Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or HaDEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Horizon’s Europe GA number: 101091464 CONCLUSIONS •The BIO-SUSHY project represents a proactive step toward aligning innovative coating technologies with the EU's sustainability and safety goals. •The main challenge is the lack of data, and one outcome of BIOSUSHY will be providing it. •Following the current framework, in the absence of data, the proposed scoring system tends to indicate that those lackof-data compounds are safe , leading to an underestimation of the real risk. •The use of computational tools is extremely helpful, however, their use for mixtures is still insufficient and for polymers are not good, due to polymers are outside of the applicability domain for the QSAR models. Nanoparticles present the same challenge. •With the new framework to be published soon, some of the limitations we have observed during its implementation will be resolved. 17 BIO4COAT Webinar | 18 Nov 2025 Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or HaDEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Horizon’s Europe GA number: 101091464 18 Thank You www.bio-sushy.eu [email protected] @BIO-SUSHY Project @BIO-SUSHY Project Pau Camilleri Project Manager [email protected] New Issue Out This Month!