The document discusses upcoming resource issues from a business perspective. It recommends that businesses not stay too long analyzing problems and see resource issues as opportunities rather than threats. It also stresses that businesses and industries are innovative enough to transform problems into opportunities. Additionally, it outlines areas where businesses and governments can cooperate, such as on geopolitical issues, sharing experiences, raising awareness, and facilitating substitutes and alternatives. The conclusion emphasizes that a partly biobased economy is part of the solution and urges speeding up cooperation between businesses and governments.

1. Business view and approach
for upcoming resource issues
12 December 2012
Frits de Groot

2. Major business opinion:
 Don‟t stay too long in the stage of
deepening and analysing the problem
 Resource issues are an opportunity
and not a threat
 Business and industry are creative and
innovative enough to transform the
“problems” into opportunities

3. Public Private Cooperation and Partnerships
Issue Business Government
Geopolitical items and Supply and share Act in EU, WTO, OECD
market issues experiences and etc. and bilateral
practices
SWOT analyses light Deliver input relevant Deliver input relevant
observations and information on critical
practices from markets resources
Raising awareness Branches Help and support
Infrastructure for Act together with Take away
recycling/reuse knowledge centres and administrative and
institutes, linked with „legal‟ barriers
topsector approach
Substitutes, Act together with Facilitate
alternatives knowledge centres and
institutes, linked with
topsector approach

4. Observations and conclusion
 Upcoming partly biobased economy is
part of the solution
 Cooperating with German government
and business is very welcome
 Speed up!