2nd NSC workshop on “SSbD scenarios”

Following up from the 1^st NSC workshop on “SSbD scenarios for advanced and incremental innovations” (23 June 2025), also the 2^nd NSC workshop is being prepared as collaborative effort among several EU-funded projects: AlChemiSSt, DESIDERATA, PLANETS and SUNRISE.

The 1^st workshop laid the basis by the description of a scenario by aspects of novelty, exposure, severity, (environmental) sustainability, (economic) scope and immediacy. Case studies enabled a refinement of the scenario description.(Wohlleben et al. 2025).

The concept of a scenario was integrated by JRC into the revised SSbD Framework, where it serves as bridge between the SSbD scoping and a tailored safety and sustainability assessment (reproduced in lower figure). It was described as “specific and real set of conditions (scoping analysis elements) that define the context in which the SSbD assessment is carried out.”(Garmendia Aguirre et al. 2025)

In this 2^nd workshop, we will explore tailoring rules. We aim that rules respect both the SSbD scoping and the economic context (business case), and propose a tailoring that improves the competitiveness of the innovator by tiered and prioritised SSbD. The cases are currently being prepared to enable joint discussion and modification of the tailoring rules in the workshop. Some cases may exemplify “archetypical SSbD scenarios” & their tailored SSbD approaches, serving as blueprint for planning of innovation projects with an appropriate SSbD work package.

Organizers: Wendel Wohlleben (BASF), Carla Caldeira (Syensqo), Martin Himly (PLUS), Lya Soeteman-Hernández (RIVM), Danail Hristozov (GD), Beatriz Alfaro (BNN).