Godavari Biorefineries Ltd.(GBL), one of India’s leading integrated biorefineries, presented its ‘soil to bio-products’ innovation approach at Bio Innovations APAC 2026 in Singapore on March 4–5.
Representing GBL, Dr Sangeeta Srivastava, Executive Director, delivered a keynote address and took part in a fireside chat titled “From the Soil to Valuable Bio-Chemicals and Bio-Products”.
At the core of GBL is its integrated biorefinery model, which converts agricultural feedstocks into a wide range of bio-based products. These span food ingredients and biofuels through to specialty biochemicals used across industries, including skincare, cosmetics, agrochemicals, adhesives, and coatings.
By connecting agriculture, industrial biotechnology and advanced processing, the company has built scalable pathways that offer real alternatives to fossil-based chemical systems. These threads ran through the keynote address delivered at the conference.
Speaking at the conference, Dr Srivastava said: “Innovation has to start from developing feedstocks to end products, better processes, more energy efficiency, policies, regulations and financing. Looking at the Carbon source from the field where it is generated is very important. We need to move from Oil to Soil economy. However, there is no single solution or technology for reducing emissions in the chemicals sector, and multiple initiatives will be required. So innovation is needed in each aspect of the value chain. Starting from the farm, soil, feedstock, to finished goods and beyond. The focus must remain at the intersection of ecology and economy. ESG is not a peripheral activity; it is integrated into our biomass-based growth model through co-creation with our stakeholders.”
The conference convened stakeholders from across the Asia-Pacific industrial biomanufacturing ecosystem and included targeted one-to-one meetings to facilitate collaborations and partnerships.
