1. SUSTOIL Project Update June 2008 – April 2009 Professor Ray Marriott University of York SUSTOIL Co-ordinator

2. Contents  SUSTOIL Project overview  Project management  Partner update  Collaboration agreement  Review of work packages 1-3  Completed reports  Outstanding actions  Future activities

3. Project Management  Kick-off meeting - July 2008  Advisory Board virtual meeting – September 2008  Virtual project meeting – November 2008  First project payment – November 2008  First Newsletter December 2008

4. Partner Update  Botanix Ltd (UK) did not commence project – task completed by UoY.  Wageningen University has changed legal entity now Agrotechnology & Food Innovations B.V. – tasks unchanged  CSL has changed name to FERA  Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) has been added so that Dr Richard Taylor can complete his tasks within this project.

5. Collaboration Agreement  Almost all partners have now signed this  Minor amendments to appendix 2 subsequently requested by UGent need to be approved at this meeting  If approved this change will be added as an addendum to the CA (pg48)  The CA will not need to be re-signed

7. Workpackage Update  All work package deliverables scheduled for completion have been received  Report quality has been good with minimal amendments requested  Summaries of each work package have been produced and will form the basis of discussion at this workshop  The collective information is very valuable and has received very positive comments from advisory group members

8. Workpackage Update  Deliverables 1.4, 2.5 and 3.4 are now crucial to achieve quality dissemination of this work  These are due by end of June 2009  Collation of economic data is still causing some concerns and if possible needs to be resolved here

9. Future Activities  SUSTOIL posters will be at RRB5, Ghent, 10 th-12th June 2009  Advisory Board meeting 12 th June 2009 (at RRB5)  SUSTOIL posters will be at “Green Chemistry and the Consumer”, York, 15 th & 16 th June 2009  Second workshop – dates, location etc.  Next newsletter – May/June  1 st Annual report – technical and financial

10. SUSTOIL Project Update June 2008 – April 2009 Professor Ray Marriott University of York SUSTOIL Co-ordinator