Bayer announced as part of the company's continuing dedication to developing innovative solutions to the challenges facing farmers, consumers and planet, the company announced the official kick-off of the LifeHub Monheim, a future partnership-focused facility located on the campus of Bayer's global Crop Science Division headquarters in Monheim, Germany. As the newest addition to the company's global LifeHub network, LifeHub Monheim will bring together innovators, entrepreneurs, and scientists from all over Europe to share knowledge, experience and resources that will help enable sustainable food security for the world's growing population. To promote innovative scientific approaches and dialogue with society that contribute to achieving the objectives of the European Union's Green Deal, LifeHub Monheim will work with leading innovators from the European open innovation ecosystem, providing expertise and resources for partners of all sizes.

The Green Deal is the European Commission's roadmap towards a net-zero carbon emissions and circular economy in 2050. The permanent home of the new LifeHub is scheduled to be completed in different phases during the course of 2023 and 2024, but the hub has already started building relationships in Germany, especially in North Rhine-Westphalia, by hosting collaborative events from its interim facility.