Bastioli is CEO of Novamont, as well as President of Terna Spa of the Kyoto Club Association and a member of the Board of Directors of Fondazione Cariplo.

With her extensive academic and professional experience in bio plastics and renewable raw materials, Bastioli is an active investor and inventor.

With this problem in mind, she had a goal of developing a systematic approach to adding value to an innovative product while also decreasing its environmental harm.

Bastioli is the prime inventor of around 80 patent families in both synthetic and natural polymers, as well as transformation processes of renewable raw materials.

Mater-Bi, or a family of bioplastic polymers created from plant-based feedstocks, has uses not only on replacing traditionally plastic, but also in preserving natural resources and therefore reducing an environmental impact.