RSB Working Group on Implementation
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Secretariat webpage | Steering Board | |
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| Sustainability Criteria: | Global principles for sustainable biofuels production (2nd version) October 23, 2007 | |
| Working groups | GHG - Greenhouse gas lifecycle efficiency analysis ENV - Environmental impacts SOC - Social impacts IMP - Implementation | |
| Current debates: | Land Use and GHG- GHG emissions from indirect land use changes Soil Management Water Management Air quality Biodiversity Offsets. | |
| Documents: | -RSB launch press release -RSB Flyer (pdf) -RSB Intro to Feedback Mechanisms -Commenting on RSB Drafts Using the BioenergyWiki (PDF File) -RSB Draft Principles - June 5, 2007 (PDF File) | |
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The Working Group on Implementation (IMP WG) will review the recommendations of the other working groups (GHG, Environmental Impacts, and Social Impacts) to ensure that any draft standards are easy to implement and measure so that they are accessible by small-scale and other low-income farmers and all sizes of companies. We will also make recommendations on future steps for the Roundtable, such as the potential value of independent third party certification. We will work via a combination of teleconferences, online discussions, and regional meetings. The second IMP Working Group teleconference will be held on February 21st, 2008. To sign up for this and other Working Groups, please go here : on-line WG signup.
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Latest news and announcements
- The second meeting of the Implementation Working Group will take place on February 21st, 2008. To download the background papers and invitation, please visit our Discussion Forum for the February 2008 IMP WG Meeting.
Presentation
Chair: Dr. Alan Knight, Independent Sustainability Advisor to the Virgin Group and SAB Miller. Alan has built sustainable supply chains at B&Q home furnishings and Kingfisher, and has served on the Boards of the FSC and the Tropical Forest Trust. You can learn more about him at www.singleplanetliving.com.
Coordinator: Charlotte Opal. Charlotte leads the overall RSB and will also coordinate the IMP Working Group. She was previously Director of Product Development at TransFair USA, the Fair Trade certification agency, and currently chairs the Standards Committee at FLO, the international Fair Trade standard-setter. She is from Washington, DC and holds an M.Phil in Development Studies and an MBA from Oxford University.
Objectives and scope
(Coming soon)
Timeline
(Coming soon)
Agenda
(Coming soon)
Background documents
- Minutes from the first joint meeting of the SOC and IMP Working Groups
- Overview of the Working Group on Implementation
Further readings
ALL INTERNATIONAL KEY REPORTS (International Organisations, Governments, NGOs...) ARE AVAILABLE HERE
- LASEN's Review of Biofuels sustainability initiatives (Final draft) (LASEN, EPFL) by Dr. Edgard Gnansounou, Luis Panichelli and Juan David Villegas. The goal of this document is to describe and compare different initiatives on biofuels sustainability standards, in the intention of offering a useful tool for policy makers and different stakeholders already involved or wishing to be involved in liquid biofuels consumption and production. October 2007
- The FAO's Unified Bioenergy Terminology
