In Texas, the Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance has released its first draft national Baseline Practices for Sustainability (BPS) in Biodiesel document. The document is available for download here (you will need to fill out a free registration at the SBA website to download).
The SBA has created an online forum for public feedback. Feedback will be accepted for a 45-day review period, and the draft will be finalized at the 2008 Sustainable Biodiesel Stakeholders Summit, September 17th in Austin. The draft document establishes sustainability standards for energy security, agrochemicals, land use, greenhouse gas emissions, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), biodiversity, energy conservation and community benefit.
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels has released "Version Zero" of its sustainability principles and criteria, and have released a draft for public comment. Download the draft here.
The group pl...
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels has released "Version Zero" of its sustainability principles and criteria, and have released a draft for public comment here. The group plans to gather stakehold...
Piribo has made its report "The European Biofuels Challenge - Developments in European Union Policy and Industry Drivers" available for free download here. The report covers first and second-generatio...
The National Biodiesel Board said that it would establish Sustainability Task Force that will seek to develop solutions to questions that have been posed about the environmental benefits of biodiesel....
An initiative led by the Swiss EPFL Energy Center, the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels, has released a draft of new principles for sustainable biofuels:
•   Biofuel production sh...
The June summit meeting of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization is expected to propose an intergovernmental group to release guidelines for sustainable biofuels. The draft communique from the summ...