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Table 13.2 Overview of standards and indicators of biofuels
Name
GBEP
RSB
Ver.2 RSPO
RTRS
Bonsucro EU
USA
Japan
(proposal)
Features and Scope
Voluntary
Compulsory
Intergovernmental Multi-stake holder
Regional, country specific
International
Regional Country specific
Crops in general
Palm oil
specific
Soybean
specific
Sugarcane
specific
Crops in general
Specific certification system established
–
X
X
X
X
X(
a
)
–
–
Environment
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Reduction of GHGs (GHGs emissions)
Land use change(
b
)
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Carbon stocks
Others (soil, water, air, biodiversity, waste management,
ecosystem conservation, natural resource and utilization
and energy saving, env. impact assessment, agricultural
chemicals and integrated pest management, etc.)
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
–
Economic (productivity, promotion of tech. Rural
development, good practice, long-term economic
viability, etc.)
X
X
X
X
X
–
–
–
Social
X
X
–
X
–
X
–
X
Food security, poverty/social development
Human and labor rights, health (occupational)
X
X
X
X
X
X
–
–
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