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Name
GBEP
RSB
Ver.2 RSPO
RTRS
Bonsucro EU
USA
Japan
(proposal)
Land rights
X
X
X
X
X
X
–
–
Good governance (stakeholder consultation), legality
(compliance)
–
X
X
X
X
X
–
X
Other
–
X
X
X
X
X
–
–
Planning, monitoring of implementation, transparency,
COC requirement, etc.)
X: Items included
GBEP: Global Bioenergy Partnership 2011
EU: Directive 2009/28/EC, the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources
USA: Renewable Fuel Standard 2010, EPA must estimate impacts of RFS other than CO2 reduction
JP: Report of the Committee on the Sustainability Criteria regarding Introduction of Biofuels, Japan (in Japanese) 2009
RSB: Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels, Version 2.0 2010
RSPO: Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels, 2007
RTRS: Round Table on Responsible Soy Association, Version 1.0 2010
Bonsucro, Better Sugar Cane Initiative, 2010
a
Specific certification systems have not been established, but voluntary certification of other systems can be used
b
Impacts of indirect land use change are not included in the current
Table 13.2 (continued)
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Name
GBEP
RSB
Ver.2 RSPO
RTRS
Bonsucro EU
USA
Japan
(proposal)
Land rights
X
X
X
X
X
X
–
–
Good governance (stakeholder consultation), legality
(compliance)
–
X
X
X
X
X
–
X
Other
–
X
X
X
X
X
–
–
Planning, monitoring of implementation, transparency,
COC requirement, etc.)
X: Items included
GBEP: Global Bioenergy Partnership 2011
EU: Directive 2009/28/EC, the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources
USA: Renewable Fuel Standard 2010, EPA must estimate impacts of RFS other than CO2 reduction
JP: Report of the Committee on the Sustainability Criteria regarding Introduction of Biofuels, Japan (in Japanese) 2009
RSB: Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels, Version 2.0 2010
RSPO: Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels, 2007
RTRS: Round Table on Responsible Soy Association, Version 1.0 2010
Bonsucro, Better Sugar Cane Initiative, 2010
a
Specific certification systems have not been established, but voluntary certification of other systems can be used
b
Impacts of indirect land use change are not included in the current
Table 13.2 (continued)
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