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In the field of social standards, GBEP and RSB place importance on worldwide
impacts, such as the assurance of food security and community development. At the
same time, standards for specific products are concerned with workers’ rights and
health, land rights, regulatory compliance, and participation in stakeholder
evaluations.
Implementation standards are usually concerned with the implementation status
monitoring and the assurance of transparency by means such as information
disclosure.
Note that EU and US standards and indicators are mainly concerned with CO 2
emissions and associated land use change. As for other standards, the EC and EPA
have created separate reports for submission to their national assemblies.
In the case of Bonsucro, it incorporated its COC certification requirements into
standards and indicators, but other initiatives set separate regulations for its certification system.
C. Conclusions
In order to improve standards, indicators, and certification systems effectiveness as
tools in biofuel utilization strategies on an international scale in the years ahead, it
will be important to develop and improve these measures in the directions outlined
below, taking into account the current state of utilization and the pros of cons of
these tools.
– Unifying existing programs and establishing internationally agreed principles,
standards, and certification systems for biofuel sustainability that allow for flexibility for the environmental and socioeconomic diversity of various producing
countries and which are quantitative, verifiable, and scientific and formulating
systems to develop standard and certification by means of a participatory process
in which the stakeholders of various regions are effectively represented
– Establishing standards, indicators, and certification that permit support for smallscale producers, particularly those in developing countries, and providing support for developing countries in improving their capacity to verify compliance
– Developing precise methods for evaluating macro impacts, such as the indirect
impacts of using land for biofuels, and practical frameworks that enable rational
implementation for highly cost-effective certification
– Investigating systems carefully, to ensure they promote sustainable development
through trade, taking into consideration compatibility with WTO rules
13.1.4 Conclusion and Further Prospects
This paper describes the challenges of investigating the global sustainability of biofuels, policy recommendations by UNEP and other bodies, and the current state,
features, and issues relating to certification, as an important tool to use in developing sustainable utilization strategies. The results bring many points to light. Firstly,
the promotion of rapid, large-scale utilization of biofuels contributes to sharp rises
in food prices, and with current technology, biofuel production is not economically
S. Arai and H. Matsuda
In the field of social standards, GBEP and RSB place importance on worldwide
impacts, such as the assurance of food security and community development. At the
same time, standards for specific products are concerned with workers’ rights and
health, land rights, regulatory compliance, and participation in stakeholder
evaluations.
Implementation standards are usually concerned with the implementation status
monitoring and the assurance of transparency by means such as information
disclosure.
Note that EU and US standards and indicators are mainly concerned with CO 2
emissions and associated land use change. As for other standards, the EC and EPA
have created separate reports for submission to their national assemblies.
In the case of Bonsucro, it incorporated its COC certification requirements into
standards and indicators, but other initiatives set separate regulations for its certification system.
C. Conclusions
In order to improve standards, indicators, and certification systems effectiveness as
tools in biofuel utilization strategies on an international scale in the years ahead, it
will be important to develop and improve these measures in the directions outlined
below, taking into account the current state of utilization and the pros of cons of
these tools.
– Unifying existing programs and establishing internationally agreed principles,
standards, and certification systems for biofuel sustainability that allow for flexibility for the environmental and socioeconomic diversity of various producing
countries and which are quantitative, verifiable, and scientific and formulating
systems to develop standard and certification by means of a participatory process
in which the stakeholders of various regions are effectively represented
– Establishing standards, indicators, and certification that permit support for smallscale producers, particularly those in developing countries, and providing support for developing countries in improving their capacity to verify compliance
– Developing precise methods for evaluating macro impacts, such as the indirect
impacts of using land for biofuels, and practical frameworks that enable rational
implementation for highly cost-effective certification
– Investigating systems carefully, to ensure they promote sustainable development
through trade, taking into consideration compatibility with WTO rules
13.1.4 Conclusion and Further Prospects
This paper describes the challenges of investigating the global sustainability of biofuels, policy recommendations by UNEP and other bodies, and the current state,
features, and issues relating to certification, as an important tool to use in developing sustainable utilization strategies. The results bring many points to light. Firstly,
the promotion of rapid, large-scale utilization of biofuels contributes to sharp rises
in food prices, and with current technology, biofuel production is not economically
S. Arai and H. Matsuda