Tag: sustainability
BASF develops new sustainability metric for Canada
Tweet In Canada, BASF is set launch a new method to measure sustainability in Canada. The company’s new proprietary tool, AgBalance, uses a set of 69 indicators to calculate the social, economic and environmental impact of various farming practices. The results help growers identify the most impactful levers to improve their overall sustainability score. BASF [...]
“NCS International Certifies Worlds First Company Against Global Sustainable Biofuels Benchmark.”
Tweet Today on Twitter. VictoriaSicilia: reality check..destroying lives + the environment elsewhere while we say we’re well on our way with a “green” movement? nwgreene: BIG: NCS International Certifies Worlds First Company Against Global Sustainable Biofuels Benchmark JenkinsChase: Best idea ever! Marijuana biofuels. Know how biodeisel smells French fries? Think about iiiiit(; LiberalNewt: #Newt #Gingrich [...]
Canadians push for food industry reform to assist sustainability movement
Tweet In Canada, citizens concerned with balancing the need for sustainable energy, and the need for sustainable food supplies are putting pressure on policy makers to cut red tape and increase investment and productivity in agriculture. According to Food & Consumer Product of Canada, food industry regulations have not been significantly updated since 1953 and [...]
Sustainability Report Card for biodiesel launched
Tweet In Texas, the Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance unveiled the first retail locations scored through the Sustainability Report Card for biodiesel at the nozzle. This new system that scores biodiesel based on a host of requirements including: biodiesel feedstock type, feedstock origin, how the fuel was produced and how far it travelled to point of sale. [...]
Global Bioenergy Partnership launches 24 sustainability guidelines
Tweet In Italy, the Global Bioenergy Partnership, a government-level organization of 23 countries, has established a set of 24 sustainability guidelines that it will introduce at the upcoming G8 meeting. In addition the Partnership has approved to launch a capacity building initiative that seeks to promote the optimum use of modern bioenergy for sustainable development. [...]
Netherlands' NEN launches biofuels sustainability certification scheme
Tweet In the Netherlands, the national standards institute NEN has launched a sustainability certification scheme with Rotterdam Climate Initiative to certify the sustainability of all kinds of biomass including solid, liquid and gaseous fuels. The scheme has been sent to the European Commission for approval as a voluntary certificate under the Renewable Energy Directive. More [...]
Nigeria aims for new direction on palm oil policy
Tweet In Nigeria, the Initiative for Public Policy Analysis has released “Palm Oil and Economic Development in Nigeria and Ghana; Recommendations for the World Bank’s 2010 Palm Oil Strategy,” in which highlights the importance for the World Bank to stay focused on its original mission of poverty reduction through economic development. It argues that imposing [...]
EU proposes sustainable biofuels guidelines; "Protectionism!" cries World Growth
Tweet In Brussels, the EU Energy Commissioner presented the EU’s proposed guidelines on sustainable biofuels. The package includes three primary principles: 1. Sustainable Biofuel Certificates: The Commission encourages industry, governments and NGOs to set up “voluntary schemes” to certify biofuel sustainability – and explains the standards these must meet to gain EU recognition. 2. Protecting [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: "The problem with algae is that it is simply not as far along in terms of the biology and engineered systems."
Tweet Ron Pate, Sandia National Labs: “The DOE has not officially laid out an explicit timeline for algae biofuels commercialization, and I don’t know that they ever will. I have suggested in this and past presentations that getting algae biofuels to the point of commercial viability could take another decade, depending on how things progress [...]
