The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) is a key multi-stakeholder initiative to develop standards for the sustainability of biofuels. The Roundtable is an initiative of the Swiss EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) Energy Center that aims to develop standards in conjunction with non-governmental organizations, companies, governments and inter-governmental groups from all over the world. In addition, they strive to create a tool that consumers, policy-makers, companies, banks, and other actors can use to ensure that biofuels deliver on their promise of sustainability.
Other organizations attempting to establish criteria for sustainable biofuel production include the Global Bioenergy Partnership and the Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance.
For more information, see:
http://cop.extension.org/wiki/Sustainability_Indicators_for_Farm_Energy
Andrew R. Moss, SARE Fellow, University of Maryland
