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3rd ISCC Global Sustainability Conference

Consequences of the Commission’s Proposal for Sustainability Certification

Brussels, February 6, 2013

Dr Norbert Schmitz ISCC System GmbH Weissenburgstr. 53 D-50670 Köln www.iscc-system.org e-mail: [email protected]

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Issues covered

1   Impact of the Commission’s Proposal on biofuels and sustainability certification

2   Status quo of ISCC and achievements in sustainability – only due to biofuels

3   Structural changes in the market requiring adaptations within ISCC

4   Expansion of sustainability certification to all markets to safeguard achievements

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Limit contribution that conventional biofuels make towards the RED target (5%)

Stagnation in conventional biofuels markets. Reaching the 2020 10% target difficult

Encourage market penetration of advanced (low-iLUC) biofuels

Quadruple counting also for renewable fuels from non-biological origin

Raising the GHG saving threshold for new installations to 60%

Obliging Member States and fuel suppliers to report the estimated iLUC emissions of biofuels

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The EC proposal and its impact on biofuels and biofuels certification

After 2020, biofuels only if they lead to substan-tial GHG savings (incl. iLUC) and are not produced from food and feed crops

Major Aims of the proposal Impact

„Boom“ in „waste to biofuels“, negative impact on market volume. Security of supply chains crucial

Market potential difficult to estimate. Certification and securtiy of supply chains crucial

Improvements of GHG emissions, use of actual values, reliable calculations required

Taking account of the iLUC factors, oil based biofuels would not achieve any GHG savings

New feedstock and technologies required. Adaptations of certification

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Just adding an iLUC factor to biofuels emissions will not solve the problem of land use change resulting in loss of biodiversity and carbon stocks

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Climate policy has failed. Tremendous efforts but only marginal impact, if at all

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Land use planning still in its infancy in many countries. Significant improvement can not be expected in the short and mid term

Source: INPE

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Sustainability certification shows impact on the ground: More than 2,300 ISCC certificates have been issued, fostering directly sustainable behavior

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification

  More than 2.300 certificates have been issued   Approx. 1,900 system users   System users in 70 countries   22 certification bodies   More than 350 ISCC-audi-

tors

  ISCC DE, EU and ISCC PLUS   System documents, procedures, checklists and

country reports   GHG-calculator

  Database development   Internet platform

  19 three-day trainings for auditors and companies

  New training for „waste to biofuels“ requirements   Integrity programm   Counseling-“Hotline“ for system users and

certification bodies, updates, newsletter

  250 stakeholder invol-ved in the development

  Registered association with more than 60 members as supervision of the system

  4 technical committees, 5th in preparation   General assemblies and conferences

User System

Quality Governance

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Example: Clearing scrubland and disregard of „APPs“ – investors check if areas are eligible for certification prior to investments

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Land related criteria are most important. ISCC is working on improving the use of high-resolution satellite images to detect direct land use changes

Oilpalm plantation in 1m spatial resolution ©IKONOS

2007 Farm Services Agency Aerial Photograph

2012 USDA Aerial Ortho-Photography

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Inappropriate handling of pesticides – demanding improvements

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Example of improved pesticide storage

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Gas station for agricultural vehicles: before and after

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Reduction of GHG-Emissions in farming and processing has become an essential topic •  Increased use of residues and wastes (e.g. extraction of oil from

POME-ponds) •  Altered land use management and build up of carbon in the soil („no

tillage“) •  Improved crop rotation with catch crops, use of soil conditioners •  Optimized fertilization, increased use of natural fertilizer •  Enhancement of energy efficiency and new energy concepts for

further treatment (biomass as energy source) •  Altered management of byproducts and wastes (e.g. use of EFB

and POME for energy production)

Please enter data in green fields0. Name of plantation

1. Individual input main product

Output Source (internal documents)Main product: FFB yield per ha and year 0 kg/ha*yr

2. Individual inputs emissions

2.1 Emissions from fertilizer and pesticides use

fertilizer inputs Source (internal documents)ammonium nitrate* 0,00 kg/ha*yrammonium sulfate* 0,00 kg/ha*yrurea* 0,00 kg/ha*yrP2O5 0,00 kg/ha*yrK2O 0,00 kg/ha*yrMgO 0,00 kg/ha*yrCaO 0,00 kg/ha*yrOther 0,00 kg/ha*yr

fertilzier emission factors Source and year of publicationammonium nitrate* 8,55 kgCo2/kg N* Ecoinvent 2.2 dataset, 2010ammonium sulfate* 2,69 kgCo2/kg N* Ecoinvent 2.2 dataset, 2010urea* 3,31 kgCo2/kg N* Ecoinvent 2.2 dataset, 2010field emissions N 4,87 kgCo2/kg BLE-guideline sustainable biomass production, 2010P2O5 1,29 kgCo2/kg Ecoinvent 2.2 dataset, 2010K2O 0,50 kgCo2/kg Ecoinvent 2.2 dataset, 2010MgO 1,06 kgCo2/kg Ecoinvent 2.2 dataset, 2010CaO 0,30 kgCo2/kg BLE-guideline sustainable biomass production, 2010Other kgCo2/kg* refers to the amount of nitrogen in the fertilizer

CO2 emissions from fertilizer 0 kgCO2/ha*yr

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Validation of social criteria is essential in many regions

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Social requirements: Adequate living quarters for farmworkers achieved

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Knowledge regarding sustainability requirements in different cultural areas has been transfered – often a challenging task

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To secure achievements, an expansion of sustainability certification to other markets is a necessity. Example feed market

Sources: FAO, OECD, USDA

Global Meat Consumption (1000 t)

•  Global meat consumption increased from 240 mill. tons in 2002 by 22% to 294 mill. tons in 2012

•  Further increase to 340 mill. tons in 2020 expected

•  Livestock figures increased in parallel

•  Soybean meal increase from 125 mill. tons in 2002 by 43% to 180 mill. tons in 2012

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By extending sustainability certification to all markets, iLUC will automatically be addressed

Biomass

Conversion

Upgrading

Trade

Consumers

Energy Chemical/ technical applications Food and feed

RED

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ISCC PLUS has already taken off. ISCC PLUS supports biofuels by addressing iLUC and avoiding leakage effects

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First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has taken place in Iceland – ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

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Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness – and in line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

•  Just adding an ILUC factor to the emissions of biofuels will not solve the problem of land use change resulting in loss of biodiversity and carbon stocks

•  Significant land use changes taking place are only to a small extent attributable to biofuels. Increasing food (meat) and feed demand are main drivers of land use change

•  LUC is already covered in sustainability certification schemes like ISCC. ILUC can be addressed by extending sustainability certification to all uses of biomass. These markets are covered by ISCC PLUS

•  ILUC free biofuels (waste to biofuels) will play an increasing role in the market and require particular attention. Trace-your-claim aims at ensuring reliable, fraud free supply chains

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