This scheme applies to the production of fuels in the European Union (EU) – ensuring that fuel production can demonstrate real greenhouse gas emission reductions while not contributing to issues like deforestation, global hunger and ecological breakdown.

RSB’s EU RED Fuel Certification describes how to produce biofuels in a way that enhances long-term environmental and social outcomes and guarantees compliance with the EU sustainability criteria and traceability requirements for biofuels and bioliquids. It is composed of a variety of procedures and methodologies that describe how to produce, trade, and use bio-based fuels.

When it comes to working with RSB’s sustainability framework, not every document applies to every producer. By completing the self-risk assessment and screening exercises before the certification process, your context-specific sustainability requirements will be set out.

Depending on your certification scope and the type of operator you are, you will only need to work with some of these documents. The specific sustainability requirements that apply to your operation will be clarified when you complete your screening exercise.