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RSB’s library is a repository of all documents relating to membership, certification, our sustainability framework, standards and procedures, and other general RSB publications. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, please contact us at [email protected].

RSB takes a digital-first approach to our publications. However, paper-copy versions are available upon request, covering reasonable administrative costs. To request this, please contact us at [email protected].

To learn more, read the RSB Standards & Certification Overview, or explore the online courses on RSB Academy’s e-learning platform.

20-001 RSB Procedure for Traceability (Chain of Custody)

Reference code: RSB-PRO-20-001
Version: 3.2
Date: May 2020

RSB’s Procedure for Traceability aims to ensure that Participating Operators put in place a robust and transparent chain of custody system that provides traceability for the RSB Certified Material acquired from and/or delivered to other operators in the supply chain.

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PRO-30-001 RSB Procedure for Participating Operators

Reference code: RSB-PRO-30-001
Version: 3.4
Date: December 2023

The RSB Standard for Participating Operators sets out the conditions operators shall meet when taking part in RSB certification systems. Operators taking part in RSB certification systems are referred to as ‘Participating Operators’ (POs). POs have control over, and take full responsibility for, all operations, processes, activities and sites in connection with putting RSB standards in place at all times. This standard also describes the role of the RSB Secretariat.

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PRO-45-001 RSB Procedure for Risk Management (Internal)

Reference code: RSB-PRO-45-001
Version: 1.2
Date: December 2023

This procedure describes a risk management system based on the international standard ISO 31000 (Risk management – Principles and guidelines).

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PRO-50-001 RSB Procedure for Communication and Claims

Reference code: RSB-PRO-50-001
Version: 3.6
Date: July 2024

RSB’s Procedure on Communications and Claims sets out the requirements Participating Operators must meet when using the RSB trademarks (e.g. RSB name, RSB logo, RSB Strapline, RSB on-product label) and compliance claims in association with certified products (“product-related claims”), as well as in general communication.

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PRO-60-001 RSB Procedure for Risk Management

Reference code: RSB-PRO-60-001
Version: 3.4
Date: January 2026

RSB’s Procedure for Risk Management aims to make sure that Participating Operators identify, evaluate, mitigate and monitor the risk(s) related to their operations while putting in place RSB standards and procedures.

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RSB GHG Tools FAQs

Reference code: RSB-STD-13-002
Version: 1
Date: July 2025

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RSB Standard Amendment – RSB requirements for woody biomass

Reference code: RSB-SA-01
Version: 1.0
Date: December 2021

This RSB Standard Amendment has been developed with the aim to review and clarify the approach of the RSB towards woody biomass, related to adequate sustainability requirements (RSB Principles & Criteria) as well as the calculation of Greenhouse Gas emissions. The RSB certification system is a risk-based system which means that several tools and mechanisms are available to en-sure that the focus of the implementation and auditing is set at areas that matter most in a specific context (for example: RSB Screening Tool, RSB Approach for Waste and Residues reflected in the RSB Standards for Advanced Fuels and Advanced Products) while removing barriers to certification for low-risk feedstocks.

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STD-01-001: RSB Principles & Criteria

Reference code: RSB-STD-01-001
Version: 4.1
Date: July 2025

The RSB Principles & Criteria is the core document of the RSB sustainability framework sets out the general requirements for operations producing, converting and processing biomass, advanced fuels, products and biomaterials. This standard applies to all operators taking part in the RSB certification system as individual or groups of economic operators (e.g. a group of farmers), with the exception of traders who are not involved in the production, processing or transformation of biomass or any of its derivatives.

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STD-01-010 RSB Standard for Advanced Fuels

Reference code: RSB-STD-01-010
Version: 2.8
Date: April 2026

The RSB Standard for Advanced Fuels describes the requirements for the production of advanced fuels, including: • Fuels from biogenic end-of-life products and production residues • Recycled carbon fuels from non-biogenic end-of-life products and production residues • Renewable liquid and gaseous fuels of non-biological origin • Power to X technologies This standard is applicable to fuel producers, traders, processors and transporters in any region of the world – excluding the EU (if you are within the EU or seeking to trade with it, please use our RSB EU RED Fuel Standard). From the next scheduled major revision, this document will be renumbered as RSB-STD-06-001.

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STD-03-001 RSB Principles & Criteria for Smallholder Groups

Reference code: RSB-STD-03-001
Version: 1
Date: October 2014

The RSB Principles and Criteria for Smallholder Groups presents the RSB Principles, Criteria and Requirements for the production of biomass feedstock by smallholders and for micro and small‐scale feedstock processing and biomass production. The RSB Principles, Criteria and Requirements are derived from the RSB P&C version 2.0. This document will be numbered as STD-05-001 from the next major revision.

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STD-03-002 RSB Standard for Adaptation to Smallholder Groups

Reference code: RSB-STD-03-002
Version: 1.1
Date: April 2015

The RSB Standard for Adaptation to Smallholder Groups specifies the RSB requirements for the certification of smallholder groups. Group certification is a mean to enable small-scale farmers (smallholders) to access RSB certification. For individual smallholders, third-party certification is not always an economically viable option. The basic understanding of group certification is that a group of farmers joins together to generate the necessary economies of scale to comply with the standard and system requirements. An appointed management unit will take over the responsibility of managing the certification process and putting the necessary systems in place to ensure the compliance of the individual group members under certification to the respective standard requirements. This standard was previously known as RSB Standard for Certification of Smallholder Groups. From the next scheduled revision, this document will be numbered as RSB-STD-05-002.

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STD-12-001 RSB Standard for ICAO CORSIA

Reference code: RSB-STD-12-001
Version: 1.7
Date: April 2026

This Standard specifies requirements for operators along the supply chain to produce SAF that is eligible under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), and complies with RSB’s sustainability requirements – thus allowing aviation leaders to make powerful claims on GHG reductions and other important sustainability aspects such as food security, environmental protection and human rights.

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