An RSB Member Initiative

RSB Sustainable Marine Fuel Platform

The RSB Sustainable Marine Fuel Platform is a RSB initiative that will focus on the key sustainability topics affecting the transition to sustainable marine fuels, driving engagement with regulators, and advocating for a robust and consistent sustainability approach.

This new RSB platform is a place for RSB members from the shipping sector, relevant fuel producers, and stakeholders from non-profits and non-governmental organisations to work together, discuss and provide recommendations on how to drive the emergence of a truly sustainable bio-based and circular industry based on the use of sustainable marine fuels.

About the RSB Sustainable Marine Fuel Platform

The RSB Sustainable Marine Fuel Platform is open to all RSB’s members, who are invited to join the platform as part of the many benefits of RSB membership.

  • Why a platform?
  • Activities
  • RSB's Approach
  • Join the RSB Sustainable Marine Fuel Platform

  • SMF will play an important role in achieving the shipping sector’s decarbonisation goals. To ensure that SMF production and use is developed in a consistent, just and sustainable manner, relevant stakeholders need to come together to understand what lessons came be learnt from other sectors and from each other.

     

    The RSB Sustainable Marine Fuel Platform will provide a place for these stakeholders to convene and collaboratively discuss important topics around SMF, sustainability certification, and consistent LCA methodologies.

  • The RSB Sustainable Marine Fuel Platform is conducting the following initial scoping activities in Q1 2023:

    1. Scoping requirements and activities for the SMF Platform workplan
    2. Learning sessions on sustainability criteria, PTX, Book & Claim and other topics to support ongoing learning
    3. Initial virtual meeting in February 2023, and a launch meeting on 22-23 March 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

  • RSB’s multi-stakeholder membership community is here to support organisations — including industry, civil society, academia and government — to create a just and sustainable transition towards a net-zero carbon, bio-based circular economy by:

    1. Developing new knowledge and solutions

    2. Sharing wisdom in a pre-competitive space

    3. Shaping revisions to the standard and certification system

    All RSB platforms and working groups are conducted in-line with our anti-trust policy and follow an established anti-trust procedure to ensure that our work is in line with best practice in competition law.

  • If you would like to join the Sustainable Marine Fuel Platform. Apply Now.

     

Key People

RSB’s Sustainable Marine Fuel Platform is administered by members of the RSB Secretariat, with oversight by the RSB Board of Directors who appoint a Chair.

Hannah Walker
Outreach & Engagement Director // Sector Lead: Textiles & Fibres

As Outreach & Engagement Director, Hannah is responsible for all outreach and engagement activities at the RSB, as well as a member of the leadership team. She oversees the development of RSB’s membership community, the creation of events throughout the […]

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