About
Sustainability Committee
Priority Actions
- Develop sustainability standards
- Develop criteria for lifecycle analyses involving RPS, RFS, LCFS, GHG
- Identify needed research and demonstration efforts
Members
Chair: John Shears
Cynthia Cory, Alex Farrell, Kay Martin, Patricia Monahan, Jim Seiber, Toni Symonds, Val Tiangco, Jane Turnbull, Doug Wickizer
Committee-Generated Materials
Meeting #1: July 25, 2007
Other
Supplementary Materials
- Governor's Environmental Goals and Policy Report (2003)
- EEA Report No 7: How Much Bioenergy Can Europe Produce Without Hurting the Environment (2006)
- UN: Sustainable Bioenergy - A Framework for Decision Makers (2007)
- USDA: Effects of an Expansion in Biofuel Demand on U.S. Agriculture (2007)
- Testing Framework for Sustainable Biomass (2007)
- USDA: Environmental Effects of Ag Land-Use Change: The Role of Economics and Policy (2006)
- Creating Markets for Green Biofuels (2007)
- The Sustainability Ordinance for the German Biofuel Quota Law - Informal Summary (2007)
- UN: Contribution to EU Biofuels Consultation (2007)
- NRDC: Environmental Policy for Biodiesel Procurement (2007)
- RSPO: Principles and Criteria for Sustainable Palm Oil Production (2005)
- RSPO: Certification Systems (2007)
- RSB: Draft Global Principles for Sustainable Biofuels Production (2007)
- RSB: Draft Text of Sustainable Biofuels Principles (2007)
- Basel Criteria for Responsible Soy Production (2004)
- IEA Task 40: Draft Overview of Recent Developments in Sustainable Biomass Certification (2006)
- IEA Task 39: National Biofuel Implementation Agendas (2007)
- Ecofys: Towards a Harmonised Sustainable Biomass Certification Scheme (2007)
- Ecofys: Sustainability Reporting Within the RTFO: Framework Report (2007)
- Emerging Biofuels: Outlook of Effects on U.S. Grain, Oilseed and Livestock Markets (2007)
- German Marshall Fund: EU and U.S. Policies on Biofuels: Potential Impacts on Developing Countries (2007)
- IIASA: Socioeconomic and Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture: An Integrated Assessment (2005)
- Water Experts Worry Biofuel Will Crowd Out Food Crops (2007)
- In an Ideal World: Draft Discussion Sustainability Principles (2007)
- OECD-FAO: Agricultural Outlook 2007-2016 (2007)
- Low Carbon Fuel Standard for California: Part 1 - Technical Analysis (2007)
- Low Carbon Fuel Standard for California: Part 2 - Policy Analysis (2007)
- UKDFT: Carbon and Sustainability Reporting Within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (2007)
- UKDFT: Carbon Reporting Within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Methodology (2007)
- Pacific Institute: California 2030: An Efficient Future (2005)
- Pacific Institute: California 2030: An Efficient Future Appendix (2005)