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1 International Sustainability and Carbon Certification System overview: ISCC EU, ISCC DE, ISCC PLUS, 36. BImSchV Bonn, March 21, 2013 Andreas Feige ISCC System GmbH Weissenburgstr. 53 D-50670 Köln www.iscc-system.org e-mail: [email protected]

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International Sustainability and Carbon Certification

System overview ISCC EU ISCC DE ISCC PLUS 36 BImSchV

Bonn March 21 2013

Andreas Feige

ISCC System GmbH

Weissenburgstr 53

D-50670 Koumlln

wwwiscc-systemorg

e-mail infoiscc-systemorg

2

ISCC is already operational since the beginning of 2010 More than 250

stakeholders contributed to its development

3

Contrary to several existing certification schemes ISCC aims at fulfiling

legal sustainability requirements plus environmental and social ones

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Continuum of Certification Schemes Labels

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ISCC follows the strategy of a quality system going beyond the legal

requirements

Source FAO 2011

FAO Benchmarking of

Certification Schemes

5

ISCC is used by companies in 70 countries

as of February 22 2013

ZWE

ZMB

ZAF

MYT

YEM

VUT

VNM

VEN

VCT

UZB

URY

USA

UGA

TZA

TWN

TTO

TUN

TKM TJK

THA

TGO

TCD

TCA

SWZ

SYR

STP

SUR

SOM

SEN

SLE

SHN

SWE

SDN

SYC SLB

SAU

RWA

RUS

ROU

REU

QAT

PRY

PRT

PRI

PAK

PHL

PNG

PER

PAN

OMN

NZL

NRU

NPL

NOR

NLD

NIC

NGA

NER

NCL

NAM

MOZ

MYS

MWI

MDV

MUS

MLT

MRT

MTQ

MNP

MAC

MNG

MMR

MLI

MKD

MDG

MAR

LBY

LVA

LUX

LTU

LSO

LBR

LKA

LCA

LBN

LAO

KAZ

CYM

KWT

KOR

PRK

COM

KHM

KGZ

KEN

JPN

JOR

JAM

ITA

ISL

IRN IRQ

IND

ISR

IRL

HTI

HRV

HND

HKG

GUY

GNB

GNQ

GLP

GIN

GMB

GRL

GHA

GUF

GEO

GRD

GAB

FSM

FJI

ETH

ESP

ERI

ESH

EGY

EST

ECU

DZA

DOM

DMA

DNK

DJI

CYP

CPV

CUB

SCG

CRI

COL

CHN

CMR

CIV

CHE

COG

CAF

COD

CAN BLR

BWA

BTN

BHS

BRA BOL

BRN

BMU

BEN

BDI

BHR

BGR

BFA

BEL

BGD

BRB

AZE

ARG

AGO

ARM ALB

ATG

AFG

ARE

CHL

6

More than 2200 certificates have been issued so far

Numbers as of February 22 2013

7

RestofWorld26

CzechRepublic13

UnitedKingdom8

Indonesia8

Germany7Netherlands

6

Malaysia6

Hungary6

Slovakia6

NorthAmerica(US+CAN)4

Romania4

Poland3

SouthAmerica3

ISCC is not a bdquoGerman systemldquo more than 90 of the certified system

users are located outside of Germany

Numbers as of February 22 2013

8

Currently ISCC operates ISCC DE and ISCC EU for biomass and biofuels

and ISCC PLUS for conventional and chemical markets

ISCC DE

Recognized by the BLE

in January 2010 for the

German market

Recognized as suitable

to fulfil the require-

ments of the 36

BImSchV

ISCC EU

Recognized by the EC

in July 2011 for 27 EU

member countries

ISCC PLUS

ISCC Chemicals

ISCC Bioplastics

ISCC SRC

ISCC Feed

ISCC Food

ISCC voluntary add

ons (eg biodiversity

GHG consumables)

9

Main differences between ISCC DE and ISCC EU (I)

Issue ISCC DE ISCC EU

Protection of important ecosystems

Grassland Biodiverse grassland excluded Completely excluded

Further criteria to ensure ecological sustainability

Soil conservation

1Management strategy for soil erosion

2Burning of stubble crop residues not allowed without

the permission of competent authority

1Soil management plan regarding prevention control and

improvement of soil erosion nutrient balance organic

matter pH soil structure biodiversity salinization

2Burning as part of land clearance is generally not allowed

3Use of agricultural by-products not at the expense of soil

nutrient balance or soil organic matter balance

Water

1 Water management plan on

- sustainable water use

- prevention of water pollution (application of agro-

chemicals waste discharge)

2 Method of irrigation in light of water conservation

Further criteria to ensure social sustainability

crop use competition Biomass production does not impair food security

Biomass production does not impair food security Use of

agricultural co-products does not jeopardize function of local

or traditional uses of by-products

Audit requirements

Surveillance Audit Six months after first certification No surveillance audit

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Issue ISCC DE ISCC EU

Farm certification

Classification of farms Part of the audit at the First Gathering Point

Farms are audited either as individual group (with one central

office) or as a group with the first gathering point acting as the

central office

Self-declaration by the farms Necessary Part of the self assessment

Sample of farms to be audited At least 5 of all farms reduced to 3 of all farms

receiving direct payments (Cross Compliance)

At least the square-root of the number of the farms belonging to

one group

Group certification Not allowed Possible

Traceability

Mass balance Use of percentage method is possible Use of percentage method is not possible

Mass balance period 12 months until June 30 2012

afterwards 3 months 3 months

Proofs of sustainability

Issuance of formal Proofs of Sustainability after the

Last Interface (layout and color predefined) and

transmission to BLE mandatory

Issuance of formal Proofs of Sustainability after the Last Interface

and reporting to BLE only mandatory for deliveries into the

German market

Greenhouse gas (GHG) calculation

Mass balance ndash GHG

emissions

Aggregation of different GHG emissions is possible

(weighted mean value)

Aggregation is not possible even if products have been produced

from identical biomass

GHG calculation No requirements for emission factors Specification

of the source is sufficient

Specific requirements for the selection of emission factors (eg

the use of Biograce)

Auditor requirements

Recognition auditors Recognition by the German BLE Recognition by gov institutions or national accreditation bodies

Main differences between ISCC DE and ISCC EU (II)

11

Monetary benefits from certification ndash ISCC certified products are traded

with a price premium Example RME

Source copy Argus Media Ltd wwwargusmediacom httpwwwargusmediacom

12

Specialized standards may limit the access to price premiums

Source Felda

bull Certification system

recognised by EU for

biofuels

bull High premium for CPO

sales (biofuels)

bull Certification system not

recognised for biofuels

bull Moderate premium for

CPO sales (other

segments than biofuels

with less demand for

sustainable products)

Specialized standards may limit the access to price premiums standards open for all

market segments and kinds of biomass offer additional opportunities

13

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

14

Sustainability requirements will be proliferated to other regions and

market segments

Biofuels

Mandatory Voluntary Time

Food

Feed

Solid biomass

Chemical applications

Bioplastics

Pharmazeutical applications

Other renewable fuels

15

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)

bull Global meat consumption increased from 240 mill tons

in 2002 by 22 to 294 mill tons in 2012

bull Further increase to 340 mill tons in 2020 expected

bull Livestock figures increased in parallel

bull Soybean meal increase from 125 mill tons in 2002 by

43 to 180 mill tons in 2012

16

In the food industry Unileverlsquos Sustainable Living Plan is considered as a

benchmark

17

Retailers confront biomass producers with their own label requirements

and request detailed information about production

18

Comparison of sustainability statements of different retailers not possible

for consumers

19

PlantBottle is a fully recyclable PET plastic beverage bottle made partially

from plants It is lighthouse for the biobased packaging industry

bull PlantBottle is made with a combination of traditional

materials and up to 30 made from plants

bull The PlantBottle package delivers the same performance

(eg shelf life recyclability weight chemical composition

appearance) but reduces GHG emissions from PET

plastic bottles and dependence on fossil fuels

bull Ingredients MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) made from

plants and PTA (purified terephthalic acid) which makes

up the other 70 It is fully recyclable

bull PlantBottle is made using sugarcane ethanol from Brazil

bull CocaColalsquos intent is to use the packaging for all of the

PET plastic bottles by 2020

bull Until 2016 45 mill tons Bio-PET30 will be required for

CocaColalsquos PlantBottle

bull With ist PlantBottles CocaCola will become the single

largest customer of biobased packaging material

Source CocaCola

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ISCC PLUS is the certification scheme covering sustainability certification

for food feed techchemical and bioenergy (current non RED) applications

Sustainable products

ISCC

certified

operator

Sustainable biomass

ISCC PLUS

ISCC EU

ISCC DE

bull Sustainable biofuel

RED compliant

bull Food

bull Feed

bull Tech chemical

bull Solid biomass

(bioenergy)

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ISCC PLUS ndash core requirements extensions and add-ons

ISCC PLUS

Core Requirements Extensions and Add-ons

ISCC EU ISCC DE

bull Sustainability criteria on farm

level (202)

bull GHG emissions on farm level

(205)

bull Chain of Custody

requirements

Traceability (203)

Quantity bookkeeping

(204-01 or 204-02)

bull Quality management

Extensions bull Food

bull Feed

bull SRC (short rotation coppice)

bull Bioplastics

Add-ons bull Biodiversity action plan

bull Classified chemicals

bull GHG emission requirements

downstream farm level

bull Consumables of a

production process

ISCC EUDE endorsement

bull ISCC EU and DE are

accepted under ISCC PLUS

bull ISCC EU and DE system

users can also draw from the

list of voluntary add-ons and

extensions

bull GHG requirements are

always mandatory

bull Add-ons and extensions can

be used on top of an existing

certificate

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The new documents of ISCC PLUS can be split into three different

categories

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ISCC PLUS has already taken off ISCC PLUS supports biofuels by

addressing iLUC and avoiding leakage effects

24

First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has

taken place in Iceland ndash ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

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ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

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19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

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General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

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2

ISCC is already operational since the beginning of 2010 More than 250

stakeholders contributed to its development

3

Contrary to several existing certification schemes ISCC aims at fulfiling

legal sustainability requirements plus environmental and social ones

Vo

lun

tary

d

rive

n b

y p

riva

te s

ec

tor

an

d N

GO

s O

blig

ato

ry driv

en

by la

ws re

sp

de

cre

es

Continuum of Certification Schemes Labels

4

ISCC follows the strategy of a quality system going beyond the legal

requirements

Source FAO 2011

FAO Benchmarking of

Certification Schemes

5

ISCC is used by companies in 70 countries

as of February 22 2013

ZWE

ZMB

ZAF

MYT

YEM

VUT

VNM

VEN

VCT

UZB

URY

USA

UGA

TZA

TWN

TTO

TUN

TKM TJK

THA

TGO

TCD

TCA

SWZ

SYR

STP

SUR

SOM

SEN

SLE

SHN

SWE

SDN

SYC SLB

SAU

RWA

RUS

ROU

REU

QAT

PRY

PRT

PRI

PAK

PHL

PNG

PER

PAN

OMN

NZL

NRU

NPL

NOR

NLD

NIC

NGA

NER

NCL

NAM

MOZ

MYS

MWI

MDV

MUS

MLT

MRT

MTQ

MNP

MAC

MNG

MMR

MLI

MKD

MDG

MAR

LBY

LVA

LUX

LTU

LSO

LBR

LKA

LCA

LBN

LAO

KAZ

CYM

KWT

KOR

PRK

COM

KHM

KGZ

KEN

JPN

JOR

JAM

ITA

ISL

IRN IRQ

IND

ISR

IRL

HTI

HRV

HND

HKG

GUY

GNB

GNQ

GLP

GIN

GMB

GRL

GHA

GUF

GEO

GRD

GAB

FSM

FJI

ETH

ESP

ERI

ESH

EGY

EST

ECU

DZA

DOM

DMA

DNK

DJI

CYP

CPV

CUB

SCG

CRI

COL

CHN

CMR

CIV

CHE

COG

CAF

COD

CAN BLR

BWA

BTN

BHS

BRA BOL

BRN

BMU

BEN

BDI

BHR

BGR

BFA

BEL

BGD

BRB

AZE

ARG

AGO

ARM ALB

ATG

AFG

ARE

CHL

6

More than 2200 certificates have been issued so far

Numbers as of February 22 2013

7

RestofWorld26

CzechRepublic13

UnitedKingdom8

Indonesia8

Germany7Netherlands

6

Malaysia6

Hungary6

Slovakia6

NorthAmerica(US+CAN)4

Romania4

Poland3

SouthAmerica3

ISCC is not a bdquoGerman systemldquo more than 90 of the certified system

users are located outside of Germany

Numbers as of February 22 2013

8

Currently ISCC operates ISCC DE and ISCC EU for biomass and biofuels

and ISCC PLUS for conventional and chemical markets

ISCC DE

Recognized by the BLE

in January 2010 for the

German market

Recognized as suitable

to fulfil the require-

ments of the 36

BImSchV

ISCC EU

Recognized by the EC

in July 2011 for 27 EU

member countries

ISCC PLUS

ISCC Chemicals

ISCC Bioplastics

ISCC SRC

ISCC Feed

ISCC Food

ISCC voluntary add

ons (eg biodiversity

GHG consumables)

9

Main differences between ISCC DE and ISCC EU (I)

Issue ISCC DE ISCC EU

Protection of important ecosystems

Grassland Biodiverse grassland excluded Completely excluded

Further criteria to ensure ecological sustainability

Soil conservation

1Management strategy for soil erosion

2Burning of stubble crop residues not allowed without

the permission of competent authority

1Soil management plan regarding prevention control and

improvement of soil erosion nutrient balance organic

matter pH soil structure biodiversity salinization

2Burning as part of land clearance is generally not allowed

3Use of agricultural by-products not at the expense of soil

nutrient balance or soil organic matter balance

Water

1 Water management plan on

- sustainable water use

- prevention of water pollution (application of agro-

chemicals waste discharge)

2 Method of irrigation in light of water conservation

Further criteria to ensure social sustainability

crop use competition Biomass production does not impair food security

Biomass production does not impair food security Use of

agricultural co-products does not jeopardize function of local

or traditional uses of by-products

Audit requirements

Surveillance Audit Six months after first certification No surveillance audit

10

Issue ISCC DE ISCC EU

Farm certification

Classification of farms Part of the audit at the First Gathering Point

Farms are audited either as individual group (with one central

office) or as a group with the first gathering point acting as the

central office

Self-declaration by the farms Necessary Part of the self assessment

Sample of farms to be audited At least 5 of all farms reduced to 3 of all farms

receiving direct payments (Cross Compliance)

At least the square-root of the number of the farms belonging to

one group

Group certification Not allowed Possible

Traceability

Mass balance Use of percentage method is possible Use of percentage method is not possible

Mass balance period 12 months until June 30 2012

afterwards 3 months 3 months

Proofs of sustainability

Issuance of formal Proofs of Sustainability after the

Last Interface (layout and color predefined) and

transmission to BLE mandatory

Issuance of formal Proofs of Sustainability after the Last Interface

and reporting to BLE only mandatory for deliveries into the

German market

Greenhouse gas (GHG) calculation

Mass balance ndash GHG

emissions

Aggregation of different GHG emissions is possible

(weighted mean value)

Aggregation is not possible even if products have been produced

from identical biomass

GHG calculation No requirements for emission factors Specification

of the source is sufficient

Specific requirements for the selection of emission factors (eg

the use of Biograce)

Auditor requirements

Recognition auditors Recognition by the German BLE Recognition by gov institutions or national accreditation bodies

Main differences between ISCC DE and ISCC EU (II)

11

Monetary benefits from certification ndash ISCC certified products are traded

with a price premium Example RME

Source copy Argus Media Ltd wwwargusmediacom httpwwwargusmediacom

12

Specialized standards may limit the access to price premiums

Source Felda

bull Certification system

recognised by EU for

biofuels

bull High premium for CPO

sales (biofuels)

bull Certification system not

recognised for biofuels

bull Moderate premium for

CPO sales (other

segments than biofuels

with less demand for

sustainable products)

Specialized standards may limit the access to price premiums standards open for all

market segments and kinds of biomass offer additional opportunities

13

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

14

Sustainability requirements will be proliferated to other regions and

market segments

Biofuels

Mandatory Voluntary Time

Food

Feed

Solid biomass

Chemical applications

Bioplastics

Pharmazeutical applications

Other renewable fuels

15

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)

bull Global meat consumption increased from 240 mill tons

in 2002 by 22 to 294 mill tons in 2012

bull Further increase to 340 mill tons in 2020 expected

bull Livestock figures increased in parallel

bull Soybean meal increase from 125 mill tons in 2002 by

43 to 180 mill tons in 2012

16

In the food industry Unileverlsquos Sustainable Living Plan is considered as a

benchmark

17

Retailers confront biomass producers with their own label requirements

and request detailed information about production

18

Comparison of sustainability statements of different retailers not possible

for consumers

19

PlantBottle is a fully recyclable PET plastic beverage bottle made partially

from plants It is lighthouse for the biobased packaging industry

bull PlantBottle is made with a combination of traditional

materials and up to 30 made from plants

bull The PlantBottle package delivers the same performance

(eg shelf life recyclability weight chemical composition

appearance) but reduces GHG emissions from PET

plastic bottles and dependence on fossil fuels

bull Ingredients MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) made from

plants and PTA (purified terephthalic acid) which makes

up the other 70 It is fully recyclable

bull PlantBottle is made using sugarcane ethanol from Brazil

bull CocaColalsquos intent is to use the packaging for all of the

PET plastic bottles by 2020

bull Until 2016 45 mill tons Bio-PET30 will be required for

CocaColalsquos PlantBottle

bull With ist PlantBottles CocaCola will become the single

largest customer of biobased packaging material

Source CocaCola

20

ISCC PLUS is the certification scheme covering sustainability certification

for food feed techchemical and bioenergy (current non RED) applications

Sustainable products

ISCC

certified

operator

Sustainable biomass

ISCC PLUS

ISCC EU

ISCC DE

bull Sustainable biofuel

RED compliant

bull Food

bull Feed

bull Tech chemical

bull Solid biomass

(bioenergy)

21

ISCC PLUS ndash core requirements extensions and add-ons

ISCC PLUS

Core Requirements Extensions and Add-ons

ISCC EU ISCC DE

bull Sustainability criteria on farm

level (202)

bull GHG emissions on farm level

(205)

bull Chain of Custody

requirements

Traceability (203)

Quantity bookkeeping

(204-01 or 204-02)

bull Quality management

Extensions bull Food

bull Feed

bull SRC (short rotation coppice)

bull Bioplastics

Add-ons bull Biodiversity action plan

bull Classified chemicals

bull GHG emission requirements

downstream farm level

bull Consumables of a

production process

ISCC EUDE endorsement

bull ISCC EU and DE are

accepted under ISCC PLUS

bull ISCC EU and DE system

users can also draw from the

list of voluntary add-ons and

extensions

bull GHG requirements are

always mandatory

bull Add-ons and extensions can

be used on top of an existing

certificate

22

The new documents of ISCC PLUS can be split into three different

categories

23

ISCC PLUS has already taken off ISCC PLUS supports biofuels by

addressing iLUC and avoiding leakage effects

24

First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has

taken place in Iceland ndash ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 3: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

3

Contrary to several existing certification schemes ISCC aims at fulfiling

legal sustainability requirements plus environmental and social ones

Vo

lun

tary

d

rive

n b

y p

riva

te s

ec

tor

an

d N

GO

s O

blig

ato

ry driv

en

by la

ws re

sp

de

cre

es

Continuum of Certification Schemes Labels

4

ISCC follows the strategy of a quality system going beyond the legal

requirements

Source FAO 2011

FAO Benchmarking of

Certification Schemes

5

ISCC is used by companies in 70 countries

as of February 22 2013

ZWE

ZMB

ZAF

MYT

YEM

VUT

VNM

VEN

VCT

UZB

URY

USA

UGA

TZA

TWN

TTO

TUN

TKM TJK

THA

TGO

TCD

TCA

SWZ

SYR

STP

SUR

SOM

SEN

SLE

SHN

SWE

SDN

SYC SLB

SAU

RWA

RUS

ROU

REU

QAT

PRY

PRT

PRI

PAK

PHL

PNG

PER

PAN

OMN

NZL

NRU

NPL

NOR

NLD

NIC

NGA

NER

NCL

NAM

MOZ

MYS

MWI

MDV

MUS

MLT

MRT

MTQ

MNP

MAC

MNG

MMR

MLI

MKD

MDG

MAR

LBY

LVA

LUX

LTU

LSO

LBR

LKA

LCA

LBN

LAO

KAZ

CYM

KWT

KOR

PRK

COM

KHM

KGZ

KEN

JPN

JOR

JAM

ITA

ISL

IRN IRQ

IND

ISR

IRL

HTI

HRV

HND

HKG

GUY

GNB

GNQ

GLP

GIN

GMB

GRL

GHA

GUF

GEO

GRD

GAB

FSM

FJI

ETH

ESP

ERI

ESH

EGY

EST

ECU

DZA

DOM

DMA

DNK

DJI

CYP

CPV

CUB

SCG

CRI

COL

CHN

CMR

CIV

CHE

COG

CAF

COD

CAN BLR

BWA

BTN

BHS

BRA BOL

BRN

BMU

BEN

BDI

BHR

BGR

BFA

BEL

BGD

BRB

AZE

ARG

AGO

ARM ALB

ATG

AFG

ARE

CHL

6

More than 2200 certificates have been issued so far

Numbers as of February 22 2013

7

RestofWorld26

CzechRepublic13

UnitedKingdom8

Indonesia8

Germany7Netherlands

6

Malaysia6

Hungary6

Slovakia6

NorthAmerica(US+CAN)4

Romania4

Poland3

SouthAmerica3

ISCC is not a bdquoGerman systemldquo more than 90 of the certified system

users are located outside of Germany

Numbers as of February 22 2013

8

Currently ISCC operates ISCC DE and ISCC EU for biomass and biofuels

and ISCC PLUS for conventional and chemical markets

ISCC DE

Recognized by the BLE

in January 2010 for the

German market

Recognized as suitable

to fulfil the require-

ments of the 36

BImSchV

ISCC EU

Recognized by the EC

in July 2011 for 27 EU

member countries

ISCC PLUS

ISCC Chemicals

ISCC Bioplastics

ISCC SRC

ISCC Feed

ISCC Food

ISCC voluntary add

ons (eg biodiversity

GHG consumables)

9

Main differences between ISCC DE and ISCC EU (I)

Issue ISCC DE ISCC EU

Protection of important ecosystems

Grassland Biodiverse grassland excluded Completely excluded

Further criteria to ensure ecological sustainability

Soil conservation

1Management strategy for soil erosion

2Burning of stubble crop residues not allowed without

the permission of competent authority

1Soil management plan regarding prevention control and

improvement of soil erosion nutrient balance organic

matter pH soil structure biodiversity salinization

2Burning as part of land clearance is generally not allowed

3Use of agricultural by-products not at the expense of soil

nutrient balance or soil organic matter balance

Water

1 Water management plan on

- sustainable water use

- prevention of water pollution (application of agro-

chemicals waste discharge)

2 Method of irrigation in light of water conservation

Further criteria to ensure social sustainability

crop use competition Biomass production does not impair food security

Biomass production does not impair food security Use of

agricultural co-products does not jeopardize function of local

or traditional uses of by-products

Audit requirements

Surveillance Audit Six months after first certification No surveillance audit

10

Issue ISCC DE ISCC EU

Farm certification

Classification of farms Part of the audit at the First Gathering Point

Farms are audited either as individual group (with one central

office) or as a group with the first gathering point acting as the

central office

Self-declaration by the farms Necessary Part of the self assessment

Sample of farms to be audited At least 5 of all farms reduced to 3 of all farms

receiving direct payments (Cross Compliance)

At least the square-root of the number of the farms belonging to

one group

Group certification Not allowed Possible

Traceability

Mass balance Use of percentage method is possible Use of percentage method is not possible

Mass balance period 12 months until June 30 2012

afterwards 3 months 3 months

Proofs of sustainability

Issuance of formal Proofs of Sustainability after the

Last Interface (layout and color predefined) and

transmission to BLE mandatory

Issuance of formal Proofs of Sustainability after the Last Interface

and reporting to BLE only mandatory for deliveries into the

German market

Greenhouse gas (GHG) calculation

Mass balance ndash GHG

emissions

Aggregation of different GHG emissions is possible

(weighted mean value)

Aggregation is not possible even if products have been produced

from identical biomass

GHG calculation No requirements for emission factors Specification

of the source is sufficient

Specific requirements for the selection of emission factors (eg

the use of Biograce)

Auditor requirements

Recognition auditors Recognition by the German BLE Recognition by gov institutions or national accreditation bodies

Main differences between ISCC DE and ISCC EU (II)

11

Monetary benefits from certification ndash ISCC certified products are traded

with a price premium Example RME

Source copy Argus Media Ltd wwwargusmediacom httpwwwargusmediacom

12

Specialized standards may limit the access to price premiums

Source Felda

bull Certification system

recognised by EU for

biofuels

bull High premium for CPO

sales (biofuels)

bull Certification system not

recognised for biofuels

bull Moderate premium for

CPO sales (other

segments than biofuels

with less demand for

sustainable products)

Specialized standards may limit the access to price premiums standards open for all

market segments and kinds of biomass offer additional opportunities

13

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

14

Sustainability requirements will be proliferated to other regions and

market segments

Biofuels

Mandatory Voluntary Time

Food

Feed

Solid biomass

Chemical applications

Bioplastics

Pharmazeutical applications

Other renewable fuels

15

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)

bull Global meat consumption increased from 240 mill tons

in 2002 by 22 to 294 mill tons in 2012

bull Further increase to 340 mill tons in 2020 expected

bull Livestock figures increased in parallel

bull Soybean meal increase from 125 mill tons in 2002 by

43 to 180 mill tons in 2012

16

In the food industry Unileverlsquos Sustainable Living Plan is considered as a

benchmark

17

Retailers confront biomass producers with their own label requirements

and request detailed information about production

18

Comparison of sustainability statements of different retailers not possible

for consumers

19

PlantBottle is a fully recyclable PET plastic beverage bottle made partially

from plants It is lighthouse for the biobased packaging industry

bull PlantBottle is made with a combination of traditional

materials and up to 30 made from plants

bull The PlantBottle package delivers the same performance

(eg shelf life recyclability weight chemical composition

appearance) but reduces GHG emissions from PET

plastic bottles and dependence on fossil fuels

bull Ingredients MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) made from

plants and PTA (purified terephthalic acid) which makes

up the other 70 It is fully recyclable

bull PlantBottle is made using sugarcane ethanol from Brazil

bull CocaColalsquos intent is to use the packaging for all of the

PET plastic bottles by 2020

bull Until 2016 45 mill tons Bio-PET30 will be required for

CocaColalsquos PlantBottle

bull With ist PlantBottles CocaCola will become the single

largest customer of biobased packaging material

Source CocaCola

20

ISCC PLUS is the certification scheme covering sustainability certification

for food feed techchemical and bioenergy (current non RED) applications

Sustainable products

ISCC

certified

operator

Sustainable biomass

ISCC PLUS

ISCC EU

ISCC DE

bull Sustainable biofuel

RED compliant

bull Food

bull Feed

bull Tech chemical

bull Solid biomass

(bioenergy)

21

ISCC PLUS ndash core requirements extensions and add-ons

ISCC PLUS

Core Requirements Extensions and Add-ons

ISCC EU ISCC DE

bull Sustainability criteria on farm

level (202)

bull GHG emissions on farm level

(205)

bull Chain of Custody

requirements

Traceability (203)

Quantity bookkeeping

(204-01 or 204-02)

bull Quality management

Extensions bull Food

bull Feed

bull SRC (short rotation coppice)

bull Bioplastics

Add-ons bull Biodiversity action plan

bull Classified chemicals

bull GHG emission requirements

downstream farm level

bull Consumables of a

production process

ISCC EUDE endorsement

bull ISCC EU and DE are

accepted under ISCC PLUS

bull ISCC EU and DE system

users can also draw from the

list of voluntary add-ons and

extensions

bull GHG requirements are

always mandatory

bull Add-ons and extensions can

be used on top of an existing

certificate

22

The new documents of ISCC PLUS can be split into three different

categories

23

ISCC PLUS has already taken off ISCC PLUS supports biofuels by

addressing iLUC and avoiding leakage effects

24

First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has

taken place in Iceland ndash ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 4: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

4

ISCC follows the strategy of a quality system going beyond the legal

requirements

Source FAO 2011

FAO Benchmarking of

Certification Schemes

5

ISCC is used by companies in 70 countries

as of February 22 2013

ZWE

ZMB

ZAF

MYT

YEM

VUT

VNM

VEN

VCT

UZB

URY

USA

UGA

TZA

TWN

TTO

TUN

TKM TJK

THA

TGO

TCD

TCA

SWZ

SYR

STP

SUR

SOM

SEN

SLE

SHN

SWE

SDN

SYC SLB

SAU

RWA

RUS

ROU

REU

QAT

PRY

PRT

PRI

PAK

PHL

PNG

PER

PAN

OMN

NZL

NRU

NPL

NOR

NLD

NIC

NGA

NER

NCL

NAM

MOZ

MYS

MWI

MDV

MUS

MLT

MRT

MTQ

MNP

MAC

MNG

MMR

MLI

MKD

MDG

MAR

LBY

LVA

LUX

LTU

LSO

LBR

LKA

LCA

LBN

LAO

KAZ

CYM

KWT

KOR

PRK

COM

KHM

KGZ

KEN

JPN

JOR

JAM

ITA

ISL

IRN IRQ

IND

ISR

IRL

HTI

HRV

HND

HKG

GUY

GNB

GNQ

GLP

GIN

GMB

GRL

GHA

GUF

GEO

GRD

GAB

FSM

FJI

ETH

ESP

ERI

ESH

EGY

EST

ECU

DZA

DOM

DMA

DNK

DJI

CYP

CPV

CUB

SCG

CRI

COL

CHN

CMR

CIV

CHE

COG

CAF

COD

CAN BLR

BWA

BTN

BHS

BRA BOL

BRN

BMU

BEN

BDI

BHR

BGR

BFA

BEL

BGD

BRB

AZE

ARG

AGO

ARM ALB

ATG

AFG

ARE

CHL

6

More than 2200 certificates have been issued so far

Numbers as of February 22 2013

7

RestofWorld26

CzechRepublic13

UnitedKingdom8

Indonesia8

Germany7Netherlands

6

Malaysia6

Hungary6

Slovakia6

NorthAmerica(US+CAN)4

Romania4

Poland3

SouthAmerica3

ISCC is not a bdquoGerman systemldquo more than 90 of the certified system

users are located outside of Germany

Numbers as of February 22 2013

8

Currently ISCC operates ISCC DE and ISCC EU for biomass and biofuels

and ISCC PLUS for conventional and chemical markets

ISCC DE

Recognized by the BLE

in January 2010 for the

German market

Recognized as suitable

to fulfil the require-

ments of the 36

BImSchV

ISCC EU

Recognized by the EC

in July 2011 for 27 EU

member countries

ISCC PLUS

ISCC Chemicals

ISCC Bioplastics

ISCC SRC

ISCC Feed

ISCC Food

ISCC voluntary add

ons (eg biodiversity

GHG consumables)

9

Main differences between ISCC DE and ISCC EU (I)

Issue ISCC DE ISCC EU

Protection of important ecosystems

Grassland Biodiverse grassland excluded Completely excluded

Further criteria to ensure ecological sustainability

Soil conservation

1Management strategy for soil erosion

2Burning of stubble crop residues not allowed without

the permission of competent authority

1Soil management plan regarding prevention control and

improvement of soil erosion nutrient balance organic

matter pH soil structure biodiversity salinization

2Burning as part of land clearance is generally not allowed

3Use of agricultural by-products not at the expense of soil

nutrient balance or soil organic matter balance

Water

1 Water management plan on

- sustainable water use

- prevention of water pollution (application of agro-

chemicals waste discharge)

2 Method of irrigation in light of water conservation

Further criteria to ensure social sustainability

crop use competition Biomass production does not impair food security

Biomass production does not impair food security Use of

agricultural co-products does not jeopardize function of local

or traditional uses of by-products

Audit requirements

Surveillance Audit Six months after first certification No surveillance audit

10

Issue ISCC DE ISCC EU

Farm certification

Classification of farms Part of the audit at the First Gathering Point

Farms are audited either as individual group (with one central

office) or as a group with the first gathering point acting as the

central office

Self-declaration by the farms Necessary Part of the self assessment

Sample of farms to be audited At least 5 of all farms reduced to 3 of all farms

receiving direct payments (Cross Compliance)

At least the square-root of the number of the farms belonging to

one group

Group certification Not allowed Possible

Traceability

Mass balance Use of percentage method is possible Use of percentage method is not possible

Mass balance period 12 months until June 30 2012

afterwards 3 months 3 months

Proofs of sustainability

Issuance of formal Proofs of Sustainability after the

Last Interface (layout and color predefined) and

transmission to BLE mandatory

Issuance of formal Proofs of Sustainability after the Last Interface

and reporting to BLE only mandatory for deliveries into the

German market

Greenhouse gas (GHG) calculation

Mass balance ndash GHG

emissions

Aggregation of different GHG emissions is possible

(weighted mean value)

Aggregation is not possible even if products have been produced

from identical biomass

GHG calculation No requirements for emission factors Specification

of the source is sufficient

Specific requirements for the selection of emission factors (eg

the use of Biograce)

Auditor requirements

Recognition auditors Recognition by the German BLE Recognition by gov institutions or national accreditation bodies

Main differences between ISCC DE and ISCC EU (II)

11

Monetary benefits from certification ndash ISCC certified products are traded

with a price premium Example RME

Source copy Argus Media Ltd wwwargusmediacom httpwwwargusmediacom

12

Specialized standards may limit the access to price premiums

Source Felda

bull Certification system

recognised by EU for

biofuels

bull High premium for CPO

sales (biofuels)

bull Certification system not

recognised for biofuels

bull Moderate premium for

CPO sales (other

segments than biofuels

with less demand for

sustainable products)

Specialized standards may limit the access to price premiums standards open for all

market segments and kinds of biomass offer additional opportunities

13

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

14

Sustainability requirements will be proliferated to other regions and

market segments

Biofuels

Mandatory Voluntary Time

Food

Feed

Solid biomass

Chemical applications

Bioplastics

Pharmazeutical applications

Other renewable fuels

15

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)

bull Global meat consumption increased from 240 mill tons

in 2002 by 22 to 294 mill tons in 2012

bull Further increase to 340 mill tons in 2020 expected

bull Livestock figures increased in parallel

bull Soybean meal increase from 125 mill tons in 2002 by

43 to 180 mill tons in 2012

16

In the food industry Unileverlsquos Sustainable Living Plan is considered as a

benchmark

17

Retailers confront biomass producers with their own label requirements

and request detailed information about production

18

Comparison of sustainability statements of different retailers not possible

for consumers

19

PlantBottle is a fully recyclable PET plastic beverage bottle made partially

from plants It is lighthouse for the biobased packaging industry

bull PlantBottle is made with a combination of traditional

materials and up to 30 made from plants

bull The PlantBottle package delivers the same performance

(eg shelf life recyclability weight chemical composition

appearance) but reduces GHG emissions from PET

plastic bottles and dependence on fossil fuels

bull Ingredients MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) made from

plants and PTA (purified terephthalic acid) which makes

up the other 70 It is fully recyclable

bull PlantBottle is made using sugarcane ethanol from Brazil

bull CocaColalsquos intent is to use the packaging for all of the

PET plastic bottles by 2020

bull Until 2016 45 mill tons Bio-PET30 will be required for

CocaColalsquos PlantBottle

bull With ist PlantBottles CocaCola will become the single

largest customer of biobased packaging material

Source CocaCola

20

ISCC PLUS is the certification scheme covering sustainability certification

for food feed techchemical and bioenergy (current non RED) applications

Sustainable products

ISCC

certified

operator

Sustainable biomass

ISCC PLUS

ISCC EU

ISCC DE

bull Sustainable biofuel

RED compliant

bull Food

bull Feed

bull Tech chemical

bull Solid biomass

(bioenergy)

21

ISCC PLUS ndash core requirements extensions and add-ons

ISCC PLUS

Core Requirements Extensions and Add-ons

ISCC EU ISCC DE

bull Sustainability criteria on farm

level (202)

bull GHG emissions on farm level

(205)

bull Chain of Custody

requirements

Traceability (203)

Quantity bookkeeping

(204-01 or 204-02)

bull Quality management

Extensions bull Food

bull Feed

bull SRC (short rotation coppice)

bull Bioplastics

Add-ons bull Biodiversity action plan

bull Classified chemicals

bull GHG emission requirements

downstream farm level

bull Consumables of a

production process

ISCC EUDE endorsement

bull ISCC EU and DE are

accepted under ISCC PLUS

bull ISCC EU and DE system

users can also draw from the

list of voluntary add-ons and

extensions

bull GHG requirements are

always mandatory

bull Add-ons and extensions can

be used on top of an existing

certificate

22

The new documents of ISCC PLUS can be split into three different

categories

23

ISCC PLUS has already taken off ISCC PLUS supports biofuels by

addressing iLUC and avoiding leakage effects

24

First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has

taken place in Iceland ndash ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 5: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

5

ISCC is used by companies in 70 countries

as of February 22 2013

ZWE

ZMB

ZAF

MYT

YEM

VUT

VNM

VEN

VCT

UZB

URY

USA

UGA

TZA

TWN

TTO

TUN

TKM TJK

THA

TGO

TCD

TCA

SWZ

SYR

STP

SUR

SOM

SEN

SLE

SHN

SWE

SDN

SYC SLB

SAU

RWA

RUS

ROU

REU

QAT

PRY

PRT

PRI

PAK

PHL

PNG

PER

PAN

OMN

NZL

NRU

NPL

NOR

NLD

NIC

NGA

NER

NCL

NAM

MOZ

MYS

MWI

MDV

MUS

MLT

MRT

MTQ

MNP

MAC

MNG

MMR

MLI

MKD

MDG

MAR

LBY

LVA

LUX

LTU

LSO

LBR

LKA

LCA

LBN

LAO

KAZ

CYM

KWT

KOR

PRK

COM

KHM

KGZ

KEN

JPN

JOR

JAM

ITA

ISL

IRN IRQ

IND

ISR

IRL

HTI

HRV

HND

HKG

GUY

GNB

GNQ

GLP

GIN

GMB

GRL

GHA

GUF

GEO

GRD

GAB

FSM

FJI

ETH

ESP

ERI

ESH

EGY

EST

ECU

DZA

DOM

DMA

DNK

DJI

CYP

CPV

CUB

SCG

CRI

COL

CHN

CMR

CIV

CHE

COG

CAF

COD

CAN BLR

BWA

BTN

BHS

BRA BOL

BRN

BMU

BEN

BDI

BHR

BGR

BFA

BEL

BGD

BRB

AZE

ARG

AGO

ARM ALB

ATG

AFG

ARE

CHL

6

More than 2200 certificates have been issued so far

Numbers as of February 22 2013

7

RestofWorld26

CzechRepublic13

UnitedKingdom8

Indonesia8

Germany7Netherlands

6

Malaysia6

Hungary6

Slovakia6

NorthAmerica(US+CAN)4

Romania4

Poland3

SouthAmerica3

ISCC is not a bdquoGerman systemldquo more than 90 of the certified system

users are located outside of Germany

Numbers as of February 22 2013

8

Currently ISCC operates ISCC DE and ISCC EU for biomass and biofuels

and ISCC PLUS for conventional and chemical markets

ISCC DE

Recognized by the BLE

in January 2010 for the

German market

Recognized as suitable

to fulfil the require-

ments of the 36

BImSchV

ISCC EU

Recognized by the EC

in July 2011 for 27 EU

member countries

ISCC PLUS

ISCC Chemicals

ISCC Bioplastics

ISCC SRC

ISCC Feed

ISCC Food

ISCC voluntary add

ons (eg biodiversity

GHG consumables)

9

Main differences between ISCC DE and ISCC EU (I)

Issue ISCC DE ISCC EU

Protection of important ecosystems

Grassland Biodiverse grassland excluded Completely excluded

Further criteria to ensure ecological sustainability

Soil conservation

1Management strategy for soil erosion

2Burning of stubble crop residues not allowed without

the permission of competent authority

1Soil management plan regarding prevention control and

improvement of soil erosion nutrient balance organic

matter pH soil structure biodiversity salinization

2Burning as part of land clearance is generally not allowed

3Use of agricultural by-products not at the expense of soil

nutrient balance or soil organic matter balance

Water

1 Water management plan on

- sustainable water use

- prevention of water pollution (application of agro-

chemicals waste discharge)

2 Method of irrigation in light of water conservation

Further criteria to ensure social sustainability

crop use competition Biomass production does not impair food security

Biomass production does not impair food security Use of

agricultural co-products does not jeopardize function of local

or traditional uses of by-products

Audit requirements

Surveillance Audit Six months after first certification No surveillance audit

10

Issue ISCC DE ISCC EU

Farm certification

Classification of farms Part of the audit at the First Gathering Point

Farms are audited either as individual group (with one central

office) or as a group with the first gathering point acting as the

central office

Self-declaration by the farms Necessary Part of the self assessment

Sample of farms to be audited At least 5 of all farms reduced to 3 of all farms

receiving direct payments (Cross Compliance)

At least the square-root of the number of the farms belonging to

one group

Group certification Not allowed Possible

Traceability

Mass balance Use of percentage method is possible Use of percentage method is not possible

Mass balance period 12 months until June 30 2012

afterwards 3 months 3 months

Proofs of sustainability

Issuance of formal Proofs of Sustainability after the

Last Interface (layout and color predefined) and

transmission to BLE mandatory

Issuance of formal Proofs of Sustainability after the Last Interface

and reporting to BLE only mandatory for deliveries into the

German market

Greenhouse gas (GHG) calculation

Mass balance ndash GHG

emissions

Aggregation of different GHG emissions is possible

(weighted mean value)

Aggregation is not possible even if products have been produced

from identical biomass

GHG calculation No requirements for emission factors Specification

of the source is sufficient

Specific requirements for the selection of emission factors (eg

the use of Biograce)

Auditor requirements

Recognition auditors Recognition by the German BLE Recognition by gov institutions or national accreditation bodies

Main differences between ISCC DE and ISCC EU (II)

11

Monetary benefits from certification ndash ISCC certified products are traded

with a price premium Example RME

Source copy Argus Media Ltd wwwargusmediacom httpwwwargusmediacom

12

Specialized standards may limit the access to price premiums

Source Felda

bull Certification system

recognised by EU for

biofuels

bull High premium for CPO

sales (biofuels)

bull Certification system not

recognised for biofuels

bull Moderate premium for

CPO sales (other

segments than biofuels

with less demand for

sustainable products)

Specialized standards may limit the access to price premiums standards open for all

market segments and kinds of biomass offer additional opportunities

13

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

14

Sustainability requirements will be proliferated to other regions and

market segments

Biofuels

Mandatory Voluntary Time

Food

Feed

Solid biomass

Chemical applications

Bioplastics

Pharmazeutical applications

Other renewable fuels

15

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)

bull Global meat consumption increased from 240 mill tons

in 2002 by 22 to 294 mill tons in 2012

bull Further increase to 340 mill tons in 2020 expected

bull Livestock figures increased in parallel

bull Soybean meal increase from 125 mill tons in 2002 by

43 to 180 mill tons in 2012

16

In the food industry Unileverlsquos Sustainable Living Plan is considered as a

benchmark

17

Retailers confront biomass producers with their own label requirements

and request detailed information about production

18

Comparison of sustainability statements of different retailers not possible

for consumers

19

PlantBottle is a fully recyclable PET plastic beverage bottle made partially

from plants It is lighthouse for the biobased packaging industry

bull PlantBottle is made with a combination of traditional

materials and up to 30 made from plants

bull The PlantBottle package delivers the same performance

(eg shelf life recyclability weight chemical composition

appearance) but reduces GHG emissions from PET

plastic bottles and dependence on fossil fuels

bull Ingredients MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) made from

plants and PTA (purified terephthalic acid) which makes

up the other 70 It is fully recyclable

bull PlantBottle is made using sugarcane ethanol from Brazil

bull CocaColalsquos intent is to use the packaging for all of the

PET plastic bottles by 2020

bull Until 2016 45 mill tons Bio-PET30 will be required for

CocaColalsquos PlantBottle

bull With ist PlantBottles CocaCola will become the single

largest customer of biobased packaging material

Source CocaCola

20

ISCC PLUS is the certification scheme covering sustainability certification

for food feed techchemical and bioenergy (current non RED) applications

Sustainable products

ISCC

certified

operator

Sustainable biomass

ISCC PLUS

ISCC EU

ISCC DE

bull Sustainable biofuel

RED compliant

bull Food

bull Feed

bull Tech chemical

bull Solid biomass

(bioenergy)

21

ISCC PLUS ndash core requirements extensions and add-ons

ISCC PLUS

Core Requirements Extensions and Add-ons

ISCC EU ISCC DE

bull Sustainability criteria on farm

level (202)

bull GHG emissions on farm level

(205)

bull Chain of Custody

requirements

Traceability (203)

Quantity bookkeeping

(204-01 or 204-02)

bull Quality management

Extensions bull Food

bull Feed

bull SRC (short rotation coppice)

bull Bioplastics

Add-ons bull Biodiversity action plan

bull Classified chemicals

bull GHG emission requirements

downstream farm level

bull Consumables of a

production process

ISCC EUDE endorsement

bull ISCC EU and DE are

accepted under ISCC PLUS

bull ISCC EU and DE system

users can also draw from the

list of voluntary add-ons and

extensions

bull GHG requirements are

always mandatory

bull Add-ons and extensions can

be used on top of an existing

certificate

22

The new documents of ISCC PLUS can be split into three different

categories

23

ISCC PLUS has already taken off ISCC PLUS supports biofuels by

addressing iLUC and avoiding leakage effects

24

First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has

taken place in Iceland ndash ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 6: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

6

More than 2200 certificates have been issued so far

Numbers as of February 22 2013

7

RestofWorld26

CzechRepublic13

UnitedKingdom8

Indonesia8

Germany7Netherlands

6

Malaysia6

Hungary6

Slovakia6

NorthAmerica(US+CAN)4

Romania4

Poland3

SouthAmerica3

ISCC is not a bdquoGerman systemldquo more than 90 of the certified system

users are located outside of Germany

Numbers as of February 22 2013

8

Currently ISCC operates ISCC DE and ISCC EU for biomass and biofuels

and ISCC PLUS for conventional and chemical markets

ISCC DE

Recognized by the BLE

in January 2010 for the

German market

Recognized as suitable

to fulfil the require-

ments of the 36

BImSchV

ISCC EU

Recognized by the EC

in July 2011 for 27 EU

member countries

ISCC PLUS

ISCC Chemicals

ISCC Bioplastics

ISCC SRC

ISCC Feed

ISCC Food

ISCC voluntary add

ons (eg biodiversity

GHG consumables)

9

Main differences between ISCC DE and ISCC EU (I)

Issue ISCC DE ISCC EU

Protection of important ecosystems

Grassland Biodiverse grassland excluded Completely excluded

Further criteria to ensure ecological sustainability

Soil conservation

1Management strategy for soil erosion

2Burning of stubble crop residues not allowed without

the permission of competent authority

1Soil management plan regarding prevention control and

improvement of soil erosion nutrient balance organic

matter pH soil structure biodiversity salinization

2Burning as part of land clearance is generally not allowed

3Use of agricultural by-products not at the expense of soil

nutrient balance or soil organic matter balance

Water

1 Water management plan on

- sustainable water use

- prevention of water pollution (application of agro-

chemicals waste discharge)

2 Method of irrigation in light of water conservation

Further criteria to ensure social sustainability

crop use competition Biomass production does not impair food security

Biomass production does not impair food security Use of

agricultural co-products does not jeopardize function of local

or traditional uses of by-products

Audit requirements

Surveillance Audit Six months after first certification No surveillance audit

10

Issue ISCC DE ISCC EU

Farm certification

Classification of farms Part of the audit at the First Gathering Point

Farms are audited either as individual group (with one central

office) or as a group with the first gathering point acting as the

central office

Self-declaration by the farms Necessary Part of the self assessment

Sample of farms to be audited At least 5 of all farms reduced to 3 of all farms

receiving direct payments (Cross Compliance)

At least the square-root of the number of the farms belonging to

one group

Group certification Not allowed Possible

Traceability

Mass balance Use of percentage method is possible Use of percentage method is not possible

Mass balance period 12 months until June 30 2012

afterwards 3 months 3 months

Proofs of sustainability

Issuance of formal Proofs of Sustainability after the

Last Interface (layout and color predefined) and

transmission to BLE mandatory

Issuance of formal Proofs of Sustainability after the Last Interface

and reporting to BLE only mandatory for deliveries into the

German market

Greenhouse gas (GHG) calculation

Mass balance ndash GHG

emissions

Aggregation of different GHG emissions is possible

(weighted mean value)

Aggregation is not possible even if products have been produced

from identical biomass

GHG calculation No requirements for emission factors Specification

of the source is sufficient

Specific requirements for the selection of emission factors (eg

the use of Biograce)

Auditor requirements

Recognition auditors Recognition by the German BLE Recognition by gov institutions or national accreditation bodies

Main differences between ISCC DE and ISCC EU (II)

11

Monetary benefits from certification ndash ISCC certified products are traded

with a price premium Example RME

Source copy Argus Media Ltd wwwargusmediacom httpwwwargusmediacom

12

Specialized standards may limit the access to price premiums

Source Felda

bull Certification system

recognised by EU for

biofuels

bull High premium for CPO

sales (biofuels)

bull Certification system not

recognised for biofuels

bull Moderate premium for

CPO sales (other

segments than biofuels

with less demand for

sustainable products)

Specialized standards may limit the access to price premiums standards open for all

market segments and kinds of biomass offer additional opportunities

13

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

14

Sustainability requirements will be proliferated to other regions and

market segments

Biofuels

Mandatory Voluntary Time

Food

Feed

Solid biomass

Chemical applications

Bioplastics

Pharmazeutical applications

Other renewable fuels

15

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)

bull Global meat consumption increased from 240 mill tons

in 2002 by 22 to 294 mill tons in 2012

bull Further increase to 340 mill tons in 2020 expected

bull Livestock figures increased in parallel

bull Soybean meal increase from 125 mill tons in 2002 by

43 to 180 mill tons in 2012

16

In the food industry Unileverlsquos Sustainable Living Plan is considered as a

benchmark

17

Retailers confront biomass producers with their own label requirements

and request detailed information about production

18

Comparison of sustainability statements of different retailers not possible

for consumers

19

PlantBottle is a fully recyclable PET plastic beverage bottle made partially

from plants It is lighthouse for the biobased packaging industry

bull PlantBottle is made with a combination of traditional

materials and up to 30 made from plants

bull The PlantBottle package delivers the same performance

(eg shelf life recyclability weight chemical composition

appearance) but reduces GHG emissions from PET

plastic bottles and dependence on fossil fuels

bull Ingredients MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) made from

plants and PTA (purified terephthalic acid) which makes

up the other 70 It is fully recyclable

bull PlantBottle is made using sugarcane ethanol from Brazil

bull CocaColalsquos intent is to use the packaging for all of the

PET plastic bottles by 2020

bull Until 2016 45 mill tons Bio-PET30 will be required for

CocaColalsquos PlantBottle

bull With ist PlantBottles CocaCola will become the single

largest customer of biobased packaging material

Source CocaCola

20

ISCC PLUS is the certification scheme covering sustainability certification

for food feed techchemical and bioenergy (current non RED) applications

Sustainable products

ISCC

certified

operator

Sustainable biomass

ISCC PLUS

ISCC EU

ISCC DE

bull Sustainable biofuel

RED compliant

bull Food

bull Feed

bull Tech chemical

bull Solid biomass

(bioenergy)

21

ISCC PLUS ndash core requirements extensions and add-ons

ISCC PLUS

Core Requirements Extensions and Add-ons

ISCC EU ISCC DE

bull Sustainability criteria on farm

level (202)

bull GHG emissions on farm level

(205)

bull Chain of Custody

requirements

Traceability (203)

Quantity bookkeeping

(204-01 or 204-02)

bull Quality management

Extensions bull Food

bull Feed

bull SRC (short rotation coppice)

bull Bioplastics

Add-ons bull Biodiversity action plan

bull Classified chemicals

bull GHG emission requirements

downstream farm level

bull Consumables of a

production process

ISCC EUDE endorsement

bull ISCC EU and DE are

accepted under ISCC PLUS

bull ISCC EU and DE system

users can also draw from the

list of voluntary add-ons and

extensions

bull GHG requirements are

always mandatory

bull Add-ons and extensions can

be used on top of an existing

certificate

22

The new documents of ISCC PLUS can be split into three different

categories

23

ISCC PLUS has already taken off ISCC PLUS supports biofuels by

addressing iLUC and avoiding leakage effects

24

First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has

taken place in Iceland ndash ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

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7

RestofWorld26

CzechRepublic13

UnitedKingdom8

Indonesia8

Germany7Netherlands

6

Malaysia6

Hungary6

Slovakia6

NorthAmerica(US+CAN)4

Romania4

Poland3

SouthAmerica3

ISCC is not a bdquoGerman systemldquo more than 90 of the certified system

users are located outside of Germany

Numbers as of February 22 2013

8

Currently ISCC operates ISCC DE and ISCC EU for biomass and biofuels

and ISCC PLUS for conventional and chemical markets

ISCC DE

Recognized by the BLE

in January 2010 for the

German market

Recognized as suitable

to fulfil the require-

ments of the 36

BImSchV

ISCC EU

Recognized by the EC

in July 2011 for 27 EU

member countries

ISCC PLUS

ISCC Chemicals

ISCC Bioplastics

ISCC SRC

ISCC Feed

ISCC Food

ISCC voluntary add

ons (eg biodiversity

GHG consumables)

9

Main differences between ISCC DE and ISCC EU (I)

Issue ISCC DE ISCC EU

Protection of important ecosystems

Grassland Biodiverse grassland excluded Completely excluded

Further criteria to ensure ecological sustainability

Soil conservation

1Management strategy for soil erosion

2Burning of stubble crop residues not allowed without

the permission of competent authority

1Soil management plan regarding prevention control and

improvement of soil erosion nutrient balance organic

matter pH soil structure biodiversity salinization

2Burning as part of land clearance is generally not allowed

3Use of agricultural by-products not at the expense of soil

nutrient balance or soil organic matter balance

Water

1 Water management plan on

- sustainable water use

- prevention of water pollution (application of agro-

chemicals waste discharge)

2 Method of irrigation in light of water conservation

Further criteria to ensure social sustainability

crop use competition Biomass production does not impair food security

Biomass production does not impair food security Use of

agricultural co-products does not jeopardize function of local

or traditional uses of by-products

Audit requirements

Surveillance Audit Six months after first certification No surveillance audit

10

Issue ISCC DE ISCC EU

Farm certification

Classification of farms Part of the audit at the First Gathering Point

Farms are audited either as individual group (with one central

office) or as a group with the first gathering point acting as the

central office

Self-declaration by the farms Necessary Part of the self assessment

Sample of farms to be audited At least 5 of all farms reduced to 3 of all farms

receiving direct payments (Cross Compliance)

At least the square-root of the number of the farms belonging to

one group

Group certification Not allowed Possible

Traceability

Mass balance Use of percentage method is possible Use of percentage method is not possible

Mass balance period 12 months until June 30 2012

afterwards 3 months 3 months

Proofs of sustainability

Issuance of formal Proofs of Sustainability after the

Last Interface (layout and color predefined) and

transmission to BLE mandatory

Issuance of formal Proofs of Sustainability after the Last Interface

and reporting to BLE only mandatory for deliveries into the

German market

Greenhouse gas (GHG) calculation

Mass balance ndash GHG

emissions

Aggregation of different GHG emissions is possible

(weighted mean value)

Aggregation is not possible even if products have been produced

from identical biomass

GHG calculation No requirements for emission factors Specification

of the source is sufficient

Specific requirements for the selection of emission factors (eg

the use of Biograce)

Auditor requirements

Recognition auditors Recognition by the German BLE Recognition by gov institutions or national accreditation bodies

Main differences between ISCC DE and ISCC EU (II)

11

Monetary benefits from certification ndash ISCC certified products are traded

with a price premium Example RME

Source copy Argus Media Ltd wwwargusmediacom httpwwwargusmediacom

12

Specialized standards may limit the access to price premiums

Source Felda

bull Certification system

recognised by EU for

biofuels

bull High premium for CPO

sales (biofuels)

bull Certification system not

recognised for biofuels

bull Moderate premium for

CPO sales (other

segments than biofuels

with less demand for

sustainable products)

Specialized standards may limit the access to price premiums standards open for all

market segments and kinds of biomass offer additional opportunities

13

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

14

Sustainability requirements will be proliferated to other regions and

market segments

Biofuels

Mandatory Voluntary Time

Food

Feed

Solid biomass

Chemical applications

Bioplastics

Pharmazeutical applications

Other renewable fuels

15

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)

bull Global meat consumption increased from 240 mill tons

in 2002 by 22 to 294 mill tons in 2012

bull Further increase to 340 mill tons in 2020 expected

bull Livestock figures increased in parallel

bull Soybean meal increase from 125 mill tons in 2002 by

43 to 180 mill tons in 2012

16

In the food industry Unileverlsquos Sustainable Living Plan is considered as a

benchmark

17

Retailers confront biomass producers with their own label requirements

and request detailed information about production

18

Comparison of sustainability statements of different retailers not possible

for consumers

19

PlantBottle is a fully recyclable PET plastic beverage bottle made partially

from plants It is lighthouse for the biobased packaging industry

bull PlantBottle is made with a combination of traditional

materials and up to 30 made from plants

bull The PlantBottle package delivers the same performance

(eg shelf life recyclability weight chemical composition

appearance) but reduces GHG emissions from PET

plastic bottles and dependence on fossil fuels

bull Ingredients MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) made from

plants and PTA (purified terephthalic acid) which makes

up the other 70 It is fully recyclable

bull PlantBottle is made using sugarcane ethanol from Brazil

bull CocaColalsquos intent is to use the packaging for all of the

PET plastic bottles by 2020

bull Until 2016 45 mill tons Bio-PET30 will be required for

CocaColalsquos PlantBottle

bull With ist PlantBottles CocaCola will become the single

largest customer of biobased packaging material

Source CocaCola

20

ISCC PLUS is the certification scheme covering sustainability certification

for food feed techchemical and bioenergy (current non RED) applications

Sustainable products

ISCC

certified

operator

Sustainable biomass

ISCC PLUS

ISCC EU

ISCC DE

bull Sustainable biofuel

RED compliant

bull Food

bull Feed

bull Tech chemical

bull Solid biomass

(bioenergy)

21

ISCC PLUS ndash core requirements extensions and add-ons

ISCC PLUS

Core Requirements Extensions and Add-ons

ISCC EU ISCC DE

bull Sustainability criteria on farm

level (202)

bull GHG emissions on farm level

(205)

bull Chain of Custody

requirements

Traceability (203)

Quantity bookkeeping

(204-01 or 204-02)

bull Quality management

Extensions bull Food

bull Feed

bull SRC (short rotation coppice)

bull Bioplastics

Add-ons bull Biodiversity action plan

bull Classified chemicals

bull GHG emission requirements

downstream farm level

bull Consumables of a

production process

ISCC EUDE endorsement

bull ISCC EU and DE are

accepted under ISCC PLUS

bull ISCC EU and DE system

users can also draw from the

list of voluntary add-ons and

extensions

bull GHG requirements are

always mandatory

bull Add-ons and extensions can

be used on top of an existing

certificate

22

The new documents of ISCC PLUS can be split into three different

categories

23

ISCC PLUS has already taken off ISCC PLUS supports biofuels by

addressing iLUC and avoiding leakage effects

24

First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has

taken place in Iceland ndash ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 8: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

8

Currently ISCC operates ISCC DE and ISCC EU for biomass and biofuels

and ISCC PLUS for conventional and chemical markets

ISCC DE

Recognized by the BLE

in January 2010 for the

German market

Recognized as suitable

to fulfil the require-

ments of the 36

BImSchV

ISCC EU

Recognized by the EC

in July 2011 for 27 EU

member countries

ISCC PLUS

ISCC Chemicals

ISCC Bioplastics

ISCC SRC

ISCC Feed

ISCC Food

ISCC voluntary add

ons (eg biodiversity

GHG consumables)

9

Main differences between ISCC DE and ISCC EU (I)

Issue ISCC DE ISCC EU

Protection of important ecosystems

Grassland Biodiverse grassland excluded Completely excluded

Further criteria to ensure ecological sustainability

Soil conservation

1Management strategy for soil erosion

2Burning of stubble crop residues not allowed without

the permission of competent authority

1Soil management plan regarding prevention control and

improvement of soil erosion nutrient balance organic

matter pH soil structure biodiversity salinization

2Burning as part of land clearance is generally not allowed

3Use of agricultural by-products not at the expense of soil

nutrient balance or soil organic matter balance

Water

1 Water management plan on

- sustainable water use

- prevention of water pollution (application of agro-

chemicals waste discharge)

2 Method of irrigation in light of water conservation

Further criteria to ensure social sustainability

crop use competition Biomass production does not impair food security

Biomass production does not impair food security Use of

agricultural co-products does not jeopardize function of local

or traditional uses of by-products

Audit requirements

Surveillance Audit Six months after first certification No surveillance audit

10

Issue ISCC DE ISCC EU

Farm certification

Classification of farms Part of the audit at the First Gathering Point

Farms are audited either as individual group (with one central

office) or as a group with the first gathering point acting as the

central office

Self-declaration by the farms Necessary Part of the self assessment

Sample of farms to be audited At least 5 of all farms reduced to 3 of all farms

receiving direct payments (Cross Compliance)

At least the square-root of the number of the farms belonging to

one group

Group certification Not allowed Possible

Traceability

Mass balance Use of percentage method is possible Use of percentage method is not possible

Mass balance period 12 months until June 30 2012

afterwards 3 months 3 months

Proofs of sustainability

Issuance of formal Proofs of Sustainability after the

Last Interface (layout and color predefined) and

transmission to BLE mandatory

Issuance of formal Proofs of Sustainability after the Last Interface

and reporting to BLE only mandatory for deliveries into the

German market

Greenhouse gas (GHG) calculation

Mass balance ndash GHG

emissions

Aggregation of different GHG emissions is possible

(weighted mean value)

Aggregation is not possible even if products have been produced

from identical biomass

GHG calculation No requirements for emission factors Specification

of the source is sufficient

Specific requirements for the selection of emission factors (eg

the use of Biograce)

Auditor requirements

Recognition auditors Recognition by the German BLE Recognition by gov institutions or national accreditation bodies

Main differences between ISCC DE and ISCC EU (II)

11

Monetary benefits from certification ndash ISCC certified products are traded

with a price premium Example RME

Source copy Argus Media Ltd wwwargusmediacom httpwwwargusmediacom

12

Specialized standards may limit the access to price premiums

Source Felda

bull Certification system

recognised by EU for

biofuels

bull High premium for CPO

sales (biofuels)

bull Certification system not

recognised for biofuels

bull Moderate premium for

CPO sales (other

segments than biofuels

with less demand for

sustainable products)

Specialized standards may limit the access to price premiums standards open for all

market segments and kinds of biomass offer additional opportunities

13

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

14

Sustainability requirements will be proliferated to other regions and

market segments

Biofuels

Mandatory Voluntary Time

Food

Feed

Solid biomass

Chemical applications

Bioplastics

Pharmazeutical applications

Other renewable fuels

15

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)

bull Global meat consumption increased from 240 mill tons

in 2002 by 22 to 294 mill tons in 2012

bull Further increase to 340 mill tons in 2020 expected

bull Livestock figures increased in parallel

bull Soybean meal increase from 125 mill tons in 2002 by

43 to 180 mill tons in 2012

16

In the food industry Unileverlsquos Sustainable Living Plan is considered as a

benchmark

17

Retailers confront biomass producers with their own label requirements

and request detailed information about production

18

Comparison of sustainability statements of different retailers not possible

for consumers

19

PlantBottle is a fully recyclable PET plastic beverage bottle made partially

from plants It is lighthouse for the biobased packaging industry

bull PlantBottle is made with a combination of traditional

materials and up to 30 made from plants

bull The PlantBottle package delivers the same performance

(eg shelf life recyclability weight chemical composition

appearance) but reduces GHG emissions from PET

plastic bottles and dependence on fossil fuels

bull Ingredients MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) made from

plants and PTA (purified terephthalic acid) which makes

up the other 70 It is fully recyclable

bull PlantBottle is made using sugarcane ethanol from Brazil

bull CocaColalsquos intent is to use the packaging for all of the

PET plastic bottles by 2020

bull Until 2016 45 mill tons Bio-PET30 will be required for

CocaColalsquos PlantBottle

bull With ist PlantBottles CocaCola will become the single

largest customer of biobased packaging material

Source CocaCola

20

ISCC PLUS is the certification scheme covering sustainability certification

for food feed techchemical and bioenergy (current non RED) applications

Sustainable products

ISCC

certified

operator

Sustainable biomass

ISCC PLUS

ISCC EU

ISCC DE

bull Sustainable biofuel

RED compliant

bull Food

bull Feed

bull Tech chemical

bull Solid biomass

(bioenergy)

21

ISCC PLUS ndash core requirements extensions and add-ons

ISCC PLUS

Core Requirements Extensions and Add-ons

ISCC EU ISCC DE

bull Sustainability criteria on farm

level (202)

bull GHG emissions on farm level

(205)

bull Chain of Custody

requirements

Traceability (203)

Quantity bookkeeping

(204-01 or 204-02)

bull Quality management

Extensions bull Food

bull Feed

bull SRC (short rotation coppice)

bull Bioplastics

Add-ons bull Biodiversity action plan

bull Classified chemicals

bull GHG emission requirements

downstream farm level

bull Consumables of a

production process

ISCC EUDE endorsement

bull ISCC EU and DE are

accepted under ISCC PLUS

bull ISCC EU and DE system

users can also draw from the

list of voluntary add-ons and

extensions

bull GHG requirements are

always mandatory

bull Add-ons and extensions can

be used on top of an existing

certificate

22

The new documents of ISCC PLUS can be split into three different

categories

23

ISCC PLUS has already taken off ISCC PLUS supports biofuels by

addressing iLUC and avoiding leakage effects

24

First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has

taken place in Iceland ndash ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 9: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

9

Main differences between ISCC DE and ISCC EU (I)

Issue ISCC DE ISCC EU

Protection of important ecosystems

Grassland Biodiverse grassland excluded Completely excluded

Further criteria to ensure ecological sustainability

Soil conservation

1Management strategy for soil erosion

2Burning of stubble crop residues not allowed without

the permission of competent authority

1Soil management plan regarding prevention control and

improvement of soil erosion nutrient balance organic

matter pH soil structure biodiversity salinization

2Burning as part of land clearance is generally not allowed

3Use of agricultural by-products not at the expense of soil

nutrient balance or soil organic matter balance

Water

1 Water management plan on

- sustainable water use

- prevention of water pollution (application of agro-

chemicals waste discharge)

2 Method of irrigation in light of water conservation

Further criteria to ensure social sustainability

crop use competition Biomass production does not impair food security

Biomass production does not impair food security Use of

agricultural co-products does not jeopardize function of local

or traditional uses of by-products

Audit requirements

Surveillance Audit Six months after first certification No surveillance audit

10

Issue ISCC DE ISCC EU

Farm certification

Classification of farms Part of the audit at the First Gathering Point

Farms are audited either as individual group (with one central

office) or as a group with the first gathering point acting as the

central office

Self-declaration by the farms Necessary Part of the self assessment

Sample of farms to be audited At least 5 of all farms reduced to 3 of all farms

receiving direct payments (Cross Compliance)

At least the square-root of the number of the farms belonging to

one group

Group certification Not allowed Possible

Traceability

Mass balance Use of percentage method is possible Use of percentage method is not possible

Mass balance period 12 months until June 30 2012

afterwards 3 months 3 months

Proofs of sustainability

Issuance of formal Proofs of Sustainability after the

Last Interface (layout and color predefined) and

transmission to BLE mandatory

Issuance of formal Proofs of Sustainability after the Last Interface

and reporting to BLE only mandatory for deliveries into the

German market

Greenhouse gas (GHG) calculation

Mass balance ndash GHG

emissions

Aggregation of different GHG emissions is possible

(weighted mean value)

Aggregation is not possible even if products have been produced

from identical biomass

GHG calculation No requirements for emission factors Specification

of the source is sufficient

Specific requirements for the selection of emission factors (eg

the use of Biograce)

Auditor requirements

Recognition auditors Recognition by the German BLE Recognition by gov institutions or national accreditation bodies

Main differences between ISCC DE and ISCC EU (II)

11

Monetary benefits from certification ndash ISCC certified products are traded

with a price premium Example RME

Source copy Argus Media Ltd wwwargusmediacom httpwwwargusmediacom

12

Specialized standards may limit the access to price premiums

Source Felda

bull Certification system

recognised by EU for

biofuels

bull High premium for CPO

sales (biofuels)

bull Certification system not

recognised for biofuels

bull Moderate premium for

CPO sales (other

segments than biofuels

with less demand for

sustainable products)

Specialized standards may limit the access to price premiums standards open for all

market segments and kinds of biomass offer additional opportunities

13

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

14

Sustainability requirements will be proliferated to other regions and

market segments

Biofuels

Mandatory Voluntary Time

Food

Feed

Solid biomass

Chemical applications

Bioplastics

Pharmazeutical applications

Other renewable fuels

15

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)

bull Global meat consumption increased from 240 mill tons

in 2002 by 22 to 294 mill tons in 2012

bull Further increase to 340 mill tons in 2020 expected

bull Livestock figures increased in parallel

bull Soybean meal increase from 125 mill tons in 2002 by

43 to 180 mill tons in 2012

16

In the food industry Unileverlsquos Sustainable Living Plan is considered as a

benchmark

17

Retailers confront biomass producers with their own label requirements

and request detailed information about production

18

Comparison of sustainability statements of different retailers not possible

for consumers

19

PlantBottle is a fully recyclable PET plastic beverage bottle made partially

from plants It is lighthouse for the biobased packaging industry

bull PlantBottle is made with a combination of traditional

materials and up to 30 made from plants

bull The PlantBottle package delivers the same performance

(eg shelf life recyclability weight chemical composition

appearance) but reduces GHG emissions from PET

plastic bottles and dependence on fossil fuels

bull Ingredients MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) made from

plants and PTA (purified terephthalic acid) which makes

up the other 70 It is fully recyclable

bull PlantBottle is made using sugarcane ethanol from Brazil

bull CocaColalsquos intent is to use the packaging for all of the

PET plastic bottles by 2020

bull Until 2016 45 mill tons Bio-PET30 will be required for

CocaColalsquos PlantBottle

bull With ist PlantBottles CocaCola will become the single

largest customer of biobased packaging material

Source CocaCola

20

ISCC PLUS is the certification scheme covering sustainability certification

for food feed techchemical and bioenergy (current non RED) applications

Sustainable products

ISCC

certified

operator

Sustainable biomass

ISCC PLUS

ISCC EU

ISCC DE

bull Sustainable biofuel

RED compliant

bull Food

bull Feed

bull Tech chemical

bull Solid biomass

(bioenergy)

21

ISCC PLUS ndash core requirements extensions and add-ons

ISCC PLUS

Core Requirements Extensions and Add-ons

ISCC EU ISCC DE

bull Sustainability criteria on farm

level (202)

bull GHG emissions on farm level

(205)

bull Chain of Custody

requirements

Traceability (203)

Quantity bookkeeping

(204-01 or 204-02)

bull Quality management

Extensions bull Food

bull Feed

bull SRC (short rotation coppice)

bull Bioplastics

Add-ons bull Biodiversity action plan

bull Classified chemicals

bull GHG emission requirements

downstream farm level

bull Consumables of a

production process

ISCC EUDE endorsement

bull ISCC EU and DE are

accepted under ISCC PLUS

bull ISCC EU and DE system

users can also draw from the

list of voluntary add-ons and

extensions

bull GHG requirements are

always mandatory

bull Add-ons and extensions can

be used on top of an existing

certificate

22

The new documents of ISCC PLUS can be split into three different

categories

23

ISCC PLUS has already taken off ISCC PLUS supports biofuels by

addressing iLUC and avoiding leakage effects

24

First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has

taken place in Iceland ndash ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

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10

Issue ISCC DE ISCC EU

Farm certification

Classification of farms Part of the audit at the First Gathering Point

Farms are audited either as individual group (with one central

office) or as a group with the first gathering point acting as the

central office

Self-declaration by the farms Necessary Part of the self assessment

Sample of farms to be audited At least 5 of all farms reduced to 3 of all farms

receiving direct payments (Cross Compliance)

At least the square-root of the number of the farms belonging to

one group

Group certification Not allowed Possible

Traceability

Mass balance Use of percentage method is possible Use of percentage method is not possible

Mass balance period 12 months until June 30 2012

afterwards 3 months 3 months

Proofs of sustainability

Issuance of formal Proofs of Sustainability after the

Last Interface (layout and color predefined) and

transmission to BLE mandatory

Issuance of formal Proofs of Sustainability after the Last Interface

and reporting to BLE only mandatory for deliveries into the

German market

Greenhouse gas (GHG) calculation

Mass balance ndash GHG

emissions

Aggregation of different GHG emissions is possible

(weighted mean value)

Aggregation is not possible even if products have been produced

from identical biomass

GHG calculation No requirements for emission factors Specification

of the source is sufficient

Specific requirements for the selection of emission factors (eg

the use of Biograce)

Auditor requirements

Recognition auditors Recognition by the German BLE Recognition by gov institutions or national accreditation bodies

Main differences between ISCC DE and ISCC EU (II)

11

Monetary benefits from certification ndash ISCC certified products are traded

with a price premium Example RME

Source copy Argus Media Ltd wwwargusmediacom httpwwwargusmediacom

12

Specialized standards may limit the access to price premiums

Source Felda

bull Certification system

recognised by EU for

biofuels

bull High premium for CPO

sales (biofuels)

bull Certification system not

recognised for biofuels

bull Moderate premium for

CPO sales (other

segments than biofuels

with less demand for

sustainable products)

Specialized standards may limit the access to price premiums standards open for all

market segments and kinds of biomass offer additional opportunities

13

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

14

Sustainability requirements will be proliferated to other regions and

market segments

Biofuels

Mandatory Voluntary Time

Food

Feed

Solid biomass

Chemical applications

Bioplastics

Pharmazeutical applications

Other renewable fuels

15

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)

bull Global meat consumption increased from 240 mill tons

in 2002 by 22 to 294 mill tons in 2012

bull Further increase to 340 mill tons in 2020 expected

bull Livestock figures increased in parallel

bull Soybean meal increase from 125 mill tons in 2002 by

43 to 180 mill tons in 2012

16

In the food industry Unileverlsquos Sustainable Living Plan is considered as a

benchmark

17

Retailers confront biomass producers with their own label requirements

and request detailed information about production

18

Comparison of sustainability statements of different retailers not possible

for consumers

19

PlantBottle is a fully recyclable PET plastic beverage bottle made partially

from plants It is lighthouse for the biobased packaging industry

bull PlantBottle is made with a combination of traditional

materials and up to 30 made from plants

bull The PlantBottle package delivers the same performance

(eg shelf life recyclability weight chemical composition

appearance) but reduces GHG emissions from PET

plastic bottles and dependence on fossil fuels

bull Ingredients MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) made from

plants and PTA (purified terephthalic acid) which makes

up the other 70 It is fully recyclable

bull PlantBottle is made using sugarcane ethanol from Brazil

bull CocaColalsquos intent is to use the packaging for all of the

PET plastic bottles by 2020

bull Until 2016 45 mill tons Bio-PET30 will be required for

CocaColalsquos PlantBottle

bull With ist PlantBottles CocaCola will become the single

largest customer of biobased packaging material

Source CocaCola

20

ISCC PLUS is the certification scheme covering sustainability certification

for food feed techchemical and bioenergy (current non RED) applications

Sustainable products

ISCC

certified

operator

Sustainable biomass

ISCC PLUS

ISCC EU

ISCC DE

bull Sustainable biofuel

RED compliant

bull Food

bull Feed

bull Tech chemical

bull Solid biomass

(bioenergy)

21

ISCC PLUS ndash core requirements extensions and add-ons

ISCC PLUS

Core Requirements Extensions and Add-ons

ISCC EU ISCC DE

bull Sustainability criteria on farm

level (202)

bull GHG emissions on farm level

(205)

bull Chain of Custody

requirements

Traceability (203)

Quantity bookkeeping

(204-01 or 204-02)

bull Quality management

Extensions bull Food

bull Feed

bull SRC (short rotation coppice)

bull Bioplastics

Add-ons bull Biodiversity action plan

bull Classified chemicals

bull GHG emission requirements

downstream farm level

bull Consumables of a

production process

ISCC EUDE endorsement

bull ISCC EU and DE are

accepted under ISCC PLUS

bull ISCC EU and DE system

users can also draw from the

list of voluntary add-ons and

extensions

bull GHG requirements are

always mandatory

bull Add-ons and extensions can

be used on top of an existing

certificate

22

The new documents of ISCC PLUS can be split into three different

categories

23

ISCC PLUS has already taken off ISCC PLUS supports biofuels by

addressing iLUC and avoiding leakage effects

24

First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has

taken place in Iceland ndash ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 11: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

11

Monetary benefits from certification ndash ISCC certified products are traded

with a price premium Example RME

Source copy Argus Media Ltd wwwargusmediacom httpwwwargusmediacom

12

Specialized standards may limit the access to price premiums

Source Felda

bull Certification system

recognised by EU for

biofuels

bull High premium for CPO

sales (biofuels)

bull Certification system not

recognised for biofuels

bull Moderate premium for

CPO sales (other

segments than biofuels

with less demand for

sustainable products)

Specialized standards may limit the access to price premiums standards open for all

market segments and kinds of biomass offer additional opportunities

13

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

14

Sustainability requirements will be proliferated to other regions and

market segments

Biofuels

Mandatory Voluntary Time

Food

Feed

Solid biomass

Chemical applications

Bioplastics

Pharmazeutical applications

Other renewable fuels

15

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)

bull Global meat consumption increased from 240 mill tons

in 2002 by 22 to 294 mill tons in 2012

bull Further increase to 340 mill tons in 2020 expected

bull Livestock figures increased in parallel

bull Soybean meal increase from 125 mill tons in 2002 by

43 to 180 mill tons in 2012

16

In the food industry Unileverlsquos Sustainable Living Plan is considered as a

benchmark

17

Retailers confront biomass producers with their own label requirements

and request detailed information about production

18

Comparison of sustainability statements of different retailers not possible

for consumers

19

PlantBottle is a fully recyclable PET plastic beverage bottle made partially

from plants It is lighthouse for the biobased packaging industry

bull PlantBottle is made with a combination of traditional

materials and up to 30 made from plants

bull The PlantBottle package delivers the same performance

(eg shelf life recyclability weight chemical composition

appearance) but reduces GHG emissions from PET

plastic bottles and dependence on fossil fuels

bull Ingredients MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) made from

plants and PTA (purified terephthalic acid) which makes

up the other 70 It is fully recyclable

bull PlantBottle is made using sugarcane ethanol from Brazil

bull CocaColalsquos intent is to use the packaging for all of the

PET plastic bottles by 2020

bull Until 2016 45 mill tons Bio-PET30 will be required for

CocaColalsquos PlantBottle

bull With ist PlantBottles CocaCola will become the single

largest customer of biobased packaging material

Source CocaCola

20

ISCC PLUS is the certification scheme covering sustainability certification

for food feed techchemical and bioenergy (current non RED) applications

Sustainable products

ISCC

certified

operator

Sustainable biomass

ISCC PLUS

ISCC EU

ISCC DE

bull Sustainable biofuel

RED compliant

bull Food

bull Feed

bull Tech chemical

bull Solid biomass

(bioenergy)

21

ISCC PLUS ndash core requirements extensions and add-ons

ISCC PLUS

Core Requirements Extensions and Add-ons

ISCC EU ISCC DE

bull Sustainability criteria on farm

level (202)

bull GHG emissions on farm level

(205)

bull Chain of Custody

requirements

Traceability (203)

Quantity bookkeeping

(204-01 or 204-02)

bull Quality management

Extensions bull Food

bull Feed

bull SRC (short rotation coppice)

bull Bioplastics

Add-ons bull Biodiversity action plan

bull Classified chemicals

bull GHG emission requirements

downstream farm level

bull Consumables of a

production process

ISCC EUDE endorsement

bull ISCC EU and DE are

accepted under ISCC PLUS

bull ISCC EU and DE system

users can also draw from the

list of voluntary add-ons and

extensions

bull GHG requirements are

always mandatory

bull Add-ons and extensions can

be used on top of an existing

certificate

22

The new documents of ISCC PLUS can be split into three different

categories

23

ISCC PLUS has already taken off ISCC PLUS supports biofuels by

addressing iLUC and avoiding leakage effects

24

First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has

taken place in Iceland ndash ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 12: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

12

Specialized standards may limit the access to price premiums

Source Felda

bull Certification system

recognised by EU for

biofuels

bull High premium for CPO

sales (biofuels)

bull Certification system not

recognised for biofuels

bull Moderate premium for

CPO sales (other

segments than biofuels

with less demand for

sustainable products)

Specialized standards may limit the access to price premiums standards open for all

market segments and kinds of biomass offer additional opportunities

13

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

14

Sustainability requirements will be proliferated to other regions and

market segments

Biofuels

Mandatory Voluntary Time

Food

Feed

Solid biomass

Chemical applications

Bioplastics

Pharmazeutical applications

Other renewable fuels

15

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)

bull Global meat consumption increased from 240 mill tons

in 2002 by 22 to 294 mill tons in 2012

bull Further increase to 340 mill tons in 2020 expected

bull Livestock figures increased in parallel

bull Soybean meal increase from 125 mill tons in 2002 by

43 to 180 mill tons in 2012

16

In the food industry Unileverlsquos Sustainable Living Plan is considered as a

benchmark

17

Retailers confront biomass producers with their own label requirements

and request detailed information about production

18

Comparison of sustainability statements of different retailers not possible

for consumers

19

PlantBottle is a fully recyclable PET plastic beverage bottle made partially

from plants It is lighthouse for the biobased packaging industry

bull PlantBottle is made with a combination of traditional

materials and up to 30 made from plants

bull The PlantBottle package delivers the same performance

(eg shelf life recyclability weight chemical composition

appearance) but reduces GHG emissions from PET

plastic bottles and dependence on fossil fuels

bull Ingredients MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) made from

plants and PTA (purified terephthalic acid) which makes

up the other 70 It is fully recyclable

bull PlantBottle is made using sugarcane ethanol from Brazil

bull CocaColalsquos intent is to use the packaging for all of the

PET plastic bottles by 2020

bull Until 2016 45 mill tons Bio-PET30 will be required for

CocaColalsquos PlantBottle

bull With ist PlantBottles CocaCola will become the single

largest customer of biobased packaging material

Source CocaCola

20

ISCC PLUS is the certification scheme covering sustainability certification

for food feed techchemical and bioenergy (current non RED) applications

Sustainable products

ISCC

certified

operator

Sustainable biomass

ISCC PLUS

ISCC EU

ISCC DE

bull Sustainable biofuel

RED compliant

bull Food

bull Feed

bull Tech chemical

bull Solid biomass

(bioenergy)

21

ISCC PLUS ndash core requirements extensions and add-ons

ISCC PLUS

Core Requirements Extensions and Add-ons

ISCC EU ISCC DE

bull Sustainability criteria on farm

level (202)

bull GHG emissions on farm level

(205)

bull Chain of Custody

requirements

Traceability (203)

Quantity bookkeeping

(204-01 or 204-02)

bull Quality management

Extensions bull Food

bull Feed

bull SRC (short rotation coppice)

bull Bioplastics

Add-ons bull Biodiversity action plan

bull Classified chemicals

bull GHG emission requirements

downstream farm level

bull Consumables of a

production process

ISCC EUDE endorsement

bull ISCC EU and DE are

accepted under ISCC PLUS

bull ISCC EU and DE system

users can also draw from the

list of voluntary add-ons and

extensions

bull GHG requirements are

always mandatory

bull Add-ons and extensions can

be used on top of an existing

certificate

22

The new documents of ISCC PLUS can be split into three different

categories

23

ISCC PLUS has already taken off ISCC PLUS supports biofuels by

addressing iLUC and avoiding leakage effects

24

First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has

taken place in Iceland ndash ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 13: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

13

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

14

Sustainability requirements will be proliferated to other regions and

market segments

Biofuels

Mandatory Voluntary Time

Food

Feed

Solid biomass

Chemical applications

Bioplastics

Pharmazeutical applications

Other renewable fuels

15

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)

bull Global meat consumption increased from 240 mill tons

in 2002 by 22 to 294 mill tons in 2012

bull Further increase to 340 mill tons in 2020 expected

bull Livestock figures increased in parallel

bull Soybean meal increase from 125 mill tons in 2002 by

43 to 180 mill tons in 2012

16

In the food industry Unileverlsquos Sustainable Living Plan is considered as a

benchmark

17

Retailers confront biomass producers with their own label requirements

and request detailed information about production

18

Comparison of sustainability statements of different retailers not possible

for consumers

19

PlantBottle is a fully recyclable PET plastic beverage bottle made partially

from plants It is lighthouse for the biobased packaging industry

bull PlantBottle is made with a combination of traditional

materials and up to 30 made from plants

bull The PlantBottle package delivers the same performance

(eg shelf life recyclability weight chemical composition

appearance) but reduces GHG emissions from PET

plastic bottles and dependence on fossil fuels

bull Ingredients MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) made from

plants and PTA (purified terephthalic acid) which makes

up the other 70 It is fully recyclable

bull PlantBottle is made using sugarcane ethanol from Brazil

bull CocaColalsquos intent is to use the packaging for all of the

PET plastic bottles by 2020

bull Until 2016 45 mill tons Bio-PET30 will be required for

CocaColalsquos PlantBottle

bull With ist PlantBottles CocaCola will become the single

largest customer of biobased packaging material

Source CocaCola

20

ISCC PLUS is the certification scheme covering sustainability certification

for food feed techchemical and bioenergy (current non RED) applications

Sustainable products

ISCC

certified

operator

Sustainable biomass

ISCC PLUS

ISCC EU

ISCC DE

bull Sustainable biofuel

RED compliant

bull Food

bull Feed

bull Tech chemical

bull Solid biomass

(bioenergy)

21

ISCC PLUS ndash core requirements extensions and add-ons

ISCC PLUS

Core Requirements Extensions and Add-ons

ISCC EU ISCC DE

bull Sustainability criteria on farm

level (202)

bull GHG emissions on farm level

(205)

bull Chain of Custody

requirements

Traceability (203)

Quantity bookkeeping

(204-01 or 204-02)

bull Quality management

Extensions bull Food

bull Feed

bull SRC (short rotation coppice)

bull Bioplastics

Add-ons bull Biodiversity action plan

bull Classified chemicals

bull GHG emission requirements

downstream farm level

bull Consumables of a

production process

ISCC EUDE endorsement

bull ISCC EU and DE are

accepted under ISCC PLUS

bull ISCC EU and DE system

users can also draw from the

list of voluntary add-ons and

extensions

bull GHG requirements are

always mandatory

bull Add-ons and extensions can

be used on top of an existing

certificate

22

The new documents of ISCC PLUS can be split into three different

categories

23

ISCC PLUS has already taken off ISCC PLUS supports biofuels by

addressing iLUC and avoiding leakage effects

24

First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has

taken place in Iceland ndash ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 14: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

14

Sustainability requirements will be proliferated to other regions and

market segments

Biofuels

Mandatory Voluntary Time

Food

Feed

Solid biomass

Chemical applications

Bioplastics

Pharmazeutical applications

Other renewable fuels

15

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)

bull Global meat consumption increased from 240 mill tons

in 2002 by 22 to 294 mill tons in 2012

bull Further increase to 340 mill tons in 2020 expected

bull Livestock figures increased in parallel

bull Soybean meal increase from 125 mill tons in 2002 by

43 to 180 mill tons in 2012

16

In the food industry Unileverlsquos Sustainable Living Plan is considered as a

benchmark

17

Retailers confront biomass producers with their own label requirements

and request detailed information about production

18

Comparison of sustainability statements of different retailers not possible

for consumers

19

PlantBottle is a fully recyclable PET plastic beverage bottle made partially

from plants It is lighthouse for the biobased packaging industry

bull PlantBottle is made with a combination of traditional

materials and up to 30 made from plants

bull The PlantBottle package delivers the same performance

(eg shelf life recyclability weight chemical composition

appearance) but reduces GHG emissions from PET

plastic bottles and dependence on fossil fuels

bull Ingredients MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) made from

plants and PTA (purified terephthalic acid) which makes

up the other 70 It is fully recyclable

bull PlantBottle is made using sugarcane ethanol from Brazil

bull CocaColalsquos intent is to use the packaging for all of the

PET plastic bottles by 2020

bull Until 2016 45 mill tons Bio-PET30 will be required for

CocaColalsquos PlantBottle

bull With ist PlantBottles CocaCola will become the single

largest customer of biobased packaging material

Source CocaCola

20

ISCC PLUS is the certification scheme covering sustainability certification

for food feed techchemical and bioenergy (current non RED) applications

Sustainable products

ISCC

certified

operator

Sustainable biomass

ISCC PLUS

ISCC EU

ISCC DE

bull Sustainable biofuel

RED compliant

bull Food

bull Feed

bull Tech chemical

bull Solid biomass

(bioenergy)

21

ISCC PLUS ndash core requirements extensions and add-ons

ISCC PLUS

Core Requirements Extensions and Add-ons

ISCC EU ISCC DE

bull Sustainability criteria on farm

level (202)

bull GHG emissions on farm level

(205)

bull Chain of Custody

requirements

Traceability (203)

Quantity bookkeeping

(204-01 or 204-02)

bull Quality management

Extensions bull Food

bull Feed

bull SRC (short rotation coppice)

bull Bioplastics

Add-ons bull Biodiversity action plan

bull Classified chemicals

bull GHG emission requirements

downstream farm level

bull Consumables of a

production process

ISCC EUDE endorsement

bull ISCC EU and DE are

accepted under ISCC PLUS

bull ISCC EU and DE system

users can also draw from the

list of voluntary add-ons and

extensions

bull GHG requirements are

always mandatory

bull Add-ons and extensions can

be used on top of an existing

certificate

22

The new documents of ISCC PLUS can be split into three different

categories

23

ISCC PLUS has already taken off ISCC PLUS supports biofuels by

addressing iLUC and avoiding leakage effects

24

First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has

taken place in Iceland ndash ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 15: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

15

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)

bull Global meat consumption increased from 240 mill tons

in 2002 by 22 to 294 mill tons in 2012

bull Further increase to 340 mill tons in 2020 expected

bull Livestock figures increased in parallel

bull Soybean meal increase from 125 mill tons in 2002 by

43 to 180 mill tons in 2012

16

In the food industry Unileverlsquos Sustainable Living Plan is considered as a

benchmark

17

Retailers confront biomass producers with their own label requirements

and request detailed information about production

18

Comparison of sustainability statements of different retailers not possible

for consumers

19

PlantBottle is a fully recyclable PET plastic beverage bottle made partially

from plants It is lighthouse for the biobased packaging industry

bull PlantBottle is made with a combination of traditional

materials and up to 30 made from plants

bull The PlantBottle package delivers the same performance

(eg shelf life recyclability weight chemical composition

appearance) but reduces GHG emissions from PET

plastic bottles and dependence on fossil fuels

bull Ingredients MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) made from

plants and PTA (purified terephthalic acid) which makes

up the other 70 It is fully recyclable

bull PlantBottle is made using sugarcane ethanol from Brazil

bull CocaColalsquos intent is to use the packaging for all of the

PET plastic bottles by 2020

bull Until 2016 45 mill tons Bio-PET30 will be required for

CocaColalsquos PlantBottle

bull With ist PlantBottles CocaCola will become the single

largest customer of biobased packaging material

Source CocaCola

20

ISCC PLUS is the certification scheme covering sustainability certification

for food feed techchemical and bioenergy (current non RED) applications

Sustainable products

ISCC

certified

operator

Sustainable biomass

ISCC PLUS

ISCC EU

ISCC DE

bull Sustainable biofuel

RED compliant

bull Food

bull Feed

bull Tech chemical

bull Solid biomass

(bioenergy)

21

ISCC PLUS ndash core requirements extensions and add-ons

ISCC PLUS

Core Requirements Extensions and Add-ons

ISCC EU ISCC DE

bull Sustainability criteria on farm

level (202)

bull GHG emissions on farm level

(205)

bull Chain of Custody

requirements

Traceability (203)

Quantity bookkeeping

(204-01 or 204-02)

bull Quality management

Extensions bull Food

bull Feed

bull SRC (short rotation coppice)

bull Bioplastics

Add-ons bull Biodiversity action plan

bull Classified chemicals

bull GHG emission requirements

downstream farm level

bull Consumables of a

production process

ISCC EUDE endorsement

bull ISCC EU and DE are

accepted under ISCC PLUS

bull ISCC EU and DE system

users can also draw from the

list of voluntary add-ons and

extensions

bull GHG requirements are

always mandatory

bull Add-ons and extensions can

be used on top of an existing

certificate

22

The new documents of ISCC PLUS can be split into three different

categories

23

ISCC PLUS has already taken off ISCC PLUS supports biofuels by

addressing iLUC and avoiding leakage effects

24

First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has

taken place in Iceland ndash ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 16: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

16

In the food industry Unileverlsquos Sustainable Living Plan is considered as a

benchmark

17

Retailers confront biomass producers with their own label requirements

and request detailed information about production

18

Comparison of sustainability statements of different retailers not possible

for consumers

19

PlantBottle is a fully recyclable PET plastic beverage bottle made partially

from plants It is lighthouse for the biobased packaging industry

bull PlantBottle is made with a combination of traditional

materials and up to 30 made from plants

bull The PlantBottle package delivers the same performance

(eg shelf life recyclability weight chemical composition

appearance) but reduces GHG emissions from PET

plastic bottles and dependence on fossil fuels

bull Ingredients MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) made from

plants and PTA (purified terephthalic acid) which makes

up the other 70 It is fully recyclable

bull PlantBottle is made using sugarcane ethanol from Brazil

bull CocaColalsquos intent is to use the packaging for all of the

PET plastic bottles by 2020

bull Until 2016 45 mill tons Bio-PET30 will be required for

CocaColalsquos PlantBottle

bull With ist PlantBottles CocaCola will become the single

largest customer of biobased packaging material

Source CocaCola

20

ISCC PLUS is the certification scheme covering sustainability certification

for food feed techchemical and bioenergy (current non RED) applications

Sustainable products

ISCC

certified

operator

Sustainable biomass

ISCC PLUS

ISCC EU

ISCC DE

bull Sustainable biofuel

RED compliant

bull Food

bull Feed

bull Tech chemical

bull Solid biomass

(bioenergy)

21

ISCC PLUS ndash core requirements extensions and add-ons

ISCC PLUS

Core Requirements Extensions and Add-ons

ISCC EU ISCC DE

bull Sustainability criteria on farm

level (202)

bull GHG emissions on farm level

(205)

bull Chain of Custody

requirements

Traceability (203)

Quantity bookkeeping

(204-01 or 204-02)

bull Quality management

Extensions bull Food

bull Feed

bull SRC (short rotation coppice)

bull Bioplastics

Add-ons bull Biodiversity action plan

bull Classified chemicals

bull GHG emission requirements

downstream farm level

bull Consumables of a

production process

ISCC EUDE endorsement

bull ISCC EU and DE are

accepted under ISCC PLUS

bull ISCC EU and DE system

users can also draw from the

list of voluntary add-ons and

extensions

bull GHG requirements are

always mandatory

bull Add-ons and extensions can

be used on top of an existing

certificate

22

The new documents of ISCC PLUS can be split into three different

categories

23

ISCC PLUS has already taken off ISCC PLUS supports biofuels by

addressing iLUC and avoiding leakage effects

24

First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has

taken place in Iceland ndash ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 17: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

17

Retailers confront biomass producers with their own label requirements

and request detailed information about production

18

Comparison of sustainability statements of different retailers not possible

for consumers

19

PlantBottle is a fully recyclable PET plastic beverage bottle made partially

from plants It is lighthouse for the biobased packaging industry

bull PlantBottle is made with a combination of traditional

materials and up to 30 made from plants

bull The PlantBottle package delivers the same performance

(eg shelf life recyclability weight chemical composition

appearance) but reduces GHG emissions from PET

plastic bottles and dependence on fossil fuels

bull Ingredients MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) made from

plants and PTA (purified terephthalic acid) which makes

up the other 70 It is fully recyclable

bull PlantBottle is made using sugarcane ethanol from Brazil

bull CocaColalsquos intent is to use the packaging for all of the

PET plastic bottles by 2020

bull Until 2016 45 mill tons Bio-PET30 will be required for

CocaColalsquos PlantBottle

bull With ist PlantBottles CocaCola will become the single

largest customer of biobased packaging material

Source CocaCola

20

ISCC PLUS is the certification scheme covering sustainability certification

for food feed techchemical and bioenergy (current non RED) applications

Sustainable products

ISCC

certified

operator

Sustainable biomass

ISCC PLUS

ISCC EU

ISCC DE

bull Sustainable biofuel

RED compliant

bull Food

bull Feed

bull Tech chemical

bull Solid biomass

(bioenergy)

21

ISCC PLUS ndash core requirements extensions and add-ons

ISCC PLUS

Core Requirements Extensions and Add-ons

ISCC EU ISCC DE

bull Sustainability criteria on farm

level (202)

bull GHG emissions on farm level

(205)

bull Chain of Custody

requirements

Traceability (203)

Quantity bookkeeping

(204-01 or 204-02)

bull Quality management

Extensions bull Food

bull Feed

bull SRC (short rotation coppice)

bull Bioplastics

Add-ons bull Biodiversity action plan

bull Classified chemicals

bull GHG emission requirements

downstream farm level

bull Consumables of a

production process

ISCC EUDE endorsement

bull ISCC EU and DE are

accepted under ISCC PLUS

bull ISCC EU and DE system

users can also draw from the

list of voluntary add-ons and

extensions

bull GHG requirements are

always mandatory

bull Add-ons and extensions can

be used on top of an existing

certificate

22

The new documents of ISCC PLUS can be split into three different

categories

23

ISCC PLUS has already taken off ISCC PLUS supports biofuels by

addressing iLUC and avoiding leakage effects

24

First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has

taken place in Iceland ndash ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 18: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

18

Comparison of sustainability statements of different retailers not possible

for consumers

19

PlantBottle is a fully recyclable PET plastic beverage bottle made partially

from plants It is lighthouse for the biobased packaging industry

bull PlantBottle is made with a combination of traditional

materials and up to 30 made from plants

bull The PlantBottle package delivers the same performance

(eg shelf life recyclability weight chemical composition

appearance) but reduces GHG emissions from PET

plastic bottles and dependence on fossil fuels

bull Ingredients MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) made from

plants and PTA (purified terephthalic acid) which makes

up the other 70 It is fully recyclable

bull PlantBottle is made using sugarcane ethanol from Brazil

bull CocaColalsquos intent is to use the packaging for all of the

PET plastic bottles by 2020

bull Until 2016 45 mill tons Bio-PET30 will be required for

CocaColalsquos PlantBottle

bull With ist PlantBottles CocaCola will become the single

largest customer of biobased packaging material

Source CocaCola

20

ISCC PLUS is the certification scheme covering sustainability certification

for food feed techchemical and bioenergy (current non RED) applications

Sustainable products

ISCC

certified

operator

Sustainable biomass

ISCC PLUS

ISCC EU

ISCC DE

bull Sustainable biofuel

RED compliant

bull Food

bull Feed

bull Tech chemical

bull Solid biomass

(bioenergy)

21

ISCC PLUS ndash core requirements extensions and add-ons

ISCC PLUS

Core Requirements Extensions and Add-ons

ISCC EU ISCC DE

bull Sustainability criteria on farm

level (202)

bull GHG emissions on farm level

(205)

bull Chain of Custody

requirements

Traceability (203)

Quantity bookkeeping

(204-01 or 204-02)

bull Quality management

Extensions bull Food

bull Feed

bull SRC (short rotation coppice)

bull Bioplastics

Add-ons bull Biodiversity action plan

bull Classified chemicals

bull GHG emission requirements

downstream farm level

bull Consumables of a

production process

ISCC EUDE endorsement

bull ISCC EU and DE are

accepted under ISCC PLUS

bull ISCC EU and DE system

users can also draw from the

list of voluntary add-ons and

extensions

bull GHG requirements are

always mandatory

bull Add-ons and extensions can

be used on top of an existing

certificate

22

The new documents of ISCC PLUS can be split into three different

categories

23

ISCC PLUS has already taken off ISCC PLUS supports biofuels by

addressing iLUC and avoiding leakage effects

24

First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has

taken place in Iceland ndash ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 19: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

19

PlantBottle is a fully recyclable PET plastic beverage bottle made partially

from plants It is lighthouse for the biobased packaging industry

bull PlantBottle is made with a combination of traditional

materials and up to 30 made from plants

bull The PlantBottle package delivers the same performance

(eg shelf life recyclability weight chemical composition

appearance) but reduces GHG emissions from PET

plastic bottles and dependence on fossil fuels

bull Ingredients MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) made from

plants and PTA (purified terephthalic acid) which makes

up the other 70 It is fully recyclable

bull PlantBottle is made using sugarcane ethanol from Brazil

bull CocaColalsquos intent is to use the packaging for all of the

PET plastic bottles by 2020

bull Until 2016 45 mill tons Bio-PET30 will be required for

CocaColalsquos PlantBottle

bull With ist PlantBottles CocaCola will become the single

largest customer of biobased packaging material

Source CocaCola

20

ISCC PLUS is the certification scheme covering sustainability certification

for food feed techchemical and bioenergy (current non RED) applications

Sustainable products

ISCC

certified

operator

Sustainable biomass

ISCC PLUS

ISCC EU

ISCC DE

bull Sustainable biofuel

RED compliant

bull Food

bull Feed

bull Tech chemical

bull Solid biomass

(bioenergy)

21

ISCC PLUS ndash core requirements extensions and add-ons

ISCC PLUS

Core Requirements Extensions and Add-ons

ISCC EU ISCC DE

bull Sustainability criteria on farm

level (202)

bull GHG emissions on farm level

(205)

bull Chain of Custody

requirements

Traceability (203)

Quantity bookkeeping

(204-01 or 204-02)

bull Quality management

Extensions bull Food

bull Feed

bull SRC (short rotation coppice)

bull Bioplastics

Add-ons bull Biodiversity action plan

bull Classified chemicals

bull GHG emission requirements

downstream farm level

bull Consumables of a

production process

ISCC EUDE endorsement

bull ISCC EU and DE are

accepted under ISCC PLUS

bull ISCC EU and DE system

users can also draw from the

list of voluntary add-ons and

extensions

bull GHG requirements are

always mandatory

bull Add-ons and extensions can

be used on top of an existing

certificate

22

The new documents of ISCC PLUS can be split into three different

categories

23

ISCC PLUS has already taken off ISCC PLUS supports biofuels by

addressing iLUC and avoiding leakage effects

24

First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has

taken place in Iceland ndash ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 20: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

20

ISCC PLUS is the certification scheme covering sustainability certification

for food feed techchemical and bioenergy (current non RED) applications

Sustainable products

ISCC

certified

operator

Sustainable biomass

ISCC PLUS

ISCC EU

ISCC DE

bull Sustainable biofuel

RED compliant

bull Food

bull Feed

bull Tech chemical

bull Solid biomass

(bioenergy)

21

ISCC PLUS ndash core requirements extensions and add-ons

ISCC PLUS

Core Requirements Extensions and Add-ons

ISCC EU ISCC DE

bull Sustainability criteria on farm

level (202)

bull GHG emissions on farm level

(205)

bull Chain of Custody

requirements

Traceability (203)

Quantity bookkeeping

(204-01 or 204-02)

bull Quality management

Extensions bull Food

bull Feed

bull SRC (short rotation coppice)

bull Bioplastics

Add-ons bull Biodiversity action plan

bull Classified chemicals

bull GHG emission requirements

downstream farm level

bull Consumables of a

production process

ISCC EUDE endorsement

bull ISCC EU and DE are

accepted under ISCC PLUS

bull ISCC EU and DE system

users can also draw from the

list of voluntary add-ons and

extensions

bull GHG requirements are

always mandatory

bull Add-ons and extensions can

be used on top of an existing

certificate

22

The new documents of ISCC PLUS can be split into three different

categories

23

ISCC PLUS has already taken off ISCC PLUS supports biofuels by

addressing iLUC and avoiding leakage effects

24

First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has

taken place in Iceland ndash ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 21: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

21

ISCC PLUS ndash core requirements extensions and add-ons

ISCC PLUS

Core Requirements Extensions and Add-ons

ISCC EU ISCC DE

bull Sustainability criteria on farm

level (202)

bull GHG emissions on farm level

(205)

bull Chain of Custody

requirements

Traceability (203)

Quantity bookkeeping

(204-01 or 204-02)

bull Quality management

Extensions bull Food

bull Feed

bull SRC (short rotation coppice)

bull Bioplastics

Add-ons bull Biodiversity action plan

bull Classified chemicals

bull GHG emission requirements

downstream farm level

bull Consumables of a

production process

ISCC EUDE endorsement

bull ISCC EU and DE are

accepted under ISCC PLUS

bull ISCC EU and DE system

users can also draw from the

list of voluntary add-ons and

extensions

bull GHG requirements are

always mandatory

bull Add-ons and extensions can

be used on top of an existing

certificate

22

The new documents of ISCC PLUS can be split into three different

categories

23

ISCC PLUS has already taken off ISCC PLUS supports biofuels by

addressing iLUC and avoiding leakage effects

24

First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has

taken place in Iceland ndash ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 22: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

22

The new documents of ISCC PLUS can be split into three different

categories

23

ISCC PLUS has already taken off ISCC PLUS supports biofuels by

addressing iLUC and avoiding leakage effects

24

First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has

taken place in Iceland ndash ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 23: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

23

ISCC PLUS has already taken off ISCC PLUS supports biofuels by

addressing iLUC and avoiding leakage effects

24

First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has

taken place in Iceland ndash ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 24: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

24

First ISCC certification of a renewable fuel of non biological origin has

taken place in Iceland ndash ISCC PLUS system documents have been adopted

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 25: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

25

ISCC PURE demonstrates a strong commitment to the high standards of

ISCC throughout the entire supply chain

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Supplier Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Each element of the value chain up to the relevant market player is ISCC certified

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 26: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

26

ISCC PURE is displayed on the written documentation (eg delivery notes)

Farm

Plantation

First

Gathering

Point

Conversion Warehouse

Relevant

market

player

Trader

Warehouse

Trader

Warehouse

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Proof of

Sustainability

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Sustainability

declaration

PURE

Delivery note

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 27: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

27

Expansion of sustainability to all markets is an issue of fairness ndash and in

line with the overall objectives of climate change and sustainability

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

bull 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

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 28: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

28

Based on the legal framework and learnings from the pilot phase

processes and the overall structure have been developed

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 29: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

29

Stakeholders had the opportunity to comment on all documents in the

course of a public consultation process

bull German version available for comments

from November 7 2009 onwards

bull English version was made public on

November 15 2009

bull Public consultation until December 31 2009

bull Feedback be used for the development of

an improved version

Public consultation via ISCC webpage

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 30: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

30

System documents and checklists have been supplemented by the ISCC

audit procedures for farm FGP conversion and warehouse suppliers

ISCC System Documents

and Checklists

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 31: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

31

ISCC country-specific guidelines provide initial information about three

crucial components for ISCC audits

bull Amount of forest and primary forest

bull Existence of No-go areas according to databases like WDPA Ramsar-Wetlands Intact Forest Landscape

bull National biofuels programs and their impacts

Land use change

bull Country-specific use of fertilizer

bull Registration use ban and restriction of pesticides

bull Forest fires slash and burn practices

bull Poisoning statistics environmental issues

Ecological Sustainability

bull Ratification of ILO core conventions

bull Peculiarities according to child labor forced labor violence of trade union rights

bull Recognition of indigenous peoples traditional land - and land-use rights

Social Sustainability

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 32: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

32

19 ISCC trainings have been conducted so far more than 380 auditors

participated Training is an important pillar of ISCClsquos quality policy

Conducted ISCC Trainings Scheduled Trainings 2013

bull Cologne June 4 - 6 2013

bull Further training considered in SE Asia

bull Further training on waste to biofuels on

March 26 2013

bull Cologne 9 ndash 11 October 2012

bull Cologne 3 ndash 5 July 2012

bull Rio de Janeiro 08 ndash 10 May 2012

bull Bangkok 03 ndash 05 April 2012

bull Cologne 01 ndash 03 February 2012

bull Cologne 17 ndash 19 October 2011

bull Chicago 12 ndash 14 Sept 2011

bull Cologne 06 ndash 08 July 2011

bull Kuala Lumpur 18 ndash 20 May 2011

bull Cologne 28 ndash 30 March 2011

bull Cologne 08 - 10 December 2010

bull Buenos Aires 24 ndash 26 November 2010

bull Warsaw 26 ndash 28 October 2010

bull Rio de Janeiro 24 ndash 26 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 August 2010

bull Cologne 10 ndash 12 May 2010

bull Jakarta 21 ndash 23 April 2010

bull Cologne 24 ndash 26 March 2010

bull Berlin 27 ndash 29 January 2010

33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

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33

ISCC sends on a regularly basis updates to inform the certification bodies

and registered companies about important changes

ISCC Updates were sent

bull September 5 2012

bull August 27 2012

bull July 16 2012

bull May 30 2012

bull March 15 2012

bull February 23 2011

bull February 21 2011

bull January 13 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull November 2 2011

bull November 9 2011

bull August 18 2011

bull June 17 2011

bull June 8 2011

bull hellip

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 34: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

34

ISCC cooperates with 22 certification bodies which guarantee the

implementation of the standard

Certification bodies using the ISCC scheme

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 35: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

35

The four layers of the ISCC safety system increase security and integrity

of the scheme

External third party audits by

qualified auditor

Overall ISCC quality and risk

management

Self declarations and internal

audits

ISCC integrity management

Guaranteeing

high quality

and integrity

of the ISCC

Scheme

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 36: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

36

ISCC information events are an important information and discussion

forum for pracitical inplementation

Topics

Target groups

bull Agriculture bioenergy

production

bull trade

bull expoerter

bull GOs

bull NGOs

bull Sustainaiblity requirements

in Europe and Germany

bull What is certification

bull Why ISCC

bull Relationshsip ISCC and

other systems

bull Steps towards ISCC

certificate

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 37: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

37

ISCC has been also active with its own event at Rio+20 and organised a

panel discussion about sustainable agriculture and certification

38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

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38

In February 2012 ISCC organized information events in Uruguay and

Paraguay

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 39: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

39

An ISCC flyer is available in German English Spanish and Portugese Free

copies are available

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 40: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

40

ISCC works on improving transparency Inter alia the new ISCC website

entails more information about the issued certificates

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 41: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

41

The ISCC internet platform serves as a main communication channel and

provides information and tools for certification bodies and companies

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 42: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

42

International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) ensures that

sustainability concerns are taken care of in a non-disriminatory manner

building the system and initial management

management

supports

International

Board

ISCC eV

to direct

Proof of sustainability for all kinds of biomass and converted biomass

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

Page 43: International Sustainability and Carbon Certification ...

43

Stakeholder dialogue and certification scheme operations are the two main

functions which have to be addressed in the organisational set up

bull Association is appropriate legal framework for

stakeholder representation

(large varying number of stakeholders

relatively easy entry and exit)

bull Clear separation of stakeholder representation

and daily operations of certification scheme

bull Association steers operations

bull Stakeholders represented in the association

are thus discharged from liability for

operations

bull GmbH established as non profit company

Only costs of running the certification scheme

to be covered

bull gGmbH difficult and time consuming to

establish therefore GmbH as legal framework

for operations

Overall organisational set up

ISCC System (GmbH)

Day to day operations

of the certification scheme

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder forum

Steering

of ISCC

operations

44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

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44

ISCC eV has been inaugurated in January 2010 and is registered as

association in Cologne

Membership

bull Natural person

bull Legal person

bull Particpating in

foundation of ISCC eV

bull Joining the ISCC eV by

admission

bull Certification bodies are

not allowed to become

members

bull Certification bodies may

contribute to work in

Technical Comitees

45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

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45

General Assembly

Operations

Registry

Qualification

Quality Control

Marketing

Development Projects

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technische

Arbeitsgruppe

Technical

Committees

Interaction between stakeholders association and operational

certification system

Agriculture amp

Conversion

Trade Logistics

amp Users NGOs Social

Research Others

ISCC Association (eV)

Stakeholder

ISCC System GmbH

Board

46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

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46

ISCC eV - the different stakeholders are united in one association

47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

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47

Four Technical Committees (TCs) are active within ISCC A TC on

Southeast Asia will follow early 2013

TC I Implementation of the

RED and national

ordinances in Europe

ISCC Technical Committees (TCs) can

be established by the ISCC Board to

work on specific topics and regional

issues and to further promote ISCC

TC III Solid Biomass

TC II Latin America

TC IV North America

(ISCC TC NA) (inaugural

meeting on November 26

in Minneapolis)

48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

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48

In November 2012 the inaugural meeting of the ISCC TC NA took

place in Minneapolis

bull Almost 40 participants from

Canada and the USA

bull Agricultural companies

processing industry retailers

certification bodies research

organizations associations

bull Representatives from corn soy

ethanol and biodiesel sector

bull Working group ldquoNational

adaptations of ISCC

requirementsrdquo established First

benchmarking for some states

took place already

bull Two new Association members

bull First ISCC PLUS certificates

bull Participation in Bioplastic

Feedstock Alliance

bull Next meeting June 2013

49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

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49

Companies and certification bodies discussed ISCC and ISCC PLUS

experience and way ahead during the TC meeting

50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

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50

The Technical Committee 5 for South East Asia will held its

inaugural meeting in Bangkok April 9 2013

bull Objective of this TCrsquos work is the

consideration of specific

requirements in Southeast Asia

as well as the exchange of

experience with ISCC

certification in this region

bull Members of the ISCC

Association ISCC system user

and interested companies as

well as certification bodies

cooperating with ISCC are

cordially invited to participate

bull More than 40 participants from

plantations and vegetable oil

processing industry traders

certification bodies and

associations expected

51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

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51

ISCC is also active as founding member of aireg eV sustainable fuels for

aviation

52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

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52

ISCC is founding member of the ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo

The ldquoSustainable Cocoa Forumrdquo was founded on June 13 2012 in Berlin ISCC supports the goal of

increasing the proportion of sustainably produced cocoa in the world and promoting adherence to high

social and environmental standards The forum was initiated by the German Federal Ministry of

Development

53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

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53

Certification is established and shows positive effects Some challenges

remain

bull Different technical member state requirements

bull Waste to biofuels and double counting

bull Mass balance application

bull Partially recognized schemes

bull Grassland

bull GHG default values aggregated values for agriculture schemes without GHG tool

bull Deliveries between certification schemes double accounting

bull Missing regulation and monitoring

Need for harmonization

bull Further regulation is necessary (EC member states implementing authorities (REFUREC))

bull Consensus on minimum requirements between voluntary schemes (ISCC initiated first meeting)

Need to extend certification to other end-uses of biomass also as a means to tackle iLUC

ISCC PLUS is increasingly being used for food feed and biochemicals

54

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54