Matt Rudolf, Director, Business DevelopmentBIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology

May 15, 2014

Sustainability:Avoiding Risks, Leveraging Opportunities

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Biodiesel Vol

War, Peak Oil and Climate Change

Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007

Biofuels Fall from Grace

• Land Clearing and the Biofuel Carbon Debt, Fargioneet. al, 2008

• Use of U.S. Croplands for Biofuels Increases Greenhouse Gases Through Emissions from Land-Use Change, Searchinger et. al, 2008

Grant Funded by the Packard Foundation Set up as a forum to discuss biofuels 

sustainability issues: Expert Groups on Environmental & Social Issues, GHG Accounting, indirect Land Use Change, etc…

Set up a virtual membership comprised of 7 different “chambers” for global participation by NGOs and companies

Held workshops throughout the world on key bioenergy sustainability topics

Joined the ISEAL Alliance to follow codes of good practice in transparency and participation

Expanded to all “Biomaterials”

Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB)

Established in 2007 at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) as the “Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB)”

1. Farmers and growers of biomass2. Industrial biofuel/biomaterial producers3. Retailers/blenders, the transportation industry, banks/investors4. Human and Labor Rights Organizations & Trade Unions5. Rural development & food security organizations6. Environment or conservation organizations7. Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) & governments

Diverse Participation of Different Organizations

Launch of Certification Program

Membership Chambers Certification Program

Bioenergy sustainability is largely driven by public policy EU RED: GHG and Biodiversity Requirements – Must be Certified

US RFS: GHG & Land Use Change Requirements

California LCFS: GHG & Sustainability Reqs (Still in development)

Others: Alberta RFS, British Columbia LCFS, German FQD etc…

Aviation Sector: Airlines need low carbon biofuels to meet ETStargets – priority on sustainability

Leading brand names increasingly require certified sustainablesuppliers for food, feed, fiber and now biomaterials.

Who is driving the sustainability dialogue?

Manage your sustainability risks and leverage the opportunities

Low Indirect Impact Biofuel (LIIB)

EPFL, WWF, Ecofys project to produce a certifiable methodology for biofuels with low indirect impacts Integration of bioenergy and 

agriculture Food yield increase within 

the biofuel project Production on unused land

Promote pathways at lower riskof causing indirect impacts, rather than quantify iLUC directly

Know and Manage Your Risks

Potential Invasiveness

Advanced Biofuels Still Have Sustainability Risks to Manage…

Biomass Over-Removal

Poor Policy & Technology

Understanding

Identify your Sustainability Risks, and mitigate them

Identify your Sustainability Assets, and leverage them

Build Coalitions: Conservation groups influence public opinion and public policy – they can be powerful allies

Get Involved: RSB is a great forum to discuss these issues. Pre-commercial companies can easily engage as members, those with commercial assets can get certified

In Summary

Amyris Certification

Thank you!

Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials

Matthew Rudolf

Director, Business Development, Americas

Matthew.Rudolf@rsb.org

www.rsb.org

*Full Member