Development of strategies and sustainability standards for the certification of biomass for international trade

The increased production of renewable raw materials for bioenergy and bio-materials needed to meet the ambitious targets of Germany, the EU and other countries implies tradeoffs which could oppose sustainability requirements. The project “Development of strategies and sustainability standards for the certification of internationally traded biomass (Bio-global)”, sponsored by the German Federal Ministry for Environment (BMU) through the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) and carried out by Öko-Institut in cooperation with IFEU (Institute for Energy and Environment Research), aimed at - working out the scientific base of and developed proposals for sustainability requirements for biomass and their implementation on national, European and global levels, - in dialogue with relevant actors and - providing inputs into respective processes.