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Understanding our footprint: outcomes of RSB's Monitoring & Evaluation System in 2018

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Published 2018 by Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB). Authored by Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB)

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Sustainability Approaches:

Voluntary Sustainability Standards

Sustainability Tools:

Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB)

Sustainability Issues:

Climate change
Health and wellbeing
Wages and workers' rights

Outcomes of Interest:

GHG emissions

Specific Themes:

Audits and assurance
Supply chain benefits
Workers

Sectors:

Energy

Products:

Biofuel

Sustainable Development Goals:

SDG 7 - Affordable and clean energy
SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 12 - Responsible Production and Consumption
Region/Country:

Geographies:

Global

Summary

This is the second monitoring and evaluation report from the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), reporting on compliance with the RSB standard, and change in key indicators between 2017 and 2018.

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Understanding our footprint: outcomes of RSB's Monitoring & Evaluation System in 2018

Monitoring report
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Published 2018 by Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB). Authored by Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB)

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