Sustainable biofuels 

We are engaged in the biofuels business and have established ambitious growth targets for production, trading and marketing. This raises sustainability challenges that have been examined by a task force consisting of stakeholders throughout the company.
Based on our corporate governing documents with relevant update requirements, we developed a set of biofuel sustainability principles which will apply to production and supply to service stations. Some of these are intentionally non-specific because it is difficult for us to guarantee traceability throughout the supply chain as of today. This situation is expected to change as global biofuel certification schemes are introduced.

 Our ten sustainability principles for biofuels are:

1. We aim to be familiar with the origin of our biofuels and emphasise traceability through the whole production chain

2. Our biofuels should contribute significantly to greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions compared with fossil fuels in a life-cycle perspective

3. We do not use feedstock from rain forests or other areas with high carbon stock

4. We actively work to prevent damage to biodiversity, ecosystems and areas of high conservation value

5. We emphasise the protection of soil, water and air in all our activities

6. We aim to prevent displacement of food production that is important for sustainable livelihoods

7. We aim to contribute to positive local development through agricultural competence building and job creation

8. We support the protection of labour rights and human rights in accordance with the UN Global Compact Initiative, applicable ILO standards and the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. We follow relevant national legislation and work to combat corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery

9. We contribute to developing new technologies for sustainable biofuel production

10. We expect our suppliers and partners to follow our sustainability requirements. We audit their sustainability performance on a regular basis to ensure compliance and motivate improvements.





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