SCS awarded ISCC biofuel accreditation

Independent certification provider Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) has become the latest certification body in the US to be accredited by the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification biofuel certification system.

This means SCS has been approved to conduct biofuel certifications on quantities sold into the European Union that need to comply with set targets and minimum sustainability requirements for biofuel use by the Renewable Energy Directive.

‘We are excited to begin certifying biofuel producers, processors and suppliers under the rapidly growing ISCC system,’ says SCS president Stan Rhodes.

To earn ISCC certification a biofuel must have a reduced carbon footprint compared to the fossil fuel it replaces. Production of the biofuel and also biomass, must also meet minimum social, environmental and traceability criteria.

One ISCC standard prohibits the harvest of biomass from highly biodiverse or carbon-rich areas and also requires adherence to international fair labour laws.

The ISCC award expands SCS’s certification service which also includes Bonsucro certification for sustainable sugarcane, third-party certification for Fair Trade USA and GlobalGAP.