Assessment of Equivalence: Comparing a Nominated Standard against the Prescribed Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) Standard RSB Standard Principles and Criteria Version 2.1 [Enter title of nominated standard] CONTENT OF STANDARD (Prescribed Standard) (Nominated Standard) Equivalent Comments Principles Criteria Indicators / Minimum Principles Criteria Indicators / Minimum Y/N Requirements Requirements Legality Legality 1. Biofuel operations shall comply with all Complies with all local Biofuel operations applicable laws and laws shall follow all regulations of the applicable laws and country in which the Standard enables the use regulations. operation occurs and of existing local with relevant mechanisms to international laws demonstrate compliance and agreements with the Planning, 2a. Biofuel Where impact criteria/requirement (e.g. Monitoring & operations shall assessment is environmental licence or continuous undertake impact required by national, environmental authority; Improvement assessment process regional or local laws, regulatory reporting to assess impacts the process shall be arrangements). Sustainable biofuel and risks and ensure integrated with the operations shall be sustainability RSB impact planned, through the assessment process to implemented and development of avoid duplication of continuously effective and efforts, but the higher improved through efficient and more an open, implementation, comprehensive transparent and mitigation, standard shall be consultative impact monitoring and applied. assessment and evaluation plans. A screening exercise management shall be required for process and an all new and existing economic viability operations and analysis. extensions to operations of all sizes to determine whether an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) or a Rapid Environmental and Social Assessment (RESA) is required. The screening exercise shall be done in accordance with the Screening Guidelines (RSB-GUI-01-002-02). Participating operators shall conduct the RESA or ESIA if required in
Assessment of Equivalence: Comparing a Nominated Standard against the Prescribed Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) Standard CONTENT OF STANDARD RSB Standard Principles and Criteria Version 2.1 (Prescribed Standard) [Enter title of nominated standard] (Nominated Standard) Equivalent Y/N Comments Principles Criteria Indicators / Minimum Requirements Principles Criteria Indicators / Minimum Requirements Legality Complies with all local laws Standard enables the use of existing local mechanisms to demonstrate compliance with the criteria/requirement (e.g. environmental licence or environmental authority; regulatory reporting arrangements). Legality Biofuel operations shall follow all applicable laws and regulations. 1. Biofuel operations shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations of the country in which the operation occurs and with relevant international laws and agreements Planning, Monitoring & continuous Improvement Sustainable biofuel operations shall be planned, implemented and continuously improved through an open, transparent and consultative impact assessment and management process and an economic viability analysis. 2a. Biofuel operations shall undertake impact assessment process to assess impacts and risks and ensure sustainability through the development of effective and efficient implementation, mitigation, monitoring and evaluation plans. Where impact assessment is required by national, regional or local laws, the process shall be integrated with the RSB impact assessment process to avoid duplication of efforts, but the higher and more comprehensive standard shall be applied. A screening exercise shall be required for all new and existing operations and extensions to operations of all sizes to determine whether an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) or a Rapid Environmental and Social Assessment (RESA) is required. The screening exercise shall be done in accordance with the Screening Guidelines (RSB-GUI-01-002-02). Participating operators shall conduct the RESA or ESIA if required in
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