Continuous monitoring of our impacts.
The RSB has to ensure that its desired long-term goals will be achieved. The RSB Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) System is designed to measure this success in biomass supply chains.
The RSB monitors its performance by processing data collected among its certified operators through a set of “outcome indicators”, which cover all the environmental, social and economic issues and the context in which operators work.
The measured impacts are compared to the expected results and outcomes, as defined in the initial RSB “Theory of Change”, which describes the short-term, mid-term and long-term effects the RSB is expected to drive in terms of contributing to developing a sustainable bio-based economy.
Results from the M&E system feed into the continuous improvement of the RSB Standards, Policies, Guidance and Tools of the certification system, as well RSB strategies and activities.
Committed to transparency, the RSB prepares its M&E reports annually and circulates them among RSB stakeholders for comments and further improvements to the system.