Risk-based approach: not every requirement applies to every producer and by completing the self-risk assessment and screening exercise during the certification process, your context-specific sustainability requirements will be set out.
Which documents apply to me?
Depending on the type of operator you are, you will only need to work with some of these documents. The specific sustainability requirements that apply within your operation (at points of origin of PKS or palm trunks, as well as at industrial operators level) will be clarified in your screening exercise, as part of the RSB certification process.
RSB Certification for Japan FIT
The RSB Japan FIT Standard (RSB-STD-13-001) outlines the general requirements from METI and how they relate to the RSB standards and procedures. In addition to the RSB-STD-13-001, the following are applicable for RSB Japan FIT certification:
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Requirements and RSB documents |
| General management of RSB certification scope and compliance |
Risk Management of the RSB certification scope |
Terms, definitions and general requirements for waste-based supply chains |
Sustainability (social and environmental requirements) |
Traceability of certified products along the supply chain |
Use of RSB claims and trademarks by certified operators |
Calculation of GHG emissions along the supply chain |
| RSB Procedure for Participating Operators
[RSB-PRO-30-001] |
RSB Risk Management Procedure
[RSB-PRO-60-001] |
RSB Advanced Fuels Standard
[RSB-STD-01-010] |
RSB Principles & Criteria
[RSB-STD-01-001]
Guidance & checklist available from RSB Secretariat |
RSB Chain of Custody Procedure
[RSB-PRO-20-001]
Guidance available from RSB Secretariat |
RSB Procedure for Communication & Claims
[RSB-PRO-50-001] |
RSB GHG Calculation Methodology
[RSB-STD-01-003-01]
RSB GHG Tool available |
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√: Main audit, √: Surveillance audit, √*: The surveillance audit shall focus on the implementation of the ESMP, the correction of non-conformities and compliance with progress requirements
