In response to mounting concerns about global warming and the United States dependence on foreign oil, biofuel production is growing rapidly. This shift from fossil fuels to biofuels has the potential to reduce global warming emissions, lessen the United States dependence on petroleum and create new jobs for rural and urban communities.

To assure that biofuels achieves these goals, it is critical that biofuel production be done in an environmentally, economically and socially sustainable manner. These draft principles, presented by the Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance for discussion, revision and eventual adoption, are a first step towards identifying through a broad stakeholder process, the key sustainability concerns around biofuels, specifically biodiesel production in the United States.

These draft principles will have a comment period (starting November 1, 2007 and ending January 31 2007) after which a revised version of the principles as well as all comments received, will be posted. Following their completion, these principles may serve as a basis for standards and criteria for a biodiesel certification process or as a framework for drafting more specific codes of practice for sustainable biodiesel production and use.

Please click here to view the Draft of the Sustainable Biodiesel Principles

Please click here to give feedback on the Draft of the Sustainable Biodiesel Principles

The SBA will be taking feedback to the Sustainable Biodiesel Principles *Comment period will begin November 1, 2007