RFA carbon and sustainability guidance

C&S Technical Guidance version 2, for the reporting year 2009-10

C&S Technical Guidance version 1, for the reporting year 2008-09

Guidance for verifiers

Benchmarks of sustainability standards and certification schemes

Suggested field audit guidance

New fuel chains, new standard benchmarks and guidance updates

• How to report a new fuel chain and/or request that a new fuel chain should be assessed;
• How to request that a new standard should be benchmarked;
• Results of new fuel chain assessments;
• Results of new standard benchmarks; 
• Information on updates and clarifications made to the guidance.

Following our Dec 2008 - Feb 2009 consultation, we have now released version 2 of our carbon and sustainability reporting guidance. As well as the new guidance, you can read summaries of the responses to the questions in the consultation on: Fuel chains and benchmarking; Verifier's guidance; and Indirect effects. A presentation on the new guidance and results of the consultation can be downloaded here.

C&S Informal Consultation 

We are currently holding an informal consultation on our 'RED-ready' C&S guidelines to be implemented from April 2010. Further information can be found on our informal consultation page.

Last Modified: 13 Nov 2009