Table of contents - Special Issue: Sustainability accounting for the industrial use of biomass
Guest Editors: Professor Dr Stefan Schaltegger, Professor Roger Burritt
Measuring the (un‐)sustainability of industrial biomass production and use
Roger L. Burritt, Stefan SchalteggerThe purpose of this paper is to explore the scope of applications and benefits of sustainability accounting for the production and industrial use of biomass as an energy source…
Biofuels investments in tropical forest‐rich countries: implications for responsible finance
Jan Willem van Gelder, Laura German, Rob BailisThe global biofuels sector has expanded rapidly in the past decade, with feedstock expansion penetrating many tropical areas. While the emerging demand for biofuels represents an…
Environmental sustainability – aspects and criteria in forest biorefineries
Annukka Näyhä, Susanna HornThe purpose of this study is to examine what the most significant aspects of environmental sustainability in the forest biorefinery sector are and what kind of criteria should be…
Sustainable plant oil production for aviation fuels: Assessment challenges and consequences for new feedstock concepts
Florian Lüdeke‐Freund, David Walmsley, Mirco Plath, Jan Wreesmann, Alexandra‐Maria KleinThis article seeks to address aviation as an emerging biofuel consumer and to discuss sustainability issues and consequences for feedstock production concepts. Biojet fuels have…
Limitations of LCA in environmental accounting for biofuels under RED
Tereza Bicalho, Jacques Richard, Cécile BessouThe Renewable Energy Directive (RED) is a specific example of life cycle assessment (LCA) applied to legislative measures that have far‐reaching implications for economic…
How biofuels could take off
Renée TelkampThe purpose of this paper is to shed light on the biofuels debate in air transport.
Greenhouse gas emissions reporting and assurance: reflections on the current state
Nonna Martinov‐BennieGlobal climate change has become a major societal issue providing the impetus for governments to legislate policy in order to manage and mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions…
Regulating for rights and sustainability: biofuel in Malaysia
Ken McPhail, Tengku Farrah MaimunahIndustrial biofuels have been promoted as one solution to energy security, climate change and rural development, however many non‐government organisations argue that national…
Implications of biomass production and accountability for “water grabbing”
Joanne Tingey‐Holyoak, John D. PisanielloThis paper aims to provide a view on the implications of large‐scale increases in demand for biomass production on water storage behaviours. In climates of high variability in…
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2040-8021Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Carol Adams