On 7 May 2024, the final project results of the low ILUC-risk pilot project were presented. The webinar was attended by almost 150 stakeholders from all over the world.

The webinar launched the projects’ final report and the low ILUC-risk certification guidance. Both can be found on the publication page.

For those who were unable to attend, the webinar slides can be downloaded here, as well as a list of frequently asked questions.

On 7 May from 14:00-16:00 CET the low ILUC project team will present the final results of the low indirect land-use change (ILUC) certification pilot project for the European Commission (tender reference ENER/C2/2018-462 Lot 2). The webinar will focus on the insights from the pilot projects and reflect on the low ILUC-risk methodology. The final low ILUC certification guidance and project report are published on the project website.

Please register for the webinar via this link.

If you have any further questions, please contact .

The final results of the low ILUC pilot project for the European Commission (tender reference ENER/C2/2018-462 Lot 2) are published today. The final report is published, as well as the phase 2 pilot reports (listed below) and the low ILUC certification guidance, which is improved based on the insights of the second phase of the project, and can now be rolled out by EC-recognised voluntary schemes. Additional supporting documents like the audit checklist and management template developed during the pilots are provided as well. All insights of the ten pilot projects are gathered in the final project report, including the stakeholder consultation summary report. You can find the deliverables at our publication page.

• Pilot Colombia, yield increase of palm oil by novel pollination.
• Pilot Malaysia, yield increase of palm oil for small farmers.
• Pilot France, yield increase through sequential cropping.
• Pilot Spain, cultivation of Camelina on severely degraded land.
• Pilot Brazil, yield increase of soybean through multiple yield increase measures.

Join us on Monday 5 June at 3-4pm CET at the 31st European Biomass Conference and Exhibition in Bologna, Italy. Members of the project team will be joining a panel discussion on the role of Low ILUC-risk certification. We will discuss key updates and conclusions from the Low ILUC-risk pilot project. An overview of the pilots and next steps for the project can be found here.

    Deadline extended until 24 June 2022. 
 

The Low ILUC-risk pilot project is preparing a certification guidance module, in line with Delegated Act (EU) 2019/807 and Annex VIII of the forthcoming Implementing Regulation on voluntary schemes.

This draft certification guidance will be tested in a second round of pilot audits in summer 2022. Before these audits, we would like to invite you to provide feedback on the current draft document. The aim is to increase the quality of the guidance and improve its usability to ensure that the Low ILUC-risk certification guidance can work in practice. Participants are especially invited to provide views regarding the topics that will be developed in the second round of pilots, namely: non-financial barrier analysis; group certification approach; approach to determine additional biomass for sequential cropping; certification of soy/annual crops; abandoned and severely degraded lands.

The draft certification guidance can be downloaded here. We invite you to submit feedback using this form, sent to by 24 June 2022.