Guidance

List of voluntary schemes approved for the RTFO and SAF Mandate

Published 19 December 2024

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Suppliers can use the approved voluntary schemes in this table to support claims of compliance with the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) or Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Mandate.

In this table, ‘yes’ indicates that the voluntary scheme covers a particular fuel, feedstock type of type or criteria.

Voluntary schemes may not cover all the RTFO or SAF Mandate required criteria, especially for certain fuel types (such as biomethane and co-processed fuel). In these cases, a scheme will only be accepted as evidence for the criteria mentioned in the table. Further evidence is required to demonstrate compliance with the criteria not covered, as described in the footnotes to the table.

Approved voluntary schemes

Voluntary scheme[footnote 1] Biofuels Biomethane[footnote 2] Multi-feedstock Other feedstock Geographical coverage Chain of custody coverage Audit quality Land criteria Greenhouse gas (GHG) criteria
2BSvs yes yes yes no Global Whole supply chain yes yes Actual or default
Better Biomass yes yes yes no Global Whole supply chain yes yes Actual or default
Bonsucro EU yes no no Sugar cane Global Whole supply chain yes yes Actual or default
ISCC EU yes yes yes no Global Whole supply chain yes yes Actual or default
KZR INiG yes yes yes no Europe Whole supply chain yes yes Actual or default
REDcert-EU yes yes yes no UK, EU, and selected countries Whole supply chain yes yes Actual or default
Red Tractor yes no no Combinable crops (such as cereals, oil seeds) and sugar beet UK Farm to first gathering point yes yes no[footnote 3]
RSB EU RED yes yes yes no Global Whole supply chain yes yes Actual or default
RTRS EU RED yes no no Soy Global Whole supply chain yes yes Actual or default
SQC yes no no Combinable crops (such as cereals, oil seeds) UK Farm to first gathering point yes yes no[footnote 3]
TASCC yes no no Combinable crops (such as cereals, oil seeds) and sugar beet UK Farm gate to first processor yes yes no[footnote 3]

  1. There are currently no recognised voluntary schemes for renewable fuel of non-biological origin (RFNBOs) and recycled carbon fuels (RCFs). ↩

  2. Note that for biomethane, the RTFO requires carbon intensity calculations to be undertaken on an individual feedstock basis and does not allow the esca (emissions from soil carbon accumulation) factor for manure to be applied. For biomethane traded across a gas grid, suppliers will need to provide evidence of the physical flow of gas in the form of grid capacity bookings at cross-border interconnection points, in line with the RTFO biomethane guidance. ↩

  3. The voluntary scheme provides information on the location of the farm which enables the fuel supplier to calculate GHG emissions based on NUTS 2 values. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

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