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ACCREDITED SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES

JATRO’s sustainability model has been developed in accordance with all environmental and social regulations. Accordingly, JATRO’s feedstock is produced and handled in a sustainable and ethically acceptable way using good industrial and agricultural practices and in accordance with all applicable laws and guidelines, incl. those relating to labour rights, as well as health, safety and environment.

JATRO carefully oversees its sustainability practices ensuring the delivery of (1) economically, (2) socially and (3) environmentally sustainable bio-energy products and “green” aviation fuel. JATRO’s production process seeks to minimize adverse effects on the natural environment. The Company’s practices are in full compliance with the EU’s biofuel mandate and the high sustainability standards set by the European Commission under the Renewable Energy Directive. JATRO’s model has been chosen as an international reference case to demonstrate compliance with the multiple layers of sustainability. The Company has undergone months of in depth sustainability audits on site and is one of the few jatropha plantation companies that has passed all sustainability criteria requested from the airline and refining industries.

The multi facets of sustainability apply to every aspect of the value chain. JATRO ensures that not only the main end product, i.e. Crude Jatropha Oil, but the entire bio-fuels’ production and supply chain is sustainable.
Our Jatropha seeds and Crude Jatropha Oil (CJO) are fully traceable and can be tracked all the way back to the original source; produced in compliance with the EU Renewable Energy Directive’s (2009/28/EC) (“RED”) sustainability requirements; in accordance with strict ISCC (International and Carbon Certification) requirements.

The following represent the basic tenets of the agro-forestry model employed by the Company:

1. JATRO avoids competition with the production of food crops
   
2. JATRO contributes positively to the participating village community’s economical and social growth. Major benefits include large scale job creation, infrastructure development, enhanced living standards and ancillary business opportunities for landless farmers
   
3. JATRO ensures that not only the main end product – crude jatropha oil – but the entire biofuel production and supply chain is sustainable, including local electricity production from jatropha seedcake and biomass
   
4. JATRO’s plantation activities do not contribute to de-forestation, desertification or land degradation. To the contrary, JATRO seeks to reverse soil degradation
   
5. JATRO’s balanced cultivation practices respect the fragile ecosystem, boost land rehabilitation, ensure the durability of water resources and enhance biodiversity
   
6. JATRO adds value to the forest eco-system, the environment and the local community alike