[Sustainable-biodiesel] Press Release from the 2008 Sustainable Biodiesel Summit

[Emily B. Landsburg]

Thanks Jason - but really the acknowledgement goes to the hundreds of people
in the sustainable biodiesel community who have been working tirelessly,
year after year, to build awareness about this issue, to use their own
businesses to demonstrate their values, and drive this into the mainstream.
Nice work everybody. And we shouldn't forget to acknowledge those who might
not have come to biodiesel for the same reasons this community did, but are
demonstrating that they are willing to listen. Obviously this is a long road
and we've got a ways to go, but it sure is inspiring to see the headway
we're making together.

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Subject: Re: [Sustainable-biodiesel] Press Release from the 2008 Sustainable
Biodiesel Summit

Wow - great job, Emily!

Jason Burroughs
DieselGreen Fuels
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> 5 Years of Work Pays-Off Mainlining Sustainability into the Biodiesel 
> Industry.
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> In a dramatic moment at this year's Sustainable Biodiesel Summit,
> (SBS) the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) CEO Joe Jobe and Board Chair 
> Ed Hegland announced the establishment of a "Sustainability Task 
> Force" to address and incorporate sustainable practices within the 
> biodiesel industry. SBS co-organizer, Emily Bockian Landsburg, of 
> Philadelphia Fry-o-Diesel was chosen to lead these efforts within the 
> NBB.
>
> Recent headlines have assailed biofuels for a lack of sustainability, 
> creating more social and environmental problems than solving them.
> However, for the last 5 years the Summit, which draws biodiesel 
> professionals, policy-makers, and concerned consumers, has focused on 
> raising awareness of sustainability issues as they pertain to the 
> industry. Solutions-driven, the Summit is a forum for developing and 
> exchanging best practices to ensure that biodiesel has a positive 
> global impact on greenhouse gas reductions, air quality, energy 
> efficiency, biodiversity, environmental justice, and shared economic 
> development.
>
> "It's critical that the NBB is tackling this issue head-on; no one can 
> afford to wait," said Landsburg. "Biodiesel offers a tremendous number 
> of environmental advantages, and of course there are ways to improve 
> as well. In this day and age, we all need to be evaluating our 
> businesses through the lens of sustainability."
>
> This year the SBS delved into on-going industry efforts to create 
> principles and potential grading systems that define sustainable 
> biodiesel practices, specifically highlighting the work of the 
> Roundtable for Sustainable Biofuels (RSB), and the Sustainable 
> Biodiesel Alliance (SBA). "It is a tribute to the success of the SBS 
> and the Alliance, that the NBB has recognized the importance of 
> sustainability for the well-being of the industry and the future of 
> the planet," offered Kelly King, co-founder of the SBA.
>
> "It is so gratifying, on a business and personal level, to see the 
> fruits of several years' evolution in the relationship between the 
> Sustainable Biodiesel Summit and the National Biodiesel Board," said 
> Kumar Plocher, a long time grassroots biodiesel activist, and 
> president of Yokayo Biofuels.
>
> "Many people in the industry became involved with biodiesel not for 
> its own sake, but to realize these greater environmental and social 
> goals. Others who are involved for economic development reasons 
> understand that the real reason consumers choose this product is its 
> environmental and social qualities," explained Rachel Burton, a 
> volunteer on the Summit Organizing Committee and co-owner of a million 
> gallon per year production plant, Piedmont Biofuels "Either way, 
> achieving these environmental and social goals is the key to industry 
> wide economic viability."
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