Table 5 Information categories, variables and their units or the value they can take
Information category | Variable | Unit/values |
|---|---|---|
Feedstock amounts | Wood chips | Mg (adding up to “Total from forests”) % (adding up to 100%) |
Wood pellets | ||
Total from forests | Mg | |
From outside forests | Mg | |
Total from forest and outside forest | Mg | |
IA-SFM compliance for forest biomass | SFM certification | %, adding up to 100% |
Alternative SFM documentation | ||
Undocumented | ||
Verification systems | FSC | %, not necessarily adding up to 100% One shipment of biomass can be certified through more than one certification body and thus count towards two or more verification systems Some energy companies do not report certification body |
PEFC | ||
SBP | ||
Alternative documentation | ||
Other information | Country of origin | List of countries, sometimes with percentage distribution |
Species | Species names or categories, or “Non-disclosed”, which can both mean that the company does not publish tree species composition or that the company was not informed by their suppliers | |
EUTR DDS | “No non-EU biomass”, “Non-disclosed”, “SFM Compliant biomass: No non-EU biomass”. “insignificant risk of illegality for non-EU biomass” | |
Auditing and reporting service | Company | Name of the auditing company and reporting service company (in all cases NepCon) |