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Table 3 Type of information derived from each policy document analysed using the standard review template (supplementary material 2)

From: Strengths and gaps of the EU frameworks for the sustainability assessment of bio-based products and bioenergy

General information

- Document name/identification

- Origin

- Geographic relevance

- Mandatory character

- Document type

- Effective date

Scope and significance

- Affected/promoted products or resources

- Affected BE sectors

- Precise objective

- Influence on companies in the industry

- Specific targets/goals

- Measurability of included targets/goals

Link to sustainability and sustainability assessment

- Addressing of sustainability dimensions

- Incorporation of sustainability requirements/criteriaa

- Explicit reference to sustainability certification or sustainability assessment

- Direct links to sustainability certification

- Suitability of certification for implementation of the policy/regulation/strategy

  1. aThe terms “criteria” and “requirements” are used synonymously in this context and the following, as they were found to be poorly defined in the investigated documents