A range of sustainability indicators to inform the production and use of biofuels has been agreed.
These indicators have been developed by the 23 countries making up the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP), after repeated calls from the G8 for such measures, Environmental Finance reports.
The GBEP says that this agreement is the first global-level consensus on the issue of sustainability of biofuel production.
A spokesperson for the group told the news provider said that this new guidance is an important way in which people can decide what is "good" biofuel production and that which is considered "bad".
"These GBEP sustainability indicators can help provide consumers with the certainty that the production and use of bioenergy benefits the environment, contributes to social and economic development, and in no way impairs the availability of food," added Corrado Clini, GBEP chairman and director general of Italy's environment ministry.
John Seymour of regional biofuels umbrella group North East Biofuels recently urged the government to take more consistent approach to biofuel usage, in order to encourage growth in the sector.
Typical Guttridge equipment used in the biofuels industry includes:
