As part of the Tuesday General Session of the National Biodiesel Conference, Emily Landsburg spoke to a crowd of over 2,000 conference attendees about the National Biodiesel Board Sustainability Task Force’s accomplishments since its formation last February. In addition to her role as CEO of BlackGold Biofuels, Emily serves as Chairman of the Task Force. She unveiled a set of Sustainability Principles developed by the Task Force and adopted by the NBB Governing Board that will serve as guideposts as the US biodiesel industry grows. The principles cover issues such as food security, climate change mitigation, safe working conditions, and natural resource management. The full text of the Principles is available here: Guiding Principles for Biodiesel Sustainability.
In addition to the Principles, Emily discussed measuring a business’ impact with respect to a triple bottom line: people, profit, and planet. “Not only is this for ethical reasons,” Landsburg explained, “but for business reasons as well. What you’re actually doing when you ask yourself about the people and the planet is asking – what are the externalities in this market? Are there conditions that are not impacting the market now, but will in the future through regulation, supply and demand, or public opinion? Foreseeing these issues keeps you on the cutting edge, gives you a leg up on your competition, and keeps our industry as a whole ahead of the curve.” BlackGold Biofuels is committed to the triple bottom line and honoring the NBB’s Sustainability Principles. BlackGold is a member of the Philadelphia Sustainable Business Network.
Listen to Emily's speech here.
Read Biodiesel Magazine’s coverage of the presentation here.
Sustainability Task Force website.
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