Biofuels sustainability

From 2017, palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) and other palm oil residues were reclassified from residue to byproduct, which should have reduced their consumption, but their usage increased in 2017 instead. In 2018, the Norwegian Parliament suggested to ban palm oil usage in road transport. As a result, the Norwegian Environmental Directorate introduced a “naming and shaming” policy where they published which companies are using palm oil and by how much. Circle K and Shell/ St1 claimed that they were not using palm oil in their diesel in 2019.

According to Section 3, Chapter 3 of Regulations relating to restriction on the use of hazardous chemicals and other products (Product Regulations), biofuels used in the transport should result in at least 35% GHG reduction comp