Program Code: TP94

Type of Program: Non-competency training program

Training Outline

Acknowledgment

ISCC is a globally applicable sustainability certification system and covers all sustainable feedstocks, including agricultural and forestry biomass, circular and bio-based materials, and renewables.
The certification scheme provides sustainability solutions for fully traceable and deforestation-free supply chains. ISCC’s objectives are to contribute to the implementation of environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable production and use of all kinds of biomass in global supply chains

Training program overview

The internal audit program will focus on evaluating the implementation of ISCC requirements, targeting the supply-chain elements for the company to obtain or maintain its certification. This includes ensuring ecological sustainability, social sustainability, compliance with laws and international treaties, monitoring of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and good management practices.

The program also emphasizes understanding the new RED II, which is compulsory for compliance in the auditing process. The program has been designed to adapt the assessment process from ISCC and to be tailor-made to suit the organization’s established ISCC system

Training Objectives

1. Complying with ISCC procedures to train participants on the certification program and its principles.
2. To lead participants through the evaluation procedure needed to meet the appropriate supply-chain component and traceability requirement while adhering to the ISCC sustainability standard.
3. The ability to carry out the internal audit in compliance with the application process and ISCC Audit Procedures.
4. Capable of preparing internal audit reporting to be used as a management review input.

Training Scope / Guideline

1. ISCC EU 201 SystemBasics
2. ISCC EU 203: Traceability and Chain of Custody
3. ISCC EU 204 Risk Management
4. ISCC EU PLUS Procedure Chain-of-Custody

Target Participant

Auditor, Sustainability Team Member, Sustainability Manager, Internal Auditor

Training outline

Module 1: Introduction

• Sustainability Fundamental
• ISCC progress & trends/statistics
• Market Applications – Energy, Industrial Applications, Foods, and feeds
• Global Sustainability Initiatives
• Other sustainability standards

Module 2: Certification system

• ISCC PLUS, ISCC EU, ISCC Solid Biomass NL and ISCC Non-GMO
• Market/scope of application and materials covered
• Recognition
• Use of logo and seals, Use of logo application
• RED II requirements (updates)
• Scope of certification – Plantation, First Gathering Process, Processing Unit
• Traceability throughout the supply chain
• Transparent rules for mass balancing and physical segregation
• Clear attribution of certified materials through mass balancing
• Feedstock identity
• No deforestation & protection of biodiversity and high carbon stock areas
• Greenhouse Gas

Module 3: Evaluating the Management System

• Organizational structure, responsibility, job description, and training
• Complying with business operation legal, licensing, layout, and permits
• Control of facilities and equipment
• Contract review management and control of supplier
• Risk management process, including risk controls & established measures for all critical points.
• Declaration
• Records control

Module 4: Evaluating the Traceability Aspects

• Information to suppliers and recipients of materials
• Reporting system: Tracking on the material – weighbridge tickets and delivery notes
• Contract review for incoming and outgoing deliveries
• Evaluating the validity of certificates
• Subcontractor contracts and control
• Delivery notes and sustainability declarations
• Cross-checking to confirm accurate sustainability declarations in audits

Module 5: Evaluating the Mass Balance Reporting

• Mass Balance Verification
• Control of mass balance timeframe
• Mass Balance documented information
• Calculation of credit for sustainable material transfer to the next period

Evaluating the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Process

• GHG calculation process
• Reporting of GHG and monitoring
• Reporting GHG in Sustainability Declaration