We all understand the concept of a hybrid vehicle. Unlike an electric vehicle (EV) that is totally powered by electricity, a hybrid vehicle runs on both fossil fuels and electricity. Hybrid vehicles ...

Coalition of 30 nonprofit groups says a Japanese request to use a “mass balance” approach to calculate carbon in steel should be rejected. The organizations skeptical of the “mass balance” approach ...

The International Bottled Water Association (or “IBWA”) challenged over 50 express and implied claims by Boxed Water is Better (or “BWIB”), suggesting that boxed water is better for the environment.

The American Chemistry Council’s (ACC’s) Plastics Division has announced a set of principles for mass balance certification standards that are designed to trace and help increase plastics recycling as ...

Four Swedish organizations are pushing the International Organization for Standardization to use what they call traceable mass balance as a basis for standardizing the mass balance method of making ...

ISCC PLUS is a global sustainability certification system that makes it possible to track the amount and sustainability characteristics of circular and/or bio-based content in the value chain and ...

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In the ISCC PLUS-certified mass-balance approach, materials are verifiably tracked through complex value chains, as in the case of biomass-derived raw materials being mixed with petroleum-derived raw ...