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RTFO Year 4a
An Annual Report to the Department forTransport prepared by Harvest Energy
15th April 2011 ndash 14th December 2011
1
2
3
4
5
6
15th April 2011 ndash 14th December 2011
Introduction and Scope
Biofuel Supply
Summary of Biofuel Supplied
Summary of Carbon and Sustainability Characteristics
General Information
Verifierrsquos Opinion Statement
RTFO Year 4a 2
deg The Department for Transport (DfT) requires obligated companies under the Renewable
Introduction amp Scope
Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO) to submit a report detailing the carbon and
sustainability statistics of all Biofuels supplied which are used for transport in the UK
deg As an obligated supplier under the RTFO Harvest Energy has presented this data within
this report which is in a format requested by the DfT This report is for the period 15th
April 2011 ndash 14th December 2011 (Year 4a) and is verified and signed off by
Inspectorate our independent auditor for the RTFO Year 4a period
deg Harvest Energy is pleased to report that we have improved our performance across all
areas relative to Year 3 - Data Capture uarr37 Environmental Performance uarr101
Social Performance uarr129 and Average GHG Savings uarr78
deg Biofuel supplied by Harvest Energy in Year 4a achieved an average GHG saving of 637
compared with fossil fuels RTFO Year 4a 3
deg Harvest Energy is one of Europes largest independent suppliers and blenders of motor
Biofuel Supply
fuels with operations in the UK Holland and Germany As per EU amp Government mandates a proportion of the fuel supplied by the company is made up of Biofuels -Ethanol amp Biodiesel from a combination of feedstocks
deg Harvest Energy has focused on using Biofuel from waste streams and recycled feedstocks as this helps to reduce conflict with other feedstock uses and gives better GHG saving performance
deg Harvest Energy has its own biodiesel producing facility focusing on waste streams The manufacturing plant is based in Teesside UK and is one of the largest biofuel producing plants in the UK with a capacity of 250000 mt per year
deg The National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC) the leading international consultancy that advises on the conversion of biomass to bioenergy biofuels and bio-based products has rated Harvest Energy as one of Britains top ten most progressive biofuels and
RTFO Year 4a biochemical companies 4
deg Harvest Energy blends and supplies biodiesel to the wider oil industry from tanks in
Biofuel Supply to Industry
Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region in Europe
deg Harvest Energy has developed and runs accurate and appropriate systems to track the origin and sustainability details of the product it markets to other oil companies
deg Harvest Energy is certified under the International Sustainability amp Carbon Certification scheme (EU) as a biofuel producer trader logistic centre and warehouse with the identifier EU-ISCC-Cert-DE105-81814501
deg Harvest also supplies its own products into the Dutch market in compliance with the appropriate sustainability regulations
RTFO Year 4a 5
RTFO Year 4a
Supplier Information
deg Harvest Energy has continued to maximise ldquoRecycled Biofuel Feedstocksrdquo to
further increase GHG savings in Year 4
deg Harvest Energy continues to purchase product directly from producers to
maintain better supply chain transparency and to capture more data Since year
3 of the RTFO the positive results of this strategy have become clear as data
capture has increased
6
Aggregate 4a Carbon and Sustainability Overview
Table 1 Summary of Biofuel Supplied
Feedstock
General
Fuel supplied by feedstock type (by
volume)
Data reported on biofuel
characteristics
Environmental
Meeting Qualifying andor
RTFO standard
Social
Meeting Qualifying andor
RTFO standard
Carbon
Average carbon intensity
g CO2e MJ
Average GHG saving
Biodiesel UCO
Used Cooking Oil 100 100 100 100 141 831
Bioethanol
Corn (Produced outside the EC)
Wheat
939 707
61 80
0
477
00
00
532 365
44 475
Biodiesel ME
Soya Beans
Tallow - Category 3 or Unknown
0 603
100 100
0
100
0
100
58 308
18 785
Weighted Average (All Fuels) 879 59 577 304 637
RTFO Year 4a 7
Aggregate 4a Used Cooking Oil
Table 2 Carbon and Sustainability Characteristics by Feedstock
General Information Sustainability Information Average Carbon Information
of Total of Feedstock Type
Feedstock Origin Standard Env Level Social Level
Land Use on 01 Jan 2008 Carbon intensity incl
LUC (g CO2e MJ) GHG saving ()
Used Cooking Oil
317 Germany
290 Netherlands
190 Spain
66 Italy
63 Belgium
19 Austria
17 Denmark
12 France
12 United Kingdom
06 Slovakia
03 Portugal
02 Czech Republic
02 Ireland
02 Poland
00 Luxembourg
00 Switzerland
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 161
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
833
833
833
807
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
RTFO Year 4a 8
-
Aggregate 4a Corn Soya Beans Tallow and Wheat
General Information Sustainability Information Average Carbon Information
of Total Feedstock Type Feedstock
Origin Standard
Env Level
Social Level
Land Use on 01 Jan 2008
Carbon intensity incl LUC (g CO2e
MJ)
GHG saving ()
Corn (Produced Outside the EC)
339 United States None - - Unknown 60 284
209 United States None - - Cropland - protection status unknown 60 284
167 United States Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 488 417
160 United States ISCC - - Cropland - protection status unknown 414 506
65 United States Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 41 511
6 United States Unknown - - Unknown 477 431
Soya Beans
588 Argentina Unknown - - Unknown 58 308
412 Argentina Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 58 308
Tallow Category 3 or Unknown
823 United Kingdom By-product QS QS By-product 18 785
177 Netherlands By-product QS QS By-product 18 785
Wheat
477 United Kingdom Unknown QS - Cropland - protection status unknown 44 475
397 United Kingdom Unknown - - Unknown 44 475
12 United Kingdom Scottish Quality Crops - - Unknown 44 475
05 United Kingdom None - - Cropland - protection status unknown 44 475
Table 2 Carbon and Sustainability Characteristics by Feedstock
ndash = Unknown
9
Voluntary Scheme Developments
deg Since the RTFO order implemented the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) sustainability criteria Harvest Energy has purchased the majority of its product from feedstocks certified under approved voluntary schemes such as the International Sustainability amp Carbon Certification scheme (ISCC)
deg In the past Harvest Energy has worked with the RSPO (Roundtable on sustainable Palm Oil) and declared some material grown however during year 4 no palm feedstocks have been purchased
deg Harvest Energy has been purchasing more feedstock for biofuel processing in its Teesside plant This is material is only grown to ldquoRTFO environmental qualifying farming standardsrdquo and only from countries with low risk of deforestation and environmental damage Feedstocks have been purchased to both ISCC and the Assured Combinable Crops (ACCS) standard now known as Red Tractor
RTFO Year 4a 10
deg Harvest Energy has had no prosecutions against it for breaches in compliance with any
Other Information
environmental and or social regulations relating to biofuel activities
deg Harvest Energy is committed to being a first class operator in the Biofuel market Harvestrsquos ambitions are to remain amongst the best performers of GHG saving Biofuel providers and is continuing to build and advance its robust data systems to handle chain of custody
deg Harvestrsquos more recent moves into feedstock procurement and processing has significantly improved GHG savings and ldquoqualifying standardrdquo biofuel in the fuel chain for Year 4 and Year 5
deg Harvest Energy is currently collaborating with the University of Durham and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in a project aimed at developing the next generation of feedstocks for biofuel production from algae The work is supported by a pound22m LINK grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Department of Energy and Climate Change
RTFO Year 4a 11
deg In the RTFO Year 4 (20112012) Harvest has employed the international inspection
Data Verification
company ldquoInspectoraterdquo to perform verification of Carbon and Sustainability datareported under the RTFO
deg Inspectorate is one of the worldrsquos leading inspection and testing organisations with more
than 11000 experienced members of staff Their biofuels department provides expertise
in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers in accordance with
the framework of ISAE 3000 Inspectorate has international commodity coverage and
experience and as such is a suitable and qualified verifier for the RTFO
deg Further to minimum requirements Harvest has employed voluntary 3rd party verification
and assurance of its largest biofuels suppliers
deg A verifierrsquos assurance statement will accompany this report RTFO Year 4a 12
Statement Reference Number IIL-CampS-2012-HE05 v1 Date 21
st September 2012
To Mr James Ross Head of Trading Harvest Energy Limited 2 Cavendish Square London W1G 0PU
Independent Limited Assurance Opinion Statement
1 RESPONSIBILITIES
It was the responsibility of Harvest Energy Limited to prepare the Annual CampS Report for the period 15 April to 14 December 2011 of year four χΊχΜ ΑF Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012
It is the responsibility of Inspectorate International to provide the client with assurance conclusions and a limited assurance opinion on this report
ΣνζχΪιχ Ίν ΪΣ Ϊ χ ϮΪιΜν ΜΊΣͽ ΊΣνζχΊΪΣ Σ χνχΊΣͽ organisations Our independent inspection and testing services are delivered at key trading locations across the world and we have more than 11000 experienced members of staff Our biofuels departments provide expertise in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers Inspectorate International affirms our independence from Harvest Energy Limited being free from bias and conflicts of interest with the organisation its subsidiaries and stakeholders
Inspectorate considers the auditor to be competent to perform assurance projects in accordance with ISAE 3000 and understand the CampS data reported in the ROS system The auditor has the following qualifications AIEMA BEng MSc
2 ASSURANCE CRITERIA
The assurance was performed against the following criteria and in accordance with the ISAE 3000 to verify the stated consignments of Harvest Energy ΊΊχ ΊΪϢΜ Camp χ νϢΊννΊΪΣν ΪΣ χ DΑν system
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part One (Version 43 Nov 2011)
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part Two Carbon Reporting ndash Default Values and Fuel Chains (Version 42 May 2011)
The following principles were used to assess the CampS data bull Traceability bull Completeness bull Consistency bull Accuracy
Page 1 of 3
3 WORK PERFORMED
Reported Carbon and Sustainability Data
The ROS entries for the period 15 April to 14 December were subject to risk based sampling in order to verify compliance to RTFO technical guidance with respect to the criteria as detailed in section 2 of this report
Supporting Documentation
Using interviews of relevant personnel review of data CampS data and supporting management process documentation the following activities were conducted to verify the reported CampS data for the consignments sampled
Personnel interviews o Mr James Ross ndash Biofuels Trader o Mr Umang Patel ndash Biofuels Analyst
Review of document control processes o RTFO Procedures
Review of Mass balance spreadsheets o Harvest Mass Balance Amsterdam Storage o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside refinery o Harvest Mass Balance Grangemouth o Harvest Mass Balance ThamesVopak o Harvest Mass Balance Standic Dordrecht
Review of Feedstock records (as available) o Contract Documents o Supplier Data o Shipping Documents o Third Party Outturn Certificates o Voluntary Scheme Certificates and proofs of conformity
Review of independent third party verification reports (as available)
Review of CampS records o As relevant to ROS entries
Review of ROS CampS data o 15 April 2011 to 14 December 2011
Chain of Custody
Data samples were reviewed from primary source along the chain of custody using production records supplier and seller certificates of authenticity and ROS report entries as relevant to Harvest Energy Limited operations These were in turn verified againsχ χ χ ιζΪιχ ΊΣ χ DΑν νϴνχ΅
The CampS data submissions for the sampled consignments were reviewed and found to contain all sections and content in line with requirements
All observations and opportunities for improvement raised throughout this limited assurance audit were effectively actioned by the client and closed out
Controls
Inspectorate did not rely on Harvest Energy ΊΊχν νϴνχν Σ Ϊι ΪΣχιΪΜν Ϊϭι Camp χ ΊΣ ΪιΊΣͽ our audit conclusion
Page 2 of 3
4 LIMITATIONS
VerificχΊΪΣ Ϊ χ νχΪΙ χ Ϊι Ϣν ΊΣ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴν ΪϮΣ ζΜΣχ ΪϢχνΊ Ϊ χ χιΊΜ Μι in ROS was not assessed as a part of this report claims relating to this feedstock are not included as a part of this verification
The limited assurance engagement contains the risk of verifying data using a review of a risk based selected sample of CampS data
Where presented independent 3rd party verification reports were relied upon as a part of the evidence to support CampS claims
The accuracy of the reported data is dependent on the accuracy of metering and other production measurement arrangements employed at site
5 LIMITED ASSURANCE CONCLUSION amp OPINION STATEMENT
Nothing has come to our attention to cause us to believe that the data presented in χ ιζΪιχ RTFO Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012 has not been prepared in all material respects in accordance with the criteria
This report was prepared by Dominik Tichar Lead Verifier
Inspectorate International Limited 2 Perry Road Witham Essex CM8 3TU United Kingdom
Page 3 of 3
1
2
3
4
5
6
15th April 2011 ndash 14th December 2011
Introduction and Scope
Biofuel Supply
Summary of Biofuel Supplied
Summary of Carbon and Sustainability Characteristics
General Information
Verifierrsquos Opinion Statement
RTFO Year 4a 2
deg The Department for Transport (DfT) requires obligated companies under the Renewable
Introduction amp Scope
Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO) to submit a report detailing the carbon and
sustainability statistics of all Biofuels supplied which are used for transport in the UK
deg As an obligated supplier under the RTFO Harvest Energy has presented this data within
this report which is in a format requested by the DfT This report is for the period 15th
April 2011 ndash 14th December 2011 (Year 4a) and is verified and signed off by
Inspectorate our independent auditor for the RTFO Year 4a period
deg Harvest Energy is pleased to report that we have improved our performance across all
areas relative to Year 3 - Data Capture uarr37 Environmental Performance uarr101
Social Performance uarr129 and Average GHG Savings uarr78
deg Biofuel supplied by Harvest Energy in Year 4a achieved an average GHG saving of 637
compared with fossil fuels RTFO Year 4a 3
deg Harvest Energy is one of Europes largest independent suppliers and blenders of motor
Biofuel Supply
fuels with operations in the UK Holland and Germany As per EU amp Government mandates a proportion of the fuel supplied by the company is made up of Biofuels -Ethanol amp Biodiesel from a combination of feedstocks
deg Harvest Energy has focused on using Biofuel from waste streams and recycled feedstocks as this helps to reduce conflict with other feedstock uses and gives better GHG saving performance
deg Harvest Energy has its own biodiesel producing facility focusing on waste streams The manufacturing plant is based in Teesside UK and is one of the largest biofuel producing plants in the UK with a capacity of 250000 mt per year
deg The National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC) the leading international consultancy that advises on the conversion of biomass to bioenergy biofuels and bio-based products has rated Harvest Energy as one of Britains top ten most progressive biofuels and
RTFO Year 4a biochemical companies 4
deg Harvest Energy blends and supplies biodiesel to the wider oil industry from tanks in
Biofuel Supply to Industry
Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region in Europe
deg Harvest Energy has developed and runs accurate and appropriate systems to track the origin and sustainability details of the product it markets to other oil companies
deg Harvest Energy is certified under the International Sustainability amp Carbon Certification scheme (EU) as a biofuel producer trader logistic centre and warehouse with the identifier EU-ISCC-Cert-DE105-81814501
deg Harvest also supplies its own products into the Dutch market in compliance with the appropriate sustainability regulations
RTFO Year 4a 5
RTFO Year 4a
Supplier Information
deg Harvest Energy has continued to maximise ldquoRecycled Biofuel Feedstocksrdquo to
further increase GHG savings in Year 4
deg Harvest Energy continues to purchase product directly from producers to
maintain better supply chain transparency and to capture more data Since year
3 of the RTFO the positive results of this strategy have become clear as data
capture has increased
6
Aggregate 4a Carbon and Sustainability Overview
Table 1 Summary of Biofuel Supplied
Feedstock
General
Fuel supplied by feedstock type (by
volume)
Data reported on biofuel
characteristics
Environmental
Meeting Qualifying andor
RTFO standard
Social
Meeting Qualifying andor
RTFO standard
Carbon
Average carbon intensity
g CO2e MJ
Average GHG saving
Biodiesel UCO
Used Cooking Oil 100 100 100 100 141 831
Bioethanol
Corn (Produced outside the EC)
Wheat
939 707
61 80
0
477
00
00
532 365
44 475
Biodiesel ME
Soya Beans
Tallow - Category 3 or Unknown
0 603
100 100
0
100
0
100
58 308
18 785
Weighted Average (All Fuels) 879 59 577 304 637
RTFO Year 4a 7
Aggregate 4a Used Cooking Oil
Table 2 Carbon and Sustainability Characteristics by Feedstock
General Information Sustainability Information Average Carbon Information
of Total of Feedstock Type
Feedstock Origin Standard Env Level Social Level
Land Use on 01 Jan 2008 Carbon intensity incl
LUC (g CO2e MJ) GHG saving ()
Used Cooking Oil
317 Germany
290 Netherlands
190 Spain
66 Italy
63 Belgium
19 Austria
17 Denmark
12 France
12 United Kingdom
06 Slovakia
03 Portugal
02 Czech Republic
02 Ireland
02 Poland
00 Luxembourg
00 Switzerland
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 161
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
833
833
833
807
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
RTFO Year 4a 8
-
Aggregate 4a Corn Soya Beans Tallow and Wheat
General Information Sustainability Information Average Carbon Information
of Total Feedstock Type Feedstock
Origin Standard
Env Level
Social Level
Land Use on 01 Jan 2008
Carbon intensity incl LUC (g CO2e
MJ)
GHG saving ()
Corn (Produced Outside the EC)
339 United States None - - Unknown 60 284
209 United States None - - Cropland - protection status unknown 60 284
167 United States Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 488 417
160 United States ISCC - - Cropland - protection status unknown 414 506
65 United States Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 41 511
6 United States Unknown - - Unknown 477 431
Soya Beans
588 Argentina Unknown - - Unknown 58 308
412 Argentina Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 58 308
Tallow Category 3 or Unknown
823 United Kingdom By-product QS QS By-product 18 785
177 Netherlands By-product QS QS By-product 18 785
Wheat
477 United Kingdom Unknown QS - Cropland - protection status unknown 44 475
397 United Kingdom Unknown - - Unknown 44 475
12 United Kingdom Scottish Quality Crops - - Unknown 44 475
05 United Kingdom None - - Cropland - protection status unknown 44 475
Table 2 Carbon and Sustainability Characteristics by Feedstock
ndash = Unknown
9
Voluntary Scheme Developments
deg Since the RTFO order implemented the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) sustainability criteria Harvest Energy has purchased the majority of its product from feedstocks certified under approved voluntary schemes such as the International Sustainability amp Carbon Certification scheme (ISCC)
deg In the past Harvest Energy has worked with the RSPO (Roundtable on sustainable Palm Oil) and declared some material grown however during year 4 no palm feedstocks have been purchased
deg Harvest Energy has been purchasing more feedstock for biofuel processing in its Teesside plant This is material is only grown to ldquoRTFO environmental qualifying farming standardsrdquo and only from countries with low risk of deforestation and environmental damage Feedstocks have been purchased to both ISCC and the Assured Combinable Crops (ACCS) standard now known as Red Tractor
RTFO Year 4a 10
deg Harvest Energy has had no prosecutions against it for breaches in compliance with any
Other Information
environmental and or social regulations relating to biofuel activities
deg Harvest Energy is committed to being a first class operator in the Biofuel market Harvestrsquos ambitions are to remain amongst the best performers of GHG saving Biofuel providers and is continuing to build and advance its robust data systems to handle chain of custody
deg Harvestrsquos more recent moves into feedstock procurement and processing has significantly improved GHG savings and ldquoqualifying standardrdquo biofuel in the fuel chain for Year 4 and Year 5
deg Harvest Energy is currently collaborating with the University of Durham and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in a project aimed at developing the next generation of feedstocks for biofuel production from algae The work is supported by a pound22m LINK grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Department of Energy and Climate Change
RTFO Year 4a 11
deg In the RTFO Year 4 (20112012) Harvest has employed the international inspection
Data Verification
company ldquoInspectoraterdquo to perform verification of Carbon and Sustainability datareported under the RTFO
deg Inspectorate is one of the worldrsquos leading inspection and testing organisations with more
than 11000 experienced members of staff Their biofuels department provides expertise
in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers in accordance with
the framework of ISAE 3000 Inspectorate has international commodity coverage and
experience and as such is a suitable and qualified verifier for the RTFO
deg Further to minimum requirements Harvest has employed voluntary 3rd party verification
and assurance of its largest biofuels suppliers
deg A verifierrsquos assurance statement will accompany this report RTFO Year 4a 12
Statement Reference Number IIL-CampS-2012-HE05 v1 Date 21
st September 2012
To Mr James Ross Head of Trading Harvest Energy Limited 2 Cavendish Square London W1G 0PU
Independent Limited Assurance Opinion Statement
1 RESPONSIBILITIES
It was the responsibility of Harvest Energy Limited to prepare the Annual CampS Report for the period 15 April to 14 December 2011 of year four χΊχΜ ΑF Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012
It is the responsibility of Inspectorate International to provide the client with assurance conclusions and a limited assurance opinion on this report
ΣνζχΪιχ Ίν ΪΣ Ϊ χ ϮΪιΜν ΜΊΣͽ ΊΣνζχΊΪΣ Σ χνχΊΣͽ organisations Our independent inspection and testing services are delivered at key trading locations across the world and we have more than 11000 experienced members of staff Our biofuels departments provide expertise in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers Inspectorate International affirms our independence from Harvest Energy Limited being free from bias and conflicts of interest with the organisation its subsidiaries and stakeholders
Inspectorate considers the auditor to be competent to perform assurance projects in accordance with ISAE 3000 and understand the CampS data reported in the ROS system The auditor has the following qualifications AIEMA BEng MSc
2 ASSURANCE CRITERIA
The assurance was performed against the following criteria and in accordance with the ISAE 3000 to verify the stated consignments of Harvest Energy ΊΊχ ΊΪϢΜ Camp χ νϢΊννΊΪΣν ΪΣ χ DΑν system
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part One (Version 43 Nov 2011)
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part Two Carbon Reporting ndash Default Values and Fuel Chains (Version 42 May 2011)
The following principles were used to assess the CampS data bull Traceability bull Completeness bull Consistency bull Accuracy
Page 1 of 3
3 WORK PERFORMED
Reported Carbon and Sustainability Data
The ROS entries for the period 15 April to 14 December were subject to risk based sampling in order to verify compliance to RTFO technical guidance with respect to the criteria as detailed in section 2 of this report
Supporting Documentation
Using interviews of relevant personnel review of data CampS data and supporting management process documentation the following activities were conducted to verify the reported CampS data for the consignments sampled
Personnel interviews o Mr James Ross ndash Biofuels Trader o Mr Umang Patel ndash Biofuels Analyst
Review of document control processes o RTFO Procedures
Review of Mass balance spreadsheets o Harvest Mass Balance Amsterdam Storage o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside refinery o Harvest Mass Balance Grangemouth o Harvest Mass Balance ThamesVopak o Harvest Mass Balance Standic Dordrecht
Review of Feedstock records (as available) o Contract Documents o Supplier Data o Shipping Documents o Third Party Outturn Certificates o Voluntary Scheme Certificates and proofs of conformity
Review of independent third party verification reports (as available)
Review of CampS records o As relevant to ROS entries
Review of ROS CampS data o 15 April 2011 to 14 December 2011
Chain of Custody
Data samples were reviewed from primary source along the chain of custody using production records supplier and seller certificates of authenticity and ROS report entries as relevant to Harvest Energy Limited operations These were in turn verified againsχ χ χ ιζΪιχ ΊΣ χ DΑν νϴνχ΅
The CampS data submissions for the sampled consignments were reviewed and found to contain all sections and content in line with requirements
All observations and opportunities for improvement raised throughout this limited assurance audit were effectively actioned by the client and closed out
Controls
Inspectorate did not rely on Harvest Energy ΊΊχν νϴνχν Σ Ϊι ΪΣχιΪΜν Ϊϭι Camp χ ΊΣ ΪιΊΣͽ our audit conclusion
Page 2 of 3
4 LIMITATIONS
VerificχΊΪΣ Ϊ χ νχΪΙ χ Ϊι Ϣν ΊΣ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴν ΪϮΣ ζΜΣχ ΪϢχνΊ Ϊ χ χιΊΜ Μι in ROS was not assessed as a part of this report claims relating to this feedstock are not included as a part of this verification
The limited assurance engagement contains the risk of verifying data using a review of a risk based selected sample of CampS data
Where presented independent 3rd party verification reports were relied upon as a part of the evidence to support CampS claims
The accuracy of the reported data is dependent on the accuracy of metering and other production measurement arrangements employed at site
5 LIMITED ASSURANCE CONCLUSION amp OPINION STATEMENT
Nothing has come to our attention to cause us to believe that the data presented in χ ιζΪιχ RTFO Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012 has not been prepared in all material respects in accordance with the criteria
This report was prepared by Dominik Tichar Lead Verifier
Inspectorate International Limited 2 Perry Road Witham Essex CM8 3TU United Kingdom
Page 3 of 3
deg The Department for Transport (DfT) requires obligated companies under the Renewable
Introduction amp Scope
Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO) to submit a report detailing the carbon and
sustainability statistics of all Biofuels supplied which are used for transport in the UK
deg As an obligated supplier under the RTFO Harvest Energy has presented this data within
this report which is in a format requested by the DfT This report is for the period 15th
April 2011 ndash 14th December 2011 (Year 4a) and is verified and signed off by
Inspectorate our independent auditor for the RTFO Year 4a period
deg Harvest Energy is pleased to report that we have improved our performance across all
areas relative to Year 3 - Data Capture uarr37 Environmental Performance uarr101
Social Performance uarr129 and Average GHG Savings uarr78
deg Biofuel supplied by Harvest Energy in Year 4a achieved an average GHG saving of 637
compared with fossil fuels RTFO Year 4a 3
deg Harvest Energy is one of Europes largest independent suppliers and blenders of motor
Biofuel Supply
fuels with operations in the UK Holland and Germany As per EU amp Government mandates a proportion of the fuel supplied by the company is made up of Biofuels -Ethanol amp Biodiesel from a combination of feedstocks
deg Harvest Energy has focused on using Biofuel from waste streams and recycled feedstocks as this helps to reduce conflict with other feedstock uses and gives better GHG saving performance
deg Harvest Energy has its own biodiesel producing facility focusing on waste streams The manufacturing plant is based in Teesside UK and is one of the largest biofuel producing plants in the UK with a capacity of 250000 mt per year
deg The National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC) the leading international consultancy that advises on the conversion of biomass to bioenergy biofuels and bio-based products has rated Harvest Energy as one of Britains top ten most progressive biofuels and
RTFO Year 4a biochemical companies 4
deg Harvest Energy blends and supplies biodiesel to the wider oil industry from tanks in
Biofuel Supply to Industry
Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region in Europe
deg Harvest Energy has developed and runs accurate and appropriate systems to track the origin and sustainability details of the product it markets to other oil companies
deg Harvest Energy is certified under the International Sustainability amp Carbon Certification scheme (EU) as a biofuel producer trader logistic centre and warehouse with the identifier EU-ISCC-Cert-DE105-81814501
deg Harvest also supplies its own products into the Dutch market in compliance with the appropriate sustainability regulations
RTFO Year 4a 5
RTFO Year 4a
Supplier Information
deg Harvest Energy has continued to maximise ldquoRecycled Biofuel Feedstocksrdquo to
further increase GHG savings in Year 4
deg Harvest Energy continues to purchase product directly from producers to
maintain better supply chain transparency and to capture more data Since year
3 of the RTFO the positive results of this strategy have become clear as data
capture has increased
6
Aggregate 4a Carbon and Sustainability Overview
Table 1 Summary of Biofuel Supplied
Feedstock
General
Fuel supplied by feedstock type (by
volume)
Data reported on biofuel
characteristics
Environmental
Meeting Qualifying andor
RTFO standard
Social
Meeting Qualifying andor
RTFO standard
Carbon
Average carbon intensity
g CO2e MJ
Average GHG saving
Biodiesel UCO
Used Cooking Oil 100 100 100 100 141 831
Bioethanol
Corn (Produced outside the EC)
Wheat
939 707
61 80
0
477
00
00
532 365
44 475
Biodiesel ME
Soya Beans
Tallow - Category 3 or Unknown
0 603
100 100
0
100
0
100
58 308
18 785
Weighted Average (All Fuels) 879 59 577 304 637
RTFO Year 4a 7
Aggregate 4a Used Cooking Oil
Table 2 Carbon and Sustainability Characteristics by Feedstock
General Information Sustainability Information Average Carbon Information
of Total of Feedstock Type
Feedstock Origin Standard Env Level Social Level
Land Use on 01 Jan 2008 Carbon intensity incl
LUC (g CO2e MJ) GHG saving ()
Used Cooking Oil
317 Germany
290 Netherlands
190 Spain
66 Italy
63 Belgium
19 Austria
17 Denmark
12 France
12 United Kingdom
06 Slovakia
03 Portugal
02 Czech Republic
02 Ireland
02 Poland
00 Luxembourg
00 Switzerland
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 161
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
833
833
833
807
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
RTFO Year 4a 8
-
Aggregate 4a Corn Soya Beans Tallow and Wheat
General Information Sustainability Information Average Carbon Information
of Total Feedstock Type Feedstock
Origin Standard
Env Level
Social Level
Land Use on 01 Jan 2008
Carbon intensity incl LUC (g CO2e
MJ)
GHG saving ()
Corn (Produced Outside the EC)
339 United States None - - Unknown 60 284
209 United States None - - Cropland - protection status unknown 60 284
167 United States Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 488 417
160 United States ISCC - - Cropland - protection status unknown 414 506
65 United States Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 41 511
6 United States Unknown - - Unknown 477 431
Soya Beans
588 Argentina Unknown - - Unknown 58 308
412 Argentina Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 58 308
Tallow Category 3 or Unknown
823 United Kingdom By-product QS QS By-product 18 785
177 Netherlands By-product QS QS By-product 18 785
Wheat
477 United Kingdom Unknown QS - Cropland - protection status unknown 44 475
397 United Kingdom Unknown - - Unknown 44 475
12 United Kingdom Scottish Quality Crops - - Unknown 44 475
05 United Kingdom None - - Cropland - protection status unknown 44 475
Table 2 Carbon and Sustainability Characteristics by Feedstock
ndash = Unknown
9
Voluntary Scheme Developments
deg Since the RTFO order implemented the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) sustainability criteria Harvest Energy has purchased the majority of its product from feedstocks certified under approved voluntary schemes such as the International Sustainability amp Carbon Certification scheme (ISCC)
deg In the past Harvest Energy has worked with the RSPO (Roundtable on sustainable Palm Oil) and declared some material grown however during year 4 no palm feedstocks have been purchased
deg Harvest Energy has been purchasing more feedstock for biofuel processing in its Teesside plant This is material is only grown to ldquoRTFO environmental qualifying farming standardsrdquo and only from countries with low risk of deforestation and environmental damage Feedstocks have been purchased to both ISCC and the Assured Combinable Crops (ACCS) standard now known as Red Tractor
RTFO Year 4a 10
deg Harvest Energy has had no prosecutions against it for breaches in compliance with any
Other Information
environmental and or social regulations relating to biofuel activities
deg Harvest Energy is committed to being a first class operator in the Biofuel market Harvestrsquos ambitions are to remain amongst the best performers of GHG saving Biofuel providers and is continuing to build and advance its robust data systems to handle chain of custody
deg Harvestrsquos more recent moves into feedstock procurement and processing has significantly improved GHG savings and ldquoqualifying standardrdquo biofuel in the fuel chain for Year 4 and Year 5
deg Harvest Energy is currently collaborating with the University of Durham and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in a project aimed at developing the next generation of feedstocks for biofuel production from algae The work is supported by a pound22m LINK grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Department of Energy and Climate Change
RTFO Year 4a 11
deg In the RTFO Year 4 (20112012) Harvest has employed the international inspection
Data Verification
company ldquoInspectoraterdquo to perform verification of Carbon and Sustainability datareported under the RTFO
deg Inspectorate is one of the worldrsquos leading inspection and testing organisations with more
than 11000 experienced members of staff Their biofuels department provides expertise
in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers in accordance with
the framework of ISAE 3000 Inspectorate has international commodity coverage and
experience and as such is a suitable and qualified verifier for the RTFO
deg Further to minimum requirements Harvest has employed voluntary 3rd party verification
and assurance of its largest biofuels suppliers
deg A verifierrsquos assurance statement will accompany this report RTFO Year 4a 12
Statement Reference Number IIL-CampS-2012-HE05 v1 Date 21
st September 2012
To Mr James Ross Head of Trading Harvest Energy Limited 2 Cavendish Square London W1G 0PU
Independent Limited Assurance Opinion Statement
1 RESPONSIBILITIES
It was the responsibility of Harvest Energy Limited to prepare the Annual CampS Report for the period 15 April to 14 December 2011 of year four χΊχΜ ΑF Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012
It is the responsibility of Inspectorate International to provide the client with assurance conclusions and a limited assurance opinion on this report
ΣνζχΪιχ Ίν ΪΣ Ϊ χ ϮΪιΜν ΜΊΣͽ ΊΣνζχΊΪΣ Σ χνχΊΣͽ organisations Our independent inspection and testing services are delivered at key trading locations across the world and we have more than 11000 experienced members of staff Our biofuels departments provide expertise in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers Inspectorate International affirms our independence from Harvest Energy Limited being free from bias and conflicts of interest with the organisation its subsidiaries and stakeholders
Inspectorate considers the auditor to be competent to perform assurance projects in accordance with ISAE 3000 and understand the CampS data reported in the ROS system The auditor has the following qualifications AIEMA BEng MSc
2 ASSURANCE CRITERIA
The assurance was performed against the following criteria and in accordance with the ISAE 3000 to verify the stated consignments of Harvest Energy ΊΊχ ΊΪϢΜ Camp χ νϢΊννΊΪΣν ΪΣ χ DΑν system
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part One (Version 43 Nov 2011)
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part Two Carbon Reporting ndash Default Values and Fuel Chains (Version 42 May 2011)
The following principles were used to assess the CampS data bull Traceability bull Completeness bull Consistency bull Accuracy
Page 1 of 3
3 WORK PERFORMED
Reported Carbon and Sustainability Data
The ROS entries for the period 15 April to 14 December were subject to risk based sampling in order to verify compliance to RTFO technical guidance with respect to the criteria as detailed in section 2 of this report
Supporting Documentation
Using interviews of relevant personnel review of data CampS data and supporting management process documentation the following activities were conducted to verify the reported CampS data for the consignments sampled
Personnel interviews o Mr James Ross ndash Biofuels Trader o Mr Umang Patel ndash Biofuels Analyst
Review of document control processes o RTFO Procedures
Review of Mass balance spreadsheets o Harvest Mass Balance Amsterdam Storage o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside refinery o Harvest Mass Balance Grangemouth o Harvest Mass Balance ThamesVopak o Harvest Mass Balance Standic Dordrecht
Review of Feedstock records (as available) o Contract Documents o Supplier Data o Shipping Documents o Third Party Outturn Certificates o Voluntary Scheme Certificates and proofs of conformity
Review of independent third party verification reports (as available)
Review of CampS records o As relevant to ROS entries
Review of ROS CampS data o 15 April 2011 to 14 December 2011
Chain of Custody
Data samples were reviewed from primary source along the chain of custody using production records supplier and seller certificates of authenticity and ROS report entries as relevant to Harvest Energy Limited operations These were in turn verified againsχ χ χ ιζΪιχ ΊΣ χ DΑν νϴνχ΅
The CampS data submissions for the sampled consignments were reviewed and found to contain all sections and content in line with requirements
All observations and opportunities for improvement raised throughout this limited assurance audit were effectively actioned by the client and closed out
Controls
Inspectorate did not rely on Harvest Energy ΊΊχν νϴνχν Σ Ϊι ΪΣχιΪΜν Ϊϭι Camp χ ΊΣ ΪιΊΣͽ our audit conclusion
Page 2 of 3
4 LIMITATIONS
VerificχΊΪΣ Ϊ χ νχΪΙ χ Ϊι Ϣν ΊΣ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴν ΪϮΣ ζΜΣχ ΪϢχνΊ Ϊ χ χιΊΜ Μι in ROS was not assessed as a part of this report claims relating to this feedstock are not included as a part of this verification
The limited assurance engagement contains the risk of verifying data using a review of a risk based selected sample of CampS data
Where presented independent 3rd party verification reports were relied upon as a part of the evidence to support CampS claims
The accuracy of the reported data is dependent on the accuracy of metering and other production measurement arrangements employed at site
5 LIMITED ASSURANCE CONCLUSION amp OPINION STATEMENT
Nothing has come to our attention to cause us to believe that the data presented in χ ιζΪιχ RTFO Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012 has not been prepared in all material respects in accordance with the criteria
This report was prepared by Dominik Tichar Lead Verifier
Inspectorate International Limited 2 Perry Road Witham Essex CM8 3TU United Kingdom
Page 3 of 3
deg Harvest Energy is one of Europes largest independent suppliers and blenders of motor
Biofuel Supply
fuels with operations in the UK Holland and Germany As per EU amp Government mandates a proportion of the fuel supplied by the company is made up of Biofuels -Ethanol amp Biodiesel from a combination of feedstocks
deg Harvest Energy has focused on using Biofuel from waste streams and recycled feedstocks as this helps to reduce conflict with other feedstock uses and gives better GHG saving performance
deg Harvest Energy has its own biodiesel producing facility focusing on waste streams The manufacturing plant is based in Teesside UK and is one of the largest biofuel producing plants in the UK with a capacity of 250000 mt per year
deg The National Non-Food Crops Centre (NNFCC) the leading international consultancy that advises on the conversion of biomass to bioenergy biofuels and bio-based products has rated Harvest Energy as one of Britains top ten most progressive biofuels and
RTFO Year 4a biochemical companies 4
deg Harvest Energy blends and supplies biodiesel to the wider oil industry from tanks in
Biofuel Supply to Industry
Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region in Europe
deg Harvest Energy has developed and runs accurate and appropriate systems to track the origin and sustainability details of the product it markets to other oil companies
deg Harvest Energy is certified under the International Sustainability amp Carbon Certification scheme (EU) as a biofuel producer trader logistic centre and warehouse with the identifier EU-ISCC-Cert-DE105-81814501
deg Harvest also supplies its own products into the Dutch market in compliance with the appropriate sustainability regulations
RTFO Year 4a 5
RTFO Year 4a
Supplier Information
deg Harvest Energy has continued to maximise ldquoRecycled Biofuel Feedstocksrdquo to
further increase GHG savings in Year 4
deg Harvest Energy continues to purchase product directly from producers to
maintain better supply chain transparency and to capture more data Since year
3 of the RTFO the positive results of this strategy have become clear as data
capture has increased
6
Aggregate 4a Carbon and Sustainability Overview
Table 1 Summary of Biofuel Supplied
Feedstock
General
Fuel supplied by feedstock type (by
volume)
Data reported on biofuel
characteristics
Environmental
Meeting Qualifying andor
RTFO standard
Social
Meeting Qualifying andor
RTFO standard
Carbon
Average carbon intensity
g CO2e MJ
Average GHG saving
Biodiesel UCO
Used Cooking Oil 100 100 100 100 141 831
Bioethanol
Corn (Produced outside the EC)
Wheat
939 707
61 80
0
477
00
00
532 365
44 475
Biodiesel ME
Soya Beans
Tallow - Category 3 or Unknown
0 603
100 100
0
100
0
100
58 308
18 785
Weighted Average (All Fuels) 879 59 577 304 637
RTFO Year 4a 7
Aggregate 4a Used Cooking Oil
Table 2 Carbon and Sustainability Characteristics by Feedstock
General Information Sustainability Information Average Carbon Information
of Total of Feedstock Type
Feedstock Origin Standard Env Level Social Level
Land Use on 01 Jan 2008 Carbon intensity incl
LUC (g CO2e MJ) GHG saving ()
Used Cooking Oil
317 Germany
290 Netherlands
190 Spain
66 Italy
63 Belgium
19 Austria
17 Denmark
12 France
12 United Kingdom
06 Slovakia
03 Portugal
02 Czech Republic
02 Ireland
02 Poland
00 Luxembourg
00 Switzerland
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 161
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
833
833
833
807
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
RTFO Year 4a 8
-
Aggregate 4a Corn Soya Beans Tallow and Wheat
General Information Sustainability Information Average Carbon Information
of Total Feedstock Type Feedstock
Origin Standard
Env Level
Social Level
Land Use on 01 Jan 2008
Carbon intensity incl LUC (g CO2e
MJ)
GHG saving ()
Corn (Produced Outside the EC)
339 United States None - - Unknown 60 284
209 United States None - - Cropland - protection status unknown 60 284
167 United States Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 488 417
160 United States ISCC - - Cropland - protection status unknown 414 506
65 United States Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 41 511
6 United States Unknown - - Unknown 477 431
Soya Beans
588 Argentina Unknown - - Unknown 58 308
412 Argentina Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 58 308
Tallow Category 3 or Unknown
823 United Kingdom By-product QS QS By-product 18 785
177 Netherlands By-product QS QS By-product 18 785
Wheat
477 United Kingdom Unknown QS - Cropland - protection status unknown 44 475
397 United Kingdom Unknown - - Unknown 44 475
12 United Kingdom Scottish Quality Crops - - Unknown 44 475
05 United Kingdom None - - Cropland - protection status unknown 44 475
Table 2 Carbon and Sustainability Characteristics by Feedstock
ndash = Unknown
9
Voluntary Scheme Developments
deg Since the RTFO order implemented the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) sustainability criteria Harvest Energy has purchased the majority of its product from feedstocks certified under approved voluntary schemes such as the International Sustainability amp Carbon Certification scheme (ISCC)
deg In the past Harvest Energy has worked with the RSPO (Roundtable on sustainable Palm Oil) and declared some material grown however during year 4 no palm feedstocks have been purchased
deg Harvest Energy has been purchasing more feedstock for biofuel processing in its Teesside plant This is material is only grown to ldquoRTFO environmental qualifying farming standardsrdquo and only from countries with low risk of deforestation and environmental damage Feedstocks have been purchased to both ISCC and the Assured Combinable Crops (ACCS) standard now known as Red Tractor
RTFO Year 4a 10
deg Harvest Energy has had no prosecutions against it for breaches in compliance with any
Other Information
environmental and or social regulations relating to biofuel activities
deg Harvest Energy is committed to being a first class operator in the Biofuel market Harvestrsquos ambitions are to remain amongst the best performers of GHG saving Biofuel providers and is continuing to build and advance its robust data systems to handle chain of custody
deg Harvestrsquos more recent moves into feedstock procurement and processing has significantly improved GHG savings and ldquoqualifying standardrdquo biofuel in the fuel chain for Year 4 and Year 5
deg Harvest Energy is currently collaborating with the University of Durham and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in a project aimed at developing the next generation of feedstocks for biofuel production from algae The work is supported by a pound22m LINK grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Department of Energy and Climate Change
RTFO Year 4a 11
deg In the RTFO Year 4 (20112012) Harvest has employed the international inspection
Data Verification
company ldquoInspectoraterdquo to perform verification of Carbon and Sustainability datareported under the RTFO
deg Inspectorate is one of the worldrsquos leading inspection and testing organisations with more
than 11000 experienced members of staff Their biofuels department provides expertise
in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers in accordance with
the framework of ISAE 3000 Inspectorate has international commodity coverage and
experience and as such is a suitable and qualified verifier for the RTFO
deg Further to minimum requirements Harvest has employed voluntary 3rd party verification
and assurance of its largest biofuels suppliers
deg A verifierrsquos assurance statement will accompany this report RTFO Year 4a 12
Statement Reference Number IIL-CampS-2012-HE05 v1 Date 21
st September 2012
To Mr James Ross Head of Trading Harvest Energy Limited 2 Cavendish Square London W1G 0PU
Independent Limited Assurance Opinion Statement
1 RESPONSIBILITIES
It was the responsibility of Harvest Energy Limited to prepare the Annual CampS Report for the period 15 April to 14 December 2011 of year four χΊχΜ ΑF Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012
It is the responsibility of Inspectorate International to provide the client with assurance conclusions and a limited assurance opinion on this report
ΣνζχΪιχ Ίν ΪΣ Ϊ χ ϮΪιΜν ΜΊΣͽ ΊΣνζχΊΪΣ Σ χνχΊΣͽ organisations Our independent inspection and testing services are delivered at key trading locations across the world and we have more than 11000 experienced members of staff Our biofuels departments provide expertise in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers Inspectorate International affirms our independence from Harvest Energy Limited being free from bias and conflicts of interest with the organisation its subsidiaries and stakeholders
Inspectorate considers the auditor to be competent to perform assurance projects in accordance with ISAE 3000 and understand the CampS data reported in the ROS system The auditor has the following qualifications AIEMA BEng MSc
2 ASSURANCE CRITERIA
The assurance was performed against the following criteria and in accordance with the ISAE 3000 to verify the stated consignments of Harvest Energy ΊΊχ ΊΪϢΜ Camp χ νϢΊννΊΪΣν ΪΣ χ DΑν system
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part One (Version 43 Nov 2011)
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part Two Carbon Reporting ndash Default Values and Fuel Chains (Version 42 May 2011)
The following principles were used to assess the CampS data bull Traceability bull Completeness bull Consistency bull Accuracy
Page 1 of 3
3 WORK PERFORMED
Reported Carbon and Sustainability Data
The ROS entries for the period 15 April to 14 December were subject to risk based sampling in order to verify compliance to RTFO technical guidance with respect to the criteria as detailed in section 2 of this report
Supporting Documentation
Using interviews of relevant personnel review of data CampS data and supporting management process documentation the following activities were conducted to verify the reported CampS data for the consignments sampled
Personnel interviews o Mr James Ross ndash Biofuels Trader o Mr Umang Patel ndash Biofuels Analyst
Review of document control processes o RTFO Procedures
Review of Mass balance spreadsheets o Harvest Mass Balance Amsterdam Storage o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside refinery o Harvest Mass Balance Grangemouth o Harvest Mass Balance ThamesVopak o Harvest Mass Balance Standic Dordrecht
Review of Feedstock records (as available) o Contract Documents o Supplier Data o Shipping Documents o Third Party Outturn Certificates o Voluntary Scheme Certificates and proofs of conformity
Review of independent third party verification reports (as available)
Review of CampS records o As relevant to ROS entries
Review of ROS CampS data o 15 April 2011 to 14 December 2011
Chain of Custody
Data samples were reviewed from primary source along the chain of custody using production records supplier and seller certificates of authenticity and ROS report entries as relevant to Harvest Energy Limited operations These were in turn verified againsχ χ χ ιζΪιχ ΊΣ χ DΑν νϴνχ΅
The CampS data submissions for the sampled consignments were reviewed and found to contain all sections and content in line with requirements
All observations and opportunities for improvement raised throughout this limited assurance audit were effectively actioned by the client and closed out
Controls
Inspectorate did not rely on Harvest Energy ΊΊχν νϴνχν Σ Ϊι ΪΣχιΪΜν Ϊϭι Camp χ ΊΣ ΪιΊΣͽ our audit conclusion
Page 2 of 3
4 LIMITATIONS
VerificχΊΪΣ Ϊ χ νχΪΙ χ Ϊι Ϣν ΊΣ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴν ΪϮΣ ζΜΣχ ΪϢχνΊ Ϊ χ χιΊΜ Μι in ROS was not assessed as a part of this report claims relating to this feedstock are not included as a part of this verification
The limited assurance engagement contains the risk of verifying data using a review of a risk based selected sample of CampS data
Where presented independent 3rd party verification reports were relied upon as a part of the evidence to support CampS claims
The accuracy of the reported data is dependent on the accuracy of metering and other production measurement arrangements employed at site
5 LIMITED ASSURANCE CONCLUSION amp OPINION STATEMENT
Nothing has come to our attention to cause us to believe that the data presented in χ ιζΪιχ RTFO Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012 has not been prepared in all material respects in accordance with the criteria
This report was prepared by Dominik Tichar Lead Verifier
Inspectorate International Limited 2 Perry Road Witham Essex CM8 3TU United Kingdom
Page 3 of 3
deg Harvest Energy blends and supplies biodiesel to the wider oil industry from tanks in
Biofuel Supply to Industry
Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) region in Europe
deg Harvest Energy has developed and runs accurate and appropriate systems to track the origin and sustainability details of the product it markets to other oil companies
deg Harvest Energy is certified under the International Sustainability amp Carbon Certification scheme (EU) as a biofuel producer trader logistic centre and warehouse with the identifier EU-ISCC-Cert-DE105-81814501
deg Harvest also supplies its own products into the Dutch market in compliance with the appropriate sustainability regulations
RTFO Year 4a 5
RTFO Year 4a
Supplier Information
deg Harvest Energy has continued to maximise ldquoRecycled Biofuel Feedstocksrdquo to
further increase GHG savings in Year 4
deg Harvest Energy continues to purchase product directly from producers to
maintain better supply chain transparency and to capture more data Since year
3 of the RTFO the positive results of this strategy have become clear as data
capture has increased
6
Aggregate 4a Carbon and Sustainability Overview
Table 1 Summary of Biofuel Supplied
Feedstock
General
Fuel supplied by feedstock type (by
volume)
Data reported on biofuel
characteristics
Environmental
Meeting Qualifying andor
RTFO standard
Social
Meeting Qualifying andor
RTFO standard
Carbon
Average carbon intensity
g CO2e MJ
Average GHG saving
Biodiesel UCO
Used Cooking Oil 100 100 100 100 141 831
Bioethanol
Corn (Produced outside the EC)
Wheat
939 707
61 80
0
477
00
00
532 365
44 475
Biodiesel ME
Soya Beans
Tallow - Category 3 or Unknown
0 603
100 100
0
100
0
100
58 308
18 785
Weighted Average (All Fuels) 879 59 577 304 637
RTFO Year 4a 7
Aggregate 4a Used Cooking Oil
Table 2 Carbon and Sustainability Characteristics by Feedstock
General Information Sustainability Information Average Carbon Information
of Total of Feedstock Type
Feedstock Origin Standard Env Level Social Level
Land Use on 01 Jan 2008 Carbon intensity incl
LUC (g CO2e MJ) GHG saving ()
Used Cooking Oil
317 Germany
290 Netherlands
190 Spain
66 Italy
63 Belgium
19 Austria
17 Denmark
12 France
12 United Kingdom
06 Slovakia
03 Portugal
02 Czech Republic
02 Ireland
02 Poland
00 Luxembourg
00 Switzerland
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 161
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
833
833
833
807
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
RTFO Year 4a 8
-
Aggregate 4a Corn Soya Beans Tallow and Wheat
General Information Sustainability Information Average Carbon Information
of Total Feedstock Type Feedstock
Origin Standard
Env Level
Social Level
Land Use on 01 Jan 2008
Carbon intensity incl LUC (g CO2e
MJ)
GHG saving ()
Corn (Produced Outside the EC)
339 United States None - - Unknown 60 284
209 United States None - - Cropland - protection status unknown 60 284
167 United States Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 488 417
160 United States ISCC - - Cropland - protection status unknown 414 506
65 United States Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 41 511
6 United States Unknown - - Unknown 477 431
Soya Beans
588 Argentina Unknown - - Unknown 58 308
412 Argentina Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 58 308
Tallow Category 3 or Unknown
823 United Kingdom By-product QS QS By-product 18 785
177 Netherlands By-product QS QS By-product 18 785
Wheat
477 United Kingdom Unknown QS - Cropland - protection status unknown 44 475
397 United Kingdom Unknown - - Unknown 44 475
12 United Kingdom Scottish Quality Crops - - Unknown 44 475
05 United Kingdom None - - Cropland - protection status unknown 44 475
Table 2 Carbon and Sustainability Characteristics by Feedstock
ndash = Unknown
9
Voluntary Scheme Developments
deg Since the RTFO order implemented the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) sustainability criteria Harvest Energy has purchased the majority of its product from feedstocks certified under approved voluntary schemes such as the International Sustainability amp Carbon Certification scheme (ISCC)
deg In the past Harvest Energy has worked with the RSPO (Roundtable on sustainable Palm Oil) and declared some material grown however during year 4 no palm feedstocks have been purchased
deg Harvest Energy has been purchasing more feedstock for biofuel processing in its Teesside plant This is material is only grown to ldquoRTFO environmental qualifying farming standardsrdquo and only from countries with low risk of deforestation and environmental damage Feedstocks have been purchased to both ISCC and the Assured Combinable Crops (ACCS) standard now known as Red Tractor
RTFO Year 4a 10
deg Harvest Energy has had no prosecutions against it for breaches in compliance with any
Other Information
environmental and or social regulations relating to biofuel activities
deg Harvest Energy is committed to being a first class operator in the Biofuel market Harvestrsquos ambitions are to remain amongst the best performers of GHG saving Biofuel providers and is continuing to build and advance its robust data systems to handle chain of custody
deg Harvestrsquos more recent moves into feedstock procurement and processing has significantly improved GHG savings and ldquoqualifying standardrdquo biofuel in the fuel chain for Year 4 and Year 5
deg Harvest Energy is currently collaborating with the University of Durham and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in a project aimed at developing the next generation of feedstocks for biofuel production from algae The work is supported by a pound22m LINK grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Department of Energy and Climate Change
RTFO Year 4a 11
deg In the RTFO Year 4 (20112012) Harvest has employed the international inspection
Data Verification
company ldquoInspectoraterdquo to perform verification of Carbon and Sustainability datareported under the RTFO
deg Inspectorate is one of the worldrsquos leading inspection and testing organisations with more
than 11000 experienced members of staff Their biofuels department provides expertise
in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers in accordance with
the framework of ISAE 3000 Inspectorate has international commodity coverage and
experience and as such is a suitable and qualified verifier for the RTFO
deg Further to minimum requirements Harvest has employed voluntary 3rd party verification
and assurance of its largest biofuels suppliers
deg A verifierrsquos assurance statement will accompany this report RTFO Year 4a 12
Statement Reference Number IIL-CampS-2012-HE05 v1 Date 21
st September 2012
To Mr James Ross Head of Trading Harvest Energy Limited 2 Cavendish Square London W1G 0PU
Independent Limited Assurance Opinion Statement
1 RESPONSIBILITIES
It was the responsibility of Harvest Energy Limited to prepare the Annual CampS Report for the period 15 April to 14 December 2011 of year four χΊχΜ ΑF Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012
It is the responsibility of Inspectorate International to provide the client with assurance conclusions and a limited assurance opinion on this report
ΣνζχΪιχ Ίν ΪΣ Ϊ χ ϮΪιΜν ΜΊΣͽ ΊΣνζχΊΪΣ Σ χνχΊΣͽ organisations Our independent inspection and testing services are delivered at key trading locations across the world and we have more than 11000 experienced members of staff Our biofuels departments provide expertise in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers Inspectorate International affirms our independence from Harvest Energy Limited being free from bias and conflicts of interest with the organisation its subsidiaries and stakeholders
Inspectorate considers the auditor to be competent to perform assurance projects in accordance with ISAE 3000 and understand the CampS data reported in the ROS system The auditor has the following qualifications AIEMA BEng MSc
2 ASSURANCE CRITERIA
The assurance was performed against the following criteria and in accordance with the ISAE 3000 to verify the stated consignments of Harvest Energy ΊΊχ ΊΪϢΜ Camp χ νϢΊννΊΪΣν ΪΣ χ DΑν system
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part One (Version 43 Nov 2011)
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part Two Carbon Reporting ndash Default Values and Fuel Chains (Version 42 May 2011)
The following principles were used to assess the CampS data bull Traceability bull Completeness bull Consistency bull Accuracy
Page 1 of 3
3 WORK PERFORMED
Reported Carbon and Sustainability Data
The ROS entries for the period 15 April to 14 December were subject to risk based sampling in order to verify compliance to RTFO technical guidance with respect to the criteria as detailed in section 2 of this report
Supporting Documentation
Using interviews of relevant personnel review of data CampS data and supporting management process documentation the following activities were conducted to verify the reported CampS data for the consignments sampled
Personnel interviews o Mr James Ross ndash Biofuels Trader o Mr Umang Patel ndash Biofuels Analyst
Review of document control processes o RTFO Procedures
Review of Mass balance spreadsheets o Harvest Mass Balance Amsterdam Storage o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside refinery o Harvest Mass Balance Grangemouth o Harvest Mass Balance ThamesVopak o Harvest Mass Balance Standic Dordrecht
Review of Feedstock records (as available) o Contract Documents o Supplier Data o Shipping Documents o Third Party Outturn Certificates o Voluntary Scheme Certificates and proofs of conformity
Review of independent third party verification reports (as available)
Review of CampS records o As relevant to ROS entries
Review of ROS CampS data o 15 April 2011 to 14 December 2011
Chain of Custody
Data samples were reviewed from primary source along the chain of custody using production records supplier and seller certificates of authenticity and ROS report entries as relevant to Harvest Energy Limited operations These were in turn verified againsχ χ χ ιζΪιχ ΊΣ χ DΑν νϴνχ΅
The CampS data submissions for the sampled consignments were reviewed and found to contain all sections and content in line with requirements
All observations and opportunities for improvement raised throughout this limited assurance audit were effectively actioned by the client and closed out
Controls
Inspectorate did not rely on Harvest Energy ΊΊχν νϴνχν Σ Ϊι ΪΣχιΪΜν Ϊϭι Camp χ ΊΣ ΪιΊΣͽ our audit conclusion
Page 2 of 3
4 LIMITATIONS
VerificχΊΪΣ Ϊ χ νχΪΙ χ Ϊι Ϣν ΊΣ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴν ΪϮΣ ζΜΣχ ΪϢχνΊ Ϊ χ χιΊΜ Μι in ROS was not assessed as a part of this report claims relating to this feedstock are not included as a part of this verification
The limited assurance engagement contains the risk of verifying data using a review of a risk based selected sample of CampS data
Where presented independent 3rd party verification reports were relied upon as a part of the evidence to support CampS claims
The accuracy of the reported data is dependent on the accuracy of metering and other production measurement arrangements employed at site
5 LIMITED ASSURANCE CONCLUSION amp OPINION STATEMENT
Nothing has come to our attention to cause us to believe that the data presented in χ ιζΪιχ RTFO Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012 has not been prepared in all material respects in accordance with the criteria
This report was prepared by Dominik Tichar Lead Verifier
Inspectorate International Limited 2 Perry Road Witham Essex CM8 3TU United Kingdom
Page 3 of 3
RTFO Year 4a
Supplier Information
deg Harvest Energy has continued to maximise ldquoRecycled Biofuel Feedstocksrdquo to
further increase GHG savings in Year 4
deg Harvest Energy continues to purchase product directly from producers to
maintain better supply chain transparency and to capture more data Since year
3 of the RTFO the positive results of this strategy have become clear as data
capture has increased
6
Aggregate 4a Carbon and Sustainability Overview
Table 1 Summary of Biofuel Supplied
Feedstock
General
Fuel supplied by feedstock type (by
volume)
Data reported on biofuel
characteristics
Environmental
Meeting Qualifying andor
RTFO standard
Social
Meeting Qualifying andor
RTFO standard
Carbon
Average carbon intensity
g CO2e MJ
Average GHG saving
Biodiesel UCO
Used Cooking Oil 100 100 100 100 141 831
Bioethanol
Corn (Produced outside the EC)
Wheat
939 707
61 80
0
477
00
00
532 365
44 475
Biodiesel ME
Soya Beans
Tallow - Category 3 or Unknown
0 603
100 100
0
100
0
100
58 308
18 785
Weighted Average (All Fuels) 879 59 577 304 637
RTFO Year 4a 7
Aggregate 4a Used Cooking Oil
Table 2 Carbon and Sustainability Characteristics by Feedstock
General Information Sustainability Information Average Carbon Information
of Total of Feedstock Type
Feedstock Origin Standard Env Level Social Level
Land Use on 01 Jan 2008 Carbon intensity incl
LUC (g CO2e MJ) GHG saving ()
Used Cooking Oil
317 Germany
290 Netherlands
190 Spain
66 Italy
63 Belgium
19 Austria
17 Denmark
12 France
12 United Kingdom
06 Slovakia
03 Portugal
02 Czech Republic
02 Ireland
02 Poland
00 Luxembourg
00 Switzerland
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 161
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
833
833
833
807
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
RTFO Year 4a 8
-
Aggregate 4a Corn Soya Beans Tallow and Wheat
General Information Sustainability Information Average Carbon Information
of Total Feedstock Type Feedstock
Origin Standard
Env Level
Social Level
Land Use on 01 Jan 2008
Carbon intensity incl LUC (g CO2e
MJ)
GHG saving ()
Corn (Produced Outside the EC)
339 United States None - - Unknown 60 284
209 United States None - - Cropland - protection status unknown 60 284
167 United States Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 488 417
160 United States ISCC - - Cropland - protection status unknown 414 506
65 United States Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 41 511
6 United States Unknown - - Unknown 477 431
Soya Beans
588 Argentina Unknown - - Unknown 58 308
412 Argentina Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 58 308
Tallow Category 3 or Unknown
823 United Kingdom By-product QS QS By-product 18 785
177 Netherlands By-product QS QS By-product 18 785
Wheat
477 United Kingdom Unknown QS - Cropland - protection status unknown 44 475
397 United Kingdom Unknown - - Unknown 44 475
12 United Kingdom Scottish Quality Crops - - Unknown 44 475
05 United Kingdom None - - Cropland - protection status unknown 44 475
Table 2 Carbon and Sustainability Characteristics by Feedstock
ndash = Unknown
9
Voluntary Scheme Developments
deg Since the RTFO order implemented the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) sustainability criteria Harvest Energy has purchased the majority of its product from feedstocks certified under approved voluntary schemes such as the International Sustainability amp Carbon Certification scheme (ISCC)
deg In the past Harvest Energy has worked with the RSPO (Roundtable on sustainable Palm Oil) and declared some material grown however during year 4 no palm feedstocks have been purchased
deg Harvest Energy has been purchasing more feedstock for biofuel processing in its Teesside plant This is material is only grown to ldquoRTFO environmental qualifying farming standardsrdquo and only from countries with low risk of deforestation and environmental damage Feedstocks have been purchased to both ISCC and the Assured Combinable Crops (ACCS) standard now known as Red Tractor
RTFO Year 4a 10
deg Harvest Energy has had no prosecutions against it for breaches in compliance with any
Other Information
environmental and or social regulations relating to biofuel activities
deg Harvest Energy is committed to being a first class operator in the Biofuel market Harvestrsquos ambitions are to remain amongst the best performers of GHG saving Biofuel providers and is continuing to build and advance its robust data systems to handle chain of custody
deg Harvestrsquos more recent moves into feedstock procurement and processing has significantly improved GHG savings and ldquoqualifying standardrdquo biofuel in the fuel chain for Year 4 and Year 5
deg Harvest Energy is currently collaborating with the University of Durham and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in a project aimed at developing the next generation of feedstocks for biofuel production from algae The work is supported by a pound22m LINK grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Department of Energy and Climate Change
RTFO Year 4a 11
deg In the RTFO Year 4 (20112012) Harvest has employed the international inspection
Data Verification
company ldquoInspectoraterdquo to perform verification of Carbon and Sustainability datareported under the RTFO
deg Inspectorate is one of the worldrsquos leading inspection and testing organisations with more
than 11000 experienced members of staff Their biofuels department provides expertise
in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers in accordance with
the framework of ISAE 3000 Inspectorate has international commodity coverage and
experience and as such is a suitable and qualified verifier for the RTFO
deg Further to minimum requirements Harvest has employed voluntary 3rd party verification
and assurance of its largest biofuels suppliers
deg A verifierrsquos assurance statement will accompany this report RTFO Year 4a 12
Statement Reference Number IIL-CampS-2012-HE05 v1 Date 21
st September 2012
To Mr James Ross Head of Trading Harvest Energy Limited 2 Cavendish Square London W1G 0PU
Independent Limited Assurance Opinion Statement
1 RESPONSIBILITIES
It was the responsibility of Harvest Energy Limited to prepare the Annual CampS Report for the period 15 April to 14 December 2011 of year four χΊχΜ ΑF Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012
It is the responsibility of Inspectorate International to provide the client with assurance conclusions and a limited assurance opinion on this report
ΣνζχΪιχ Ίν ΪΣ Ϊ χ ϮΪιΜν ΜΊΣͽ ΊΣνζχΊΪΣ Σ χνχΊΣͽ organisations Our independent inspection and testing services are delivered at key trading locations across the world and we have more than 11000 experienced members of staff Our biofuels departments provide expertise in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers Inspectorate International affirms our independence from Harvest Energy Limited being free from bias and conflicts of interest with the organisation its subsidiaries and stakeholders
Inspectorate considers the auditor to be competent to perform assurance projects in accordance with ISAE 3000 and understand the CampS data reported in the ROS system The auditor has the following qualifications AIEMA BEng MSc
2 ASSURANCE CRITERIA
The assurance was performed against the following criteria and in accordance with the ISAE 3000 to verify the stated consignments of Harvest Energy ΊΊχ ΊΪϢΜ Camp χ νϢΊννΊΪΣν ΪΣ χ DΑν system
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part One (Version 43 Nov 2011)
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part Two Carbon Reporting ndash Default Values and Fuel Chains (Version 42 May 2011)
The following principles were used to assess the CampS data bull Traceability bull Completeness bull Consistency bull Accuracy
Page 1 of 3
3 WORK PERFORMED
Reported Carbon and Sustainability Data
The ROS entries for the period 15 April to 14 December were subject to risk based sampling in order to verify compliance to RTFO technical guidance with respect to the criteria as detailed in section 2 of this report
Supporting Documentation
Using interviews of relevant personnel review of data CampS data and supporting management process documentation the following activities were conducted to verify the reported CampS data for the consignments sampled
Personnel interviews o Mr James Ross ndash Biofuels Trader o Mr Umang Patel ndash Biofuels Analyst
Review of document control processes o RTFO Procedures
Review of Mass balance spreadsheets o Harvest Mass Balance Amsterdam Storage o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside refinery o Harvest Mass Balance Grangemouth o Harvest Mass Balance ThamesVopak o Harvest Mass Balance Standic Dordrecht
Review of Feedstock records (as available) o Contract Documents o Supplier Data o Shipping Documents o Third Party Outturn Certificates o Voluntary Scheme Certificates and proofs of conformity
Review of independent third party verification reports (as available)
Review of CampS records o As relevant to ROS entries
Review of ROS CampS data o 15 April 2011 to 14 December 2011
Chain of Custody
Data samples were reviewed from primary source along the chain of custody using production records supplier and seller certificates of authenticity and ROS report entries as relevant to Harvest Energy Limited operations These were in turn verified againsχ χ χ ιζΪιχ ΊΣ χ DΑν νϴνχ΅
The CampS data submissions for the sampled consignments were reviewed and found to contain all sections and content in line with requirements
All observations and opportunities for improvement raised throughout this limited assurance audit were effectively actioned by the client and closed out
Controls
Inspectorate did not rely on Harvest Energy ΊΊχν νϴνχν Σ Ϊι ΪΣχιΪΜν Ϊϭι Camp χ ΊΣ ΪιΊΣͽ our audit conclusion
Page 2 of 3
4 LIMITATIONS
VerificχΊΪΣ Ϊ χ νχΪΙ χ Ϊι Ϣν ΊΣ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴν ΪϮΣ ζΜΣχ ΪϢχνΊ Ϊ χ χιΊΜ Μι in ROS was not assessed as a part of this report claims relating to this feedstock are not included as a part of this verification
The limited assurance engagement contains the risk of verifying data using a review of a risk based selected sample of CampS data
Where presented independent 3rd party verification reports were relied upon as a part of the evidence to support CampS claims
The accuracy of the reported data is dependent on the accuracy of metering and other production measurement arrangements employed at site
5 LIMITED ASSURANCE CONCLUSION amp OPINION STATEMENT
Nothing has come to our attention to cause us to believe that the data presented in χ ιζΪιχ RTFO Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012 has not been prepared in all material respects in accordance with the criteria
This report was prepared by Dominik Tichar Lead Verifier
Inspectorate International Limited 2 Perry Road Witham Essex CM8 3TU United Kingdom
Page 3 of 3
Aggregate 4a Carbon and Sustainability Overview
Table 1 Summary of Biofuel Supplied
Feedstock
General
Fuel supplied by feedstock type (by
volume)
Data reported on biofuel
characteristics
Environmental
Meeting Qualifying andor
RTFO standard
Social
Meeting Qualifying andor
RTFO standard
Carbon
Average carbon intensity
g CO2e MJ
Average GHG saving
Biodiesel UCO
Used Cooking Oil 100 100 100 100 141 831
Bioethanol
Corn (Produced outside the EC)
Wheat
939 707
61 80
0
477
00
00
532 365
44 475
Biodiesel ME
Soya Beans
Tallow - Category 3 or Unknown
0 603
100 100
0
100
0
100
58 308
18 785
Weighted Average (All Fuels) 879 59 577 304 637
RTFO Year 4a 7
Aggregate 4a Used Cooking Oil
Table 2 Carbon and Sustainability Characteristics by Feedstock
General Information Sustainability Information Average Carbon Information
of Total of Feedstock Type
Feedstock Origin Standard Env Level Social Level
Land Use on 01 Jan 2008 Carbon intensity incl
LUC (g CO2e MJ) GHG saving ()
Used Cooking Oil
317 Germany
290 Netherlands
190 Spain
66 Italy
63 Belgium
19 Austria
17 Denmark
12 France
12 United Kingdom
06 Slovakia
03 Portugal
02 Czech Republic
02 Ireland
02 Poland
00 Luxembourg
00 Switzerland
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 161
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
833
833
833
807
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
RTFO Year 4a 8
-
Aggregate 4a Corn Soya Beans Tallow and Wheat
General Information Sustainability Information Average Carbon Information
of Total Feedstock Type Feedstock
Origin Standard
Env Level
Social Level
Land Use on 01 Jan 2008
Carbon intensity incl LUC (g CO2e
MJ)
GHG saving ()
Corn (Produced Outside the EC)
339 United States None - - Unknown 60 284
209 United States None - - Cropland - protection status unknown 60 284
167 United States Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 488 417
160 United States ISCC - - Cropland - protection status unknown 414 506
65 United States Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 41 511
6 United States Unknown - - Unknown 477 431
Soya Beans
588 Argentina Unknown - - Unknown 58 308
412 Argentina Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 58 308
Tallow Category 3 or Unknown
823 United Kingdom By-product QS QS By-product 18 785
177 Netherlands By-product QS QS By-product 18 785
Wheat
477 United Kingdom Unknown QS - Cropland - protection status unknown 44 475
397 United Kingdom Unknown - - Unknown 44 475
12 United Kingdom Scottish Quality Crops - - Unknown 44 475
05 United Kingdom None - - Cropland - protection status unknown 44 475
Table 2 Carbon and Sustainability Characteristics by Feedstock
ndash = Unknown
9
Voluntary Scheme Developments
deg Since the RTFO order implemented the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) sustainability criteria Harvest Energy has purchased the majority of its product from feedstocks certified under approved voluntary schemes such as the International Sustainability amp Carbon Certification scheme (ISCC)
deg In the past Harvest Energy has worked with the RSPO (Roundtable on sustainable Palm Oil) and declared some material grown however during year 4 no palm feedstocks have been purchased
deg Harvest Energy has been purchasing more feedstock for biofuel processing in its Teesside plant This is material is only grown to ldquoRTFO environmental qualifying farming standardsrdquo and only from countries with low risk of deforestation and environmental damage Feedstocks have been purchased to both ISCC and the Assured Combinable Crops (ACCS) standard now known as Red Tractor
RTFO Year 4a 10
deg Harvest Energy has had no prosecutions against it for breaches in compliance with any
Other Information
environmental and or social regulations relating to biofuel activities
deg Harvest Energy is committed to being a first class operator in the Biofuel market Harvestrsquos ambitions are to remain amongst the best performers of GHG saving Biofuel providers and is continuing to build and advance its robust data systems to handle chain of custody
deg Harvestrsquos more recent moves into feedstock procurement and processing has significantly improved GHG savings and ldquoqualifying standardrdquo biofuel in the fuel chain for Year 4 and Year 5
deg Harvest Energy is currently collaborating with the University of Durham and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in a project aimed at developing the next generation of feedstocks for biofuel production from algae The work is supported by a pound22m LINK grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Department of Energy and Climate Change
RTFO Year 4a 11
deg In the RTFO Year 4 (20112012) Harvest has employed the international inspection
Data Verification
company ldquoInspectoraterdquo to perform verification of Carbon and Sustainability datareported under the RTFO
deg Inspectorate is one of the worldrsquos leading inspection and testing organisations with more
than 11000 experienced members of staff Their biofuels department provides expertise
in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers in accordance with
the framework of ISAE 3000 Inspectorate has international commodity coverage and
experience and as such is a suitable and qualified verifier for the RTFO
deg Further to minimum requirements Harvest has employed voluntary 3rd party verification
and assurance of its largest biofuels suppliers
deg A verifierrsquos assurance statement will accompany this report RTFO Year 4a 12
Statement Reference Number IIL-CampS-2012-HE05 v1 Date 21
st September 2012
To Mr James Ross Head of Trading Harvest Energy Limited 2 Cavendish Square London W1G 0PU
Independent Limited Assurance Opinion Statement
1 RESPONSIBILITIES
It was the responsibility of Harvest Energy Limited to prepare the Annual CampS Report for the period 15 April to 14 December 2011 of year four χΊχΜ ΑF Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012
It is the responsibility of Inspectorate International to provide the client with assurance conclusions and a limited assurance opinion on this report
ΣνζχΪιχ Ίν ΪΣ Ϊ χ ϮΪιΜν ΜΊΣͽ ΊΣνζχΊΪΣ Σ χνχΊΣͽ organisations Our independent inspection and testing services are delivered at key trading locations across the world and we have more than 11000 experienced members of staff Our biofuels departments provide expertise in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers Inspectorate International affirms our independence from Harvest Energy Limited being free from bias and conflicts of interest with the organisation its subsidiaries and stakeholders
Inspectorate considers the auditor to be competent to perform assurance projects in accordance with ISAE 3000 and understand the CampS data reported in the ROS system The auditor has the following qualifications AIEMA BEng MSc
2 ASSURANCE CRITERIA
The assurance was performed against the following criteria and in accordance with the ISAE 3000 to verify the stated consignments of Harvest Energy ΊΊχ ΊΪϢΜ Camp χ νϢΊννΊΪΣν ΪΣ χ DΑν system
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part One (Version 43 Nov 2011)
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part Two Carbon Reporting ndash Default Values and Fuel Chains (Version 42 May 2011)
The following principles were used to assess the CampS data bull Traceability bull Completeness bull Consistency bull Accuracy
Page 1 of 3
3 WORK PERFORMED
Reported Carbon and Sustainability Data
The ROS entries for the period 15 April to 14 December were subject to risk based sampling in order to verify compliance to RTFO technical guidance with respect to the criteria as detailed in section 2 of this report
Supporting Documentation
Using interviews of relevant personnel review of data CampS data and supporting management process documentation the following activities were conducted to verify the reported CampS data for the consignments sampled
Personnel interviews o Mr James Ross ndash Biofuels Trader o Mr Umang Patel ndash Biofuels Analyst
Review of document control processes o RTFO Procedures
Review of Mass balance spreadsheets o Harvest Mass Balance Amsterdam Storage o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside refinery o Harvest Mass Balance Grangemouth o Harvest Mass Balance ThamesVopak o Harvest Mass Balance Standic Dordrecht
Review of Feedstock records (as available) o Contract Documents o Supplier Data o Shipping Documents o Third Party Outturn Certificates o Voluntary Scheme Certificates and proofs of conformity
Review of independent third party verification reports (as available)
Review of CampS records o As relevant to ROS entries
Review of ROS CampS data o 15 April 2011 to 14 December 2011
Chain of Custody
Data samples were reviewed from primary source along the chain of custody using production records supplier and seller certificates of authenticity and ROS report entries as relevant to Harvest Energy Limited operations These were in turn verified againsχ χ χ ιζΪιχ ΊΣ χ DΑν νϴνχ΅
The CampS data submissions for the sampled consignments were reviewed and found to contain all sections and content in line with requirements
All observations and opportunities for improvement raised throughout this limited assurance audit were effectively actioned by the client and closed out
Controls
Inspectorate did not rely on Harvest Energy ΊΊχν νϴνχν Σ Ϊι ΪΣχιΪΜν Ϊϭι Camp χ ΊΣ ΪιΊΣͽ our audit conclusion
Page 2 of 3
4 LIMITATIONS
VerificχΊΪΣ Ϊ χ νχΪΙ χ Ϊι Ϣν ΊΣ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴν ΪϮΣ ζΜΣχ ΪϢχνΊ Ϊ χ χιΊΜ Μι in ROS was not assessed as a part of this report claims relating to this feedstock are not included as a part of this verification
The limited assurance engagement contains the risk of verifying data using a review of a risk based selected sample of CampS data
Where presented independent 3rd party verification reports were relied upon as a part of the evidence to support CampS claims
The accuracy of the reported data is dependent on the accuracy of metering and other production measurement arrangements employed at site
5 LIMITED ASSURANCE CONCLUSION amp OPINION STATEMENT
Nothing has come to our attention to cause us to believe that the data presented in χ ιζΪιχ RTFO Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012 has not been prepared in all material respects in accordance with the criteria
This report was prepared by Dominik Tichar Lead Verifier
Inspectorate International Limited 2 Perry Road Witham Essex CM8 3TU United Kingdom
Page 3 of 3
Aggregate 4a Used Cooking Oil
Table 2 Carbon and Sustainability Characteristics by Feedstock
General Information Sustainability Information Average Carbon Information
of Total of Feedstock Type
Feedstock Origin Standard Env Level Social Level
Land Use on 01 Jan 2008 Carbon intensity incl
LUC (g CO2e MJ) GHG saving ()
Used Cooking Oil
317 Germany
290 Netherlands
190 Spain
66 Italy
63 Belgium
19 Austria
17 Denmark
12 France
12 United Kingdom
06 Slovakia
03 Portugal
02 Czech Republic
02 Ireland
02 Poland
00 Luxembourg
00 Switzerland
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
By-product QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
QS
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 161
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
By-product 14
833
833
833
807
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
833
RTFO Year 4a 8
-
Aggregate 4a Corn Soya Beans Tallow and Wheat
General Information Sustainability Information Average Carbon Information
of Total Feedstock Type Feedstock
Origin Standard
Env Level
Social Level
Land Use on 01 Jan 2008
Carbon intensity incl LUC (g CO2e
MJ)
GHG saving ()
Corn (Produced Outside the EC)
339 United States None - - Unknown 60 284
209 United States None - - Cropland - protection status unknown 60 284
167 United States Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 488 417
160 United States ISCC - - Cropland - protection status unknown 414 506
65 United States Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 41 511
6 United States Unknown - - Unknown 477 431
Soya Beans
588 Argentina Unknown - - Unknown 58 308
412 Argentina Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 58 308
Tallow Category 3 or Unknown
823 United Kingdom By-product QS QS By-product 18 785
177 Netherlands By-product QS QS By-product 18 785
Wheat
477 United Kingdom Unknown QS - Cropland - protection status unknown 44 475
397 United Kingdom Unknown - - Unknown 44 475
12 United Kingdom Scottish Quality Crops - - Unknown 44 475
05 United Kingdom None - - Cropland - protection status unknown 44 475
Table 2 Carbon and Sustainability Characteristics by Feedstock
ndash = Unknown
9
Voluntary Scheme Developments
deg Since the RTFO order implemented the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) sustainability criteria Harvest Energy has purchased the majority of its product from feedstocks certified under approved voluntary schemes such as the International Sustainability amp Carbon Certification scheme (ISCC)
deg In the past Harvest Energy has worked with the RSPO (Roundtable on sustainable Palm Oil) and declared some material grown however during year 4 no palm feedstocks have been purchased
deg Harvest Energy has been purchasing more feedstock for biofuel processing in its Teesside plant This is material is only grown to ldquoRTFO environmental qualifying farming standardsrdquo and only from countries with low risk of deforestation and environmental damage Feedstocks have been purchased to both ISCC and the Assured Combinable Crops (ACCS) standard now known as Red Tractor
RTFO Year 4a 10
deg Harvest Energy has had no prosecutions against it for breaches in compliance with any
Other Information
environmental and or social regulations relating to biofuel activities
deg Harvest Energy is committed to being a first class operator in the Biofuel market Harvestrsquos ambitions are to remain amongst the best performers of GHG saving Biofuel providers and is continuing to build and advance its robust data systems to handle chain of custody
deg Harvestrsquos more recent moves into feedstock procurement and processing has significantly improved GHG savings and ldquoqualifying standardrdquo biofuel in the fuel chain for Year 4 and Year 5
deg Harvest Energy is currently collaborating with the University of Durham and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in a project aimed at developing the next generation of feedstocks for biofuel production from algae The work is supported by a pound22m LINK grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Department of Energy and Climate Change
RTFO Year 4a 11
deg In the RTFO Year 4 (20112012) Harvest has employed the international inspection
Data Verification
company ldquoInspectoraterdquo to perform verification of Carbon and Sustainability datareported under the RTFO
deg Inspectorate is one of the worldrsquos leading inspection and testing organisations with more
than 11000 experienced members of staff Their biofuels department provides expertise
in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers in accordance with
the framework of ISAE 3000 Inspectorate has international commodity coverage and
experience and as such is a suitable and qualified verifier for the RTFO
deg Further to minimum requirements Harvest has employed voluntary 3rd party verification
and assurance of its largest biofuels suppliers
deg A verifierrsquos assurance statement will accompany this report RTFO Year 4a 12
Statement Reference Number IIL-CampS-2012-HE05 v1 Date 21
st September 2012
To Mr James Ross Head of Trading Harvest Energy Limited 2 Cavendish Square London W1G 0PU
Independent Limited Assurance Opinion Statement
1 RESPONSIBILITIES
It was the responsibility of Harvest Energy Limited to prepare the Annual CampS Report for the period 15 April to 14 December 2011 of year four χΊχΜ ΑF Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012
It is the responsibility of Inspectorate International to provide the client with assurance conclusions and a limited assurance opinion on this report
ΣνζχΪιχ Ίν ΪΣ Ϊ χ ϮΪιΜν ΜΊΣͽ ΊΣνζχΊΪΣ Σ χνχΊΣͽ organisations Our independent inspection and testing services are delivered at key trading locations across the world and we have more than 11000 experienced members of staff Our biofuels departments provide expertise in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers Inspectorate International affirms our independence from Harvest Energy Limited being free from bias and conflicts of interest with the organisation its subsidiaries and stakeholders
Inspectorate considers the auditor to be competent to perform assurance projects in accordance with ISAE 3000 and understand the CampS data reported in the ROS system The auditor has the following qualifications AIEMA BEng MSc
2 ASSURANCE CRITERIA
The assurance was performed against the following criteria and in accordance with the ISAE 3000 to verify the stated consignments of Harvest Energy ΊΊχ ΊΪϢΜ Camp χ νϢΊννΊΪΣν ΪΣ χ DΑν system
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part One (Version 43 Nov 2011)
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part Two Carbon Reporting ndash Default Values and Fuel Chains (Version 42 May 2011)
The following principles were used to assess the CampS data bull Traceability bull Completeness bull Consistency bull Accuracy
Page 1 of 3
3 WORK PERFORMED
Reported Carbon and Sustainability Data
The ROS entries for the period 15 April to 14 December were subject to risk based sampling in order to verify compliance to RTFO technical guidance with respect to the criteria as detailed in section 2 of this report
Supporting Documentation
Using interviews of relevant personnel review of data CampS data and supporting management process documentation the following activities were conducted to verify the reported CampS data for the consignments sampled
Personnel interviews o Mr James Ross ndash Biofuels Trader o Mr Umang Patel ndash Biofuels Analyst
Review of document control processes o RTFO Procedures
Review of Mass balance spreadsheets o Harvest Mass Balance Amsterdam Storage o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside refinery o Harvest Mass Balance Grangemouth o Harvest Mass Balance ThamesVopak o Harvest Mass Balance Standic Dordrecht
Review of Feedstock records (as available) o Contract Documents o Supplier Data o Shipping Documents o Third Party Outturn Certificates o Voluntary Scheme Certificates and proofs of conformity
Review of independent third party verification reports (as available)
Review of CampS records o As relevant to ROS entries
Review of ROS CampS data o 15 April 2011 to 14 December 2011
Chain of Custody
Data samples were reviewed from primary source along the chain of custody using production records supplier and seller certificates of authenticity and ROS report entries as relevant to Harvest Energy Limited operations These were in turn verified againsχ χ χ ιζΪιχ ΊΣ χ DΑν νϴνχ΅
The CampS data submissions for the sampled consignments were reviewed and found to contain all sections and content in line with requirements
All observations and opportunities for improvement raised throughout this limited assurance audit were effectively actioned by the client and closed out
Controls
Inspectorate did not rely on Harvest Energy ΊΊχν νϴνχν Σ Ϊι ΪΣχιΪΜν Ϊϭι Camp χ ΊΣ ΪιΊΣͽ our audit conclusion
Page 2 of 3
4 LIMITATIONS
VerificχΊΪΣ Ϊ χ νχΪΙ χ Ϊι Ϣν ΊΣ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴν ΪϮΣ ζΜΣχ ΪϢχνΊ Ϊ χ χιΊΜ Μι in ROS was not assessed as a part of this report claims relating to this feedstock are not included as a part of this verification
The limited assurance engagement contains the risk of verifying data using a review of a risk based selected sample of CampS data
Where presented independent 3rd party verification reports were relied upon as a part of the evidence to support CampS claims
The accuracy of the reported data is dependent on the accuracy of metering and other production measurement arrangements employed at site
5 LIMITED ASSURANCE CONCLUSION amp OPINION STATEMENT
Nothing has come to our attention to cause us to believe that the data presented in χ ιζΪιχ RTFO Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012 has not been prepared in all material respects in accordance with the criteria
This report was prepared by Dominik Tichar Lead Verifier
Inspectorate International Limited 2 Perry Road Witham Essex CM8 3TU United Kingdom
Page 3 of 3
-
Aggregate 4a Corn Soya Beans Tallow and Wheat
General Information Sustainability Information Average Carbon Information
of Total Feedstock Type Feedstock
Origin Standard
Env Level
Social Level
Land Use on 01 Jan 2008
Carbon intensity incl LUC (g CO2e
MJ)
GHG saving ()
Corn (Produced Outside the EC)
339 United States None - - Unknown 60 284
209 United States None - - Cropland - protection status unknown 60 284
167 United States Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 488 417
160 United States ISCC - - Cropland - protection status unknown 414 506
65 United States Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 41 511
6 United States Unknown - - Unknown 477 431
Soya Beans
588 Argentina Unknown - - Unknown 58 308
412 Argentina Unknown - - Cropland - protection status unknown 58 308
Tallow Category 3 or Unknown
823 United Kingdom By-product QS QS By-product 18 785
177 Netherlands By-product QS QS By-product 18 785
Wheat
477 United Kingdom Unknown QS - Cropland - protection status unknown 44 475
397 United Kingdom Unknown - - Unknown 44 475
12 United Kingdom Scottish Quality Crops - - Unknown 44 475
05 United Kingdom None - - Cropland - protection status unknown 44 475
Table 2 Carbon and Sustainability Characteristics by Feedstock
ndash = Unknown
9
Voluntary Scheme Developments
deg Since the RTFO order implemented the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) sustainability criteria Harvest Energy has purchased the majority of its product from feedstocks certified under approved voluntary schemes such as the International Sustainability amp Carbon Certification scheme (ISCC)
deg In the past Harvest Energy has worked with the RSPO (Roundtable on sustainable Palm Oil) and declared some material grown however during year 4 no palm feedstocks have been purchased
deg Harvest Energy has been purchasing more feedstock for biofuel processing in its Teesside plant This is material is only grown to ldquoRTFO environmental qualifying farming standardsrdquo and only from countries with low risk of deforestation and environmental damage Feedstocks have been purchased to both ISCC and the Assured Combinable Crops (ACCS) standard now known as Red Tractor
RTFO Year 4a 10
deg Harvest Energy has had no prosecutions against it for breaches in compliance with any
Other Information
environmental and or social regulations relating to biofuel activities
deg Harvest Energy is committed to being a first class operator in the Biofuel market Harvestrsquos ambitions are to remain amongst the best performers of GHG saving Biofuel providers and is continuing to build and advance its robust data systems to handle chain of custody
deg Harvestrsquos more recent moves into feedstock procurement and processing has significantly improved GHG savings and ldquoqualifying standardrdquo biofuel in the fuel chain for Year 4 and Year 5
deg Harvest Energy is currently collaborating with the University of Durham and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in a project aimed at developing the next generation of feedstocks for biofuel production from algae The work is supported by a pound22m LINK grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Department of Energy and Climate Change
RTFO Year 4a 11
deg In the RTFO Year 4 (20112012) Harvest has employed the international inspection
Data Verification
company ldquoInspectoraterdquo to perform verification of Carbon and Sustainability datareported under the RTFO
deg Inspectorate is one of the worldrsquos leading inspection and testing organisations with more
than 11000 experienced members of staff Their biofuels department provides expertise
in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers in accordance with
the framework of ISAE 3000 Inspectorate has international commodity coverage and
experience and as such is a suitable and qualified verifier for the RTFO
deg Further to minimum requirements Harvest has employed voluntary 3rd party verification
and assurance of its largest biofuels suppliers
deg A verifierrsquos assurance statement will accompany this report RTFO Year 4a 12
Statement Reference Number IIL-CampS-2012-HE05 v1 Date 21
st September 2012
To Mr James Ross Head of Trading Harvest Energy Limited 2 Cavendish Square London W1G 0PU
Independent Limited Assurance Opinion Statement
1 RESPONSIBILITIES
It was the responsibility of Harvest Energy Limited to prepare the Annual CampS Report for the period 15 April to 14 December 2011 of year four χΊχΜ ΑF Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012
It is the responsibility of Inspectorate International to provide the client with assurance conclusions and a limited assurance opinion on this report
ΣνζχΪιχ Ίν ΪΣ Ϊ χ ϮΪιΜν ΜΊΣͽ ΊΣνζχΊΪΣ Σ χνχΊΣͽ organisations Our independent inspection and testing services are delivered at key trading locations across the world and we have more than 11000 experienced members of staff Our biofuels departments provide expertise in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers Inspectorate International affirms our independence from Harvest Energy Limited being free from bias and conflicts of interest with the organisation its subsidiaries and stakeholders
Inspectorate considers the auditor to be competent to perform assurance projects in accordance with ISAE 3000 and understand the CampS data reported in the ROS system The auditor has the following qualifications AIEMA BEng MSc
2 ASSURANCE CRITERIA
The assurance was performed against the following criteria and in accordance with the ISAE 3000 to verify the stated consignments of Harvest Energy ΊΊχ ΊΪϢΜ Camp χ νϢΊννΊΪΣν ΪΣ χ DΑν system
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part One (Version 43 Nov 2011)
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part Two Carbon Reporting ndash Default Values and Fuel Chains (Version 42 May 2011)
The following principles were used to assess the CampS data bull Traceability bull Completeness bull Consistency bull Accuracy
Page 1 of 3
3 WORK PERFORMED
Reported Carbon and Sustainability Data
The ROS entries for the period 15 April to 14 December were subject to risk based sampling in order to verify compliance to RTFO technical guidance with respect to the criteria as detailed in section 2 of this report
Supporting Documentation
Using interviews of relevant personnel review of data CampS data and supporting management process documentation the following activities were conducted to verify the reported CampS data for the consignments sampled
Personnel interviews o Mr James Ross ndash Biofuels Trader o Mr Umang Patel ndash Biofuels Analyst
Review of document control processes o RTFO Procedures
Review of Mass balance spreadsheets o Harvest Mass Balance Amsterdam Storage o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside refinery o Harvest Mass Balance Grangemouth o Harvest Mass Balance ThamesVopak o Harvest Mass Balance Standic Dordrecht
Review of Feedstock records (as available) o Contract Documents o Supplier Data o Shipping Documents o Third Party Outturn Certificates o Voluntary Scheme Certificates and proofs of conformity
Review of independent third party verification reports (as available)
Review of CampS records o As relevant to ROS entries
Review of ROS CampS data o 15 April 2011 to 14 December 2011
Chain of Custody
Data samples were reviewed from primary source along the chain of custody using production records supplier and seller certificates of authenticity and ROS report entries as relevant to Harvest Energy Limited operations These were in turn verified againsχ χ χ ιζΪιχ ΊΣ χ DΑν νϴνχ΅
The CampS data submissions for the sampled consignments were reviewed and found to contain all sections and content in line with requirements
All observations and opportunities for improvement raised throughout this limited assurance audit were effectively actioned by the client and closed out
Controls
Inspectorate did not rely on Harvest Energy ΊΊχν νϴνχν Σ Ϊι ΪΣχιΪΜν Ϊϭι Camp χ ΊΣ ΪιΊΣͽ our audit conclusion
Page 2 of 3
4 LIMITATIONS
VerificχΊΪΣ Ϊ χ νχΪΙ χ Ϊι Ϣν ΊΣ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴν ΪϮΣ ζΜΣχ ΪϢχνΊ Ϊ χ χιΊΜ Μι in ROS was not assessed as a part of this report claims relating to this feedstock are not included as a part of this verification
The limited assurance engagement contains the risk of verifying data using a review of a risk based selected sample of CampS data
Where presented independent 3rd party verification reports were relied upon as a part of the evidence to support CampS claims
The accuracy of the reported data is dependent on the accuracy of metering and other production measurement arrangements employed at site
5 LIMITED ASSURANCE CONCLUSION amp OPINION STATEMENT
Nothing has come to our attention to cause us to believe that the data presented in χ ιζΪιχ RTFO Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012 has not been prepared in all material respects in accordance with the criteria
This report was prepared by Dominik Tichar Lead Verifier
Inspectorate International Limited 2 Perry Road Witham Essex CM8 3TU United Kingdom
Page 3 of 3
Voluntary Scheme Developments
deg Since the RTFO order implemented the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) sustainability criteria Harvest Energy has purchased the majority of its product from feedstocks certified under approved voluntary schemes such as the International Sustainability amp Carbon Certification scheme (ISCC)
deg In the past Harvest Energy has worked with the RSPO (Roundtable on sustainable Palm Oil) and declared some material grown however during year 4 no palm feedstocks have been purchased
deg Harvest Energy has been purchasing more feedstock for biofuel processing in its Teesside plant This is material is only grown to ldquoRTFO environmental qualifying farming standardsrdquo and only from countries with low risk of deforestation and environmental damage Feedstocks have been purchased to both ISCC and the Assured Combinable Crops (ACCS) standard now known as Red Tractor
RTFO Year 4a 10
deg Harvest Energy has had no prosecutions against it for breaches in compliance with any
Other Information
environmental and or social regulations relating to biofuel activities
deg Harvest Energy is committed to being a first class operator in the Biofuel market Harvestrsquos ambitions are to remain amongst the best performers of GHG saving Biofuel providers and is continuing to build and advance its robust data systems to handle chain of custody
deg Harvestrsquos more recent moves into feedstock procurement and processing has significantly improved GHG savings and ldquoqualifying standardrdquo biofuel in the fuel chain for Year 4 and Year 5
deg Harvest Energy is currently collaborating with the University of Durham and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in a project aimed at developing the next generation of feedstocks for biofuel production from algae The work is supported by a pound22m LINK grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Department of Energy and Climate Change
RTFO Year 4a 11
deg In the RTFO Year 4 (20112012) Harvest has employed the international inspection
Data Verification
company ldquoInspectoraterdquo to perform verification of Carbon and Sustainability datareported under the RTFO
deg Inspectorate is one of the worldrsquos leading inspection and testing organisations with more
than 11000 experienced members of staff Their biofuels department provides expertise
in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers in accordance with
the framework of ISAE 3000 Inspectorate has international commodity coverage and
experience and as such is a suitable and qualified verifier for the RTFO
deg Further to minimum requirements Harvest has employed voluntary 3rd party verification
and assurance of its largest biofuels suppliers
deg A verifierrsquos assurance statement will accompany this report RTFO Year 4a 12
Statement Reference Number IIL-CampS-2012-HE05 v1 Date 21
st September 2012
To Mr James Ross Head of Trading Harvest Energy Limited 2 Cavendish Square London W1G 0PU
Independent Limited Assurance Opinion Statement
1 RESPONSIBILITIES
It was the responsibility of Harvest Energy Limited to prepare the Annual CampS Report for the period 15 April to 14 December 2011 of year four χΊχΜ ΑF Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012
It is the responsibility of Inspectorate International to provide the client with assurance conclusions and a limited assurance opinion on this report
ΣνζχΪιχ Ίν ΪΣ Ϊ χ ϮΪιΜν ΜΊΣͽ ΊΣνζχΊΪΣ Σ χνχΊΣͽ organisations Our independent inspection and testing services are delivered at key trading locations across the world and we have more than 11000 experienced members of staff Our biofuels departments provide expertise in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers Inspectorate International affirms our independence from Harvest Energy Limited being free from bias and conflicts of interest with the organisation its subsidiaries and stakeholders
Inspectorate considers the auditor to be competent to perform assurance projects in accordance with ISAE 3000 and understand the CampS data reported in the ROS system The auditor has the following qualifications AIEMA BEng MSc
2 ASSURANCE CRITERIA
The assurance was performed against the following criteria and in accordance with the ISAE 3000 to verify the stated consignments of Harvest Energy ΊΊχ ΊΪϢΜ Camp χ νϢΊννΊΪΣν ΪΣ χ DΑν system
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part One (Version 43 Nov 2011)
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part Two Carbon Reporting ndash Default Values and Fuel Chains (Version 42 May 2011)
The following principles were used to assess the CampS data bull Traceability bull Completeness bull Consistency bull Accuracy
Page 1 of 3
3 WORK PERFORMED
Reported Carbon and Sustainability Data
The ROS entries for the period 15 April to 14 December were subject to risk based sampling in order to verify compliance to RTFO technical guidance with respect to the criteria as detailed in section 2 of this report
Supporting Documentation
Using interviews of relevant personnel review of data CampS data and supporting management process documentation the following activities were conducted to verify the reported CampS data for the consignments sampled
Personnel interviews o Mr James Ross ndash Biofuels Trader o Mr Umang Patel ndash Biofuels Analyst
Review of document control processes o RTFO Procedures
Review of Mass balance spreadsheets o Harvest Mass Balance Amsterdam Storage o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside refinery o Harvest Mass Balance Grangemouth o Harvest Mass Balance ThamesVopak o Harvest Mass Balance Standic Dordrecht
Review of Feedstock records (as available) o Contract Documents o Supplier Data o Shipping Documents o Third Party Outturn Certificates o Voluntary Scheme Certificates and proofs of conformity
Review of independent third party verification reports (as available)
Review of CampS records o As relevant to ROS entries
Review of ROS CampS data o 15 April 2011 to 14 December 2011
Chain of Custody
Data samples were reviewed from primary source along the chain of custody using production records supplier and seller certificates of authenticity and ROS report entries as relevant to Harvest Energy Limited operations These were in turn verified againsχ χ χ ιζΪιχ ΊΣ χ DΑν νϴνχ΅
The CampS data submissions for the sampled consignments were reviewed and found to contain all sections and content in line with requirements
All observations and opportunities for improvement raised throughout this limited assurance audit were effectively actioned by the client and closed out
Controls
Inspectorate did not rely on Harvest Energy ΊΊχν νϴνχν Σ Ϊι ΪΣχιΪΜν Ϊϭι Camp χ ΊΣ ΪιΊΣͽ our audit conclusion
Page 2 of 3
4 LIMITATIONS
VerificχΊΪΣ Ϊ χ νχΪΙ χ Ϊι Ϣν ΊΣ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴν ΪϮΣ ζΜΣχ ΪϢχνΊ Ϊ χ χιΊΜ Μι in ROS was not assessed as a part of this report claims relating to this feedstock are not included as a part of this verification
The limited assurance engagement contains the risk of verifying data using a review of a risk based selected sample of CampS data
Where presented independent 3rd party verification reports were relied upon as a part of the evidence to support CampS claims
The accuracy of the reported data is dependent on the accuracy of metering and other production measurement arrangements employed at site
5 LIMITED ASSURANCE CONCLUSION amp OPINION STATEMENT
Nothing has come to our attention to cause us to believe that the data presented in χ ιζΪιχ RTFO Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012 has not been prepared in all material respects in accordance with the criteria
This report was prepared by Dominik Tichar Lead Verifier
Inspectorate International Limited 2 Perry Road Witham Essex CM8 3TU United Kingdom
Page 3 of 3
deg Harvest Energy has had no prosecutions against it for breaches in compliance with any
Other Information
environmental and or social regulations relating to biofuel activities
deg Harvest Energy is committed to being a first class operator in the Biofuel market Harvestrsquos ambitions are to remain amongst the best performers of GHG saving Biofuel providers and is continuing to build and advance its robust data systems to handle chain of custody
deg Harvestrsquos more recent moves into feedstock procurement and processing has significantly improved GHG savings and ldquoqualifying standardrdquo biofuel in the fuel chain for Year 4 and Year 5
deg Harvest Energy is currently collaborating with the University of Durham and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in a project aimed at developing the next generation of feedstocks for biofuel production from algae The work is supported by a pound22m LINK grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Department of Energy and Climate Change
RTFO Year 4a 11
deg In the RTFO Year 4 (20112012) Harvest has employed the international inspection
Data Verification
company ldquoInspectoraterdquo to perform verification of Carbon and Sustainability datareported under the RTFO
deg Inspectorate is one of the worldrsquos leading inspection and testing organisations with more
than 11000 experienced members of staff Their biofuels department provides expertise
in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers in accordance with
the framework of ISAE 3000 Inspectorate has international commodity coverage and
experience and as such is a suitable and qualified verifier for the RTFO
deg Further to minimum requirements Harvest has employed voluntary 3rd party verification
and assurance of its largest biofuels suppliers
deg A verifierrsquos assurance statement will accompany this report RTFO Year 4a 12
Statement Reference Number IIL-CampS-2012-HE05 v1 Date 21
st September 2012
To Mr James Ross Head of Trading Harvest Energy Limited 2 Cavendish Square London W1G 0PU
Independent Limited Assurance Opinion Statement
1 RESPONSIBILITIES
It was the responsibility of Harvest Energy Limited to prepare the Annual CampS Report for the period 15 April to 14 December 2011 of year four χΊχΜ ΑF Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012
It is the responsibility of Inspectorate International to provide the client with assurance conclusions and a limited assurance opinion on this report
ΣνζχΪιχ Ίν ΪΣ Ϊ χ ϮΪιΜν ΜΊΣͽ ΊΣνζχΊΪΣ Σ χνχΊΣͽ organisations Our independent inspection and testing services are delivered at key trading locations across the world and we have more than 11000 experienced members of staff Our biofuels departments provide expertise in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers Inspectorate International affirms our independence from Harvest Energy Limited being free from bias and conflicts of interest with the organisation its subsidiaries and stakeholders
Inspectorate considers the auditor to be competent to perform assurance projects in accordance with ISAE 3000 and understand the CampS data reported in the ROS system The auditor has the following qualifications AIEMA BEng MSc
2 ASSURANCE CRITERIA
The assurance was performed against the following criteria and in accordance with the ISAE 3000 to verify the stated consignments of Harvest Energy ΊΊχ ΊΪϢΜ Camp χ νϢΊννΊΪΣν ΪΣ χ DΑν system
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part One (Version 43 Nov 2011)
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part Two Carbon Reporting ndash Default Values and Fuel Chains (Version 42 May 2011)
The following principles were used to assess the CampS data bull Traceability bull Completeness bull Consistency bull Accuracy
Page 1 of 3
3 WORK PERFORMED
Reported Carbon and Sustainability Data
The ROS entries for the period 15 April to 14 December were subject to risk based sampling in order to verify compliance to RTFO technical guidance with respect to the criteria as detailed in section 2 of this report
Supporting Documentation
Using interviews of relevant personnel review of data CampS data and supporting management process documentation the following activities were conducted to verify the reported CampS data for the consignments sampled
Personnel interviews o Mr James Ross ndash Biofuels Trader o Mr Umang Patel ndash Biofuels Analyst
Review of document control processes o RTFO Procedures
Review of Mass balance spreadsheets o Harvest Mass Balance Amsterdam Storage o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside refinery o Harvest Mass Balance Grangemouth o Harvest Mass Balance ThamesVopak o Harvest Mass Balance Standic Dordrecht
Review of Feedstock records (as available) o Contract Documents o Supplier Data o Shipping Documents o Third Party Outturn Certificates o Voluntary Scheme Certificates and proofs of conformity
Review of independent third party verification reports (as available)
Review of CampS records o As relevant to ROS entries
Review of ROS CampS data o 15 April 2011 to 14 December 2011
Chain of Custody
Data samples were reviewed from primary source along the chain of custody using production records supplier and seller certificates of authenticity and ROS report entries as relevant to Harvest Energy Limited operations These were in turn verified againsχ χ χ ιζΪιχ ΊΣ χ DΑν νϴνχ΅
The CampS data submissions for the sampled consignments were reviewed and found to contain all sections and content in line with requirements
All observations and opportunities for improvement raised throughout this limited assurance audit were effectively actioned by the client and closed out
Controls
Inspectorate did not rely on Harvest Energy ΊΊχν νϴνχν Σ Ϊι ΪΣχιΪΜν Ϊϭι Camp χ ΊΣ ΪιΊΣͽ our audit conclusion
Page 2 of 3
4 LIMITATIONS
VerificχΊΪΣ Ϊ χ νχΪΙ χ Ϊι Ϣν ΊΣ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴν ΪϮΣ ζΜΣχ ΪϢχνΊ Ϊ χ χιΊΜ Μι in ROS was not assessed as a part of this report claims relating to this feedstock are not included as a part of this verification
The limited assurance engagement contains the risk of verifying data using a review of a risk based selected sample of CampS data
Where presented independent 3rd party verification reports were relied upon as a part of the evidence to support CampS claims
The accuracy of the reported data is dependent on the accuracy of metering and other production measurement arrangements employed at site
5 LIMITED ASSURANCE CONCLUSION amp OPINION STATEMENT
Nothing has come to our attention to cause us to believe that the data presented in χ ιζΪιχ RTFO Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012 has not been prepared in all material respects in accordance with the criteria
This report was prepared by Dominik Tichar Lead Verifier
Inspectorate International Limited 2 Perry Road Witham Essex CM8 3TU United Kingdom
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deg In the RTFO Year 4 (20112012) Harvest has employed the international inspection
Data Verification
company ldquoInspectoraterdquo to perform verification of Carbon and Sustainability datareported under the RTFO
deg Inspectorate is one of the worldrsquos leading inspection and testing organisations with more
than 11000 experienced members of staff Their biofuels department provides expertise
in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers in accordance with
the framework of ISAE 3000 Inspectorate has international commodity coverage and
experience and as such is a suitable and qualified verifier for the RTFO
deg Further to minimum requirements Harvest has employed voluntary 3rd party verification
and assurance of its largest biofuels suppliers
deg A verifierrsquos assurance statement will accompany this report RTFO Year 4a 12
Statement Reference Number IIL-CampS-2012-HE05 v1 Date 21
st September 2012
To Mr James Ross Head of Trading Harvest Energy Limited 2 Cavendish Square London W1G 0PU
Independent Limited Assurance Opinion Statement
1 RESPONSIBILITIES
It was the responsibility of Harvest Energy Limited to prepare the Annual CampS Report for the period 15 April to 14 December 2011 of year four χΊχΜ ΑF Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012
It is the responsibility of Inspectorate International to provide the client with assurance conclusions and a limited assurance opinion on this report
ΣνζχΪιχ Ίν ΪΣ Ϊ χ ϮΪιΜν ΜΊΣͽ ΊΣνζχΊΪΣ Σ χνχΊΣͽ organisations Our independent inspection and testing services are delivered at key trading locations across the world and we have more than 11000 experienced members of staff Our biofuels departments provide expertise in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers Inspectorate International affirms our independence from Harvest Energy Limited being free from bias and conflicts of interest with the organisation its subsidiaries and stakeholders
Inspectorate considers the auditor to be competent to perform assurance projects in accordance with ISAE 3000 and understand the CampS data reported in the ROS system The auditor has the following qualifications AIEMA BEng MSc
2 ASSURANCE CRITERIA
The assurance was performed against the following criteria and in accordance with the ISAE 3000 to verify the stated consignments of Harvest Energy ΊΊχ ΊΪϢΜ Camp χ νϢΊννΊΪΣν ΪΣ χ DΑν system
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part One (Version 43 Nov 2011)
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part Two Carbon Reporting ndash Default Values and Fuel Chains (Version 42 May 2011)
The following principles were used to assess the CampS data bull Traceability bull Completeness bull Consistency bull Accuracy
Page 1 of 3
3 WORK PERFORMED
Reported Carbon and Sustainability Data
The ROS entries for the period 15 April to 14 December were subject to risk based sampling in order to verify compliance to RTFO technical guidance with respect to the criteria as detailed in section 2 of this report
Supporting Documentation
Using interviews of relevant personnel review of data CampS data and supporting management process documentation the following activities were conducted to verify the reported CampS data for the consignments sampled
Personnel interviews o Mr James Ross ndash Biofuels Trader o Mr Umang Patel ndash Biofuels Analyst
Review of document control processes o RTFO Procedures
Review of Mass balance spreadsheets o Harvest Mass Balance Amsterdam Storage o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside refinery o Harvest Mass Balance Grangemouth o Harvest Mass Balance ThamesVopak o Harvest Mass Balance Standic Dordrecht
Review of Feedstock records (as available) o Contract Documents o Supplier Data o Shipping Documents o Third Party Outturn Certificates o Voluntary Scheme Certificates and proofs of conformity
Review of independent third party verification reports (as available)
Review of CampS records o As relevant to ROS entries
Review of ROS CampS data o 15 April 2011 to 14 December 2011
Chain of Custody
Data samples were reviewed from primary source along the chain of custody using production records supplier and seller certificates of authenticity and ROS report entries as relevant to Harvest Energy Limited operations These were in turn verified againsχ χ χ ιζΪιχ ΊΣ χ DΑν νϴνχ΅
The CampS data submissions for the sampled consignments were reviewed and found to contain all sections and content in line with requirements
All observations and opportunities for improvement raised throughout this limited assurance audit were effectively actioned by the client and closed out
Controls
Inspectorate did not rely on Harvest Energy ΊΊχν νϴνχν Σ Ϊι ΪΣχιΪΜν Ϊϭι Camp χ ΊΣ ΪιΊΣͽ our audit conclusion
Page 2 of 3
4 LIMITATIONS
VerificχΊΪΣ Ϊ χ νχΪΙ χ Ϊι Ϣν ΊΣ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴν ΪϮΣ ζΜΣχ ΪϢχνΊ Ϊ χ χιΊΜ Μι in ROS was not assessed as a part of this report claims relating to this feedstock are not included as a part of this verification
The limited assurance engagement contains the risk of verifying data using a review of a risk based selected sample of CampS data
Where presented independent 3rd party verification reports were relied upon as a part of the evidence to support CampS claims
The accuracy of the reported data is dependent on the accuracy of metering and other production measurement arrangements employed at site
5 LIMITED ASSURANCE CONCLUSION amp OPINION STATEMENT
Nothing has come to our attention to cause us to believe that the data presented in χ ιζΪιχ RTFO Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012 has not been prepared in all material respects in accordance with the criteria
This report was prepared by Dominik Tichar Lead Verifier
Inspectorate International Limited 2 Perry Road Witham Essex CM8 3TU United Kingdom
Page 3 of 3
Statement Reference Number IIL-CampS-2012-HE05 v1 Date 21
st September 2012
To Mr James Ross Head of Trading Harvest Energy Limited 2 Cavendish Square London W1G 0PU
Independent Limited Assurance Opinion Statement
1 RESPONSIBILITIES
It was the responsibility of Harvest Energy Limited to prepare the Annual CampS Report for the period 15 April to 14 December 2011 of year four χΊχΜ ΑF Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012
It is the responsibility of Inspectorate International to provide the client with assurance conclusions and a limited assurance opinion on this report
ΣνζχΪιχ Ίν ΪΣ Ϊ χ ϮΪιΜν ΜΊΣͽ ΊΣνζχΊΪΣ Σ χνχΊΣͽ organisations Our independent inspection and testing services are delivered at key trading locations across the world and we have more than 11000 experienced members of staff Our biofuels departments provide expertise in analytical and inspection services to biofuel producers and suppliers Inspectorate International affirms our independence from Harvest Energy Limited being free from bias and conflicts of interest with the organisation its subsidiaries and stakeholders
Inspectorate considers the auditor to be competent to perform assurance projects in accordance with ISAE 3000 and understand the CampS data reported in the ROS system The auditor has the following qualifications AIEMA BEng MSc
2 ASSURANCE CRITERIA
The assurance was performed against the following criteria and in accordance with the ISAE 3000 to verify the stated consignments of Harvest Energy ΊΊχ ΊΪϢΜ Camp χ νϢΊννΊΪΣν ΪΣ χ DΑν system
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part One (Version 43 Nov 2011)
Carbon and Sustainability Reporting within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Technical Guidance Part Two Carbon Reporting ndash Default Values and Fuel Chains (Version 42 May 2011)
The following principles were used to assess the CampS data bull Traceability bull Completeness bull Consistency bull Accuracy
Page 1 of 3
3 WORK PERFORMED
Reported Carbon and Sustainability Data
The ROS entries for the period 15 April to 14 December were subject to risk based sampling in order to verify compliance to RTFO technical guidance with respect to the criteria as detailed in section 2 of this report
Supporting Documentation
Using interviews of relevant personnel review of data CampS data and supporting management process documentation the following activities were conducted to verify the reported CampS data for the consignments sampled
Personnel interviews o Mr James Ross ndash Biofuels Trader o Mr Umang Patel ndash Biofuels Analyst
Review of document control processes o RTFO Procedures
Review of Mass balance spreadsheets o Harvest Mass Balance Amsterdam Storage o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside refinery o Harvest Mass Balance Grangemouth o Harvest Mass Balance ThamesVopak o Harvest Mass Balance Standic Dordrecht
Review of Feedstock records (as available) o Contract Documents o Supplier Data o Shipping Documents o Third Party Outturn Certificates o Voluntary Scheme Certificates and proofs of conformity
Review of independent third party verification reports (as available)
Review of CampS records o As relevant to ROS entries
Review of ROS CampS data o 15 April 2011 to 14 December 2011
Chain of Custody
Data samples were reviewed from primary source along the chain of custody using production records supplier and seller certificates of authenticity and ROS report entries as relevant to Harvest Energy Limited operations These were in turn verified againsχ χ χ ιζΪιχ ΊΣ χ DΑν νϴνχ΅
The CampS data submissions for the sampled consignments were reviewed and found to contain all sections and content in line with requirements
All observations and opportunities for improvement raised throughout this limited assurance audit were effectively actioned by the client and closed out
Controls
Inspectorate did not rely on Harvest Energy ΊΊχν νϴνχν Σ Ϊι ΪΣχιΪΜν Ϊϭι Camp χ ΊΣ ΪιΊΣͽ our audit conclusion
Page 2 of 3
4 LIMITATIONS
VerificχΊΪΣ Ϊ χ νχΪΙ χ Ϊι Ϣν ΊΣ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴν ΪϮΣ ζΜΣχ ΪϢχνΊ Ϊ χ χιΊΜ Μι in ROS was not assessed as a part of this report claims relating to this feedstock are not included as a part of this verification
The limited assurance engagement contains the risk of verifying data using a review of a risk based selected sample of CampS data
Where presented independent 3rd party verification reports were relied upon as a part of the evidence to support CampS claims
The accuracy of the reported data is dependent on the accuracy of metering and other production measurement arrangements employed at site
5 LIMITED ASSURANCE CONCLUSION amp OPINION STATEMENT
Nothing has come to our attention to cause us to believe that the data presented in χ ιζΪιχ RTFO Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012 has not been prepared in all material respects in accordance with the criteria
This report was prepared by Dominik Tichar Lead Verifier
Inspectorate International Limited 2 Perry Road Witham Essex CM8 3TU United Kingdom
Page 3 of 3
3 WORK PERFORMED
Reported Carbon and Sustainability Data
The ROS entries for the period 15 April to 14 December were subject to risk based sampling in order to verify compliance to RTFO technical guidance with respect to the criteria as detailed in section 2 of this report
Supporting Documentation
Using interviews of relevant personnel review of data CampS data and supporting management process documentation the following activities were conducted to verify the reported CampS data for the consignments sampled
Personnel interviews o Mr James Ross ndash Biofuels Trader o Mr Umang Patel ndash Biofuels Analyst
Review of document control processes o RTFO Procedures
Review of Mass balance spreadsheets o Harvest Mass Balance Amsterdam Storage o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside o Harvest Mass Balance Teesside refinery o Harvest Mass Balance Grangemouth o Harvest Mass Balance ThamesVopak o Harvest Mass Balance Standic Dordrecht
Review of Feedstock records (as available) o Contract Documents o Supplier Data o Shipping Documents o Third Party Outturn Certificates o Voluntary Scheme Certificates and proofs of conformity
Review of independent third party verification reports (as available)
Review of CampS records o As relevant to ROS entries
Review of ROS CampS data o 15 April 2011 to 14 December 2011
Chain of Custody
Data samples were reviewed from primary source along the chain of custody using production records supplier and seller certificates of authenticity and ROS report entries as relevant to Harvest Energy Limited operations These were in turn verified againsχ χ χ ιζΪιχ ΊΣ χ DΑν νϴνχ΅
The CampS data submissions for the sampled consignments were reviewed and found to contain all sections and content in line with requirements
All observations and opportunities for improvement raised throughout this limited assurance audit were effectively actioned by the client and closed out
Controls
Inspectorate did not rely on Harvest Energy ΊΊχν νϴνχν Σ Ϊι ΪΣχιΪΜν Ϊϭι Camp χ ΊΣ ΪιΊΣͽ our audit conclusion
Page 2 of 3
4 LIMITATIONS
VerificχΊΪΣ Ϊ χ νχΪΙ χ Ϊι Ϣν ΊΣ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴν ΪϮΣ ζΜΣχ ΪϢχνΊ Ϊ χ χιΊΜ Μι in ROS was not assessed as a part of this report claims relating to this feedstock are not included as a part of this verification
The limited assurance engagement contains the risk of verifying data using a review of a risk based selected sample of CampS data
Where presented independent 3rd party verification reports were relied upon as a part of the evidence to support CampS claims
The accuracy of the reported data is dependent on the accuracy of metering and other production measurement arrangements employed at site
5 LIMITED ASSURANCE CONCLUSION amp OPINION STATEMENT
Nothing has come to our attention to cause us to believe that the data presented in χ ιζΪιχ RTFO Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012 has not been prepared in all material respects in accordance with the criteria
This report was prepared by Dominik Tichar Lead Verifier
Inspectorate International Limited 2 Perry Road Witham Essex CM8 3TU United Kingdom
Page 3 of 3
4 LIMITATIONS
VerificχΊΪΣ Ϊ χ νχΪΙ χ Ϊι Ϣν ΊΣ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴν ΪϮΣ ζΜΣχ ΪϢχνΊ Ϊ χ χιΊΜ Μι in ROS was not assessed as a part of this report claims relating to this feedstock are not included as a part of this verification
The limited assurance engagement contains the risk of verifying data using a review of a risk based selected sample of CampS data
Where presented independent 3rd party verification reports were relied upon as a part of the evidence to support CampS claims
The accuracy of the reported data is dependent on the accuracy of metering and other production measurement arrangements employed at site
5 LIMITED ASSURANCE CONCLUSION amp OPINION STATEMENT
Nothing has come to our attention to cause us to believe that the data presented in χ ιζΪιχ RTFO Χι 4΄ Σ ΣΣϢΜ ζΪιχ χΪ χ DζιχΣχ Ϊι ΑιΣνζΪιχ ζιζι ϴ Hιϭνχ EΣιͽϴ χ 1492012 has not been prepared in all material respects in accordance with the criteria
This report was prepared by Dominik Tichar Lead Verifier
Inspectorate International Limited 2 Perry Road Witham Essex CM8 3TU United Kingdom
Page 3 of 3