F&C Management, a European investment firm with € 141.0 billion euro under management (as at 31.12.07) has published a research note on biofuels, Biofuels and sustainability - an investor perspective. F&C warns that if companies do not convince the public that they will move towards sustainable business models, they may find that governments turn back on the targets and subsidies that are driving their industry's growth. F&C calls for four actions in 2008 for the biofuels industry to rebuild public confidence and to deliver sustainable investment returns:

The rush towards biofuels is threatening world food production and the lives of billions of people, the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser said a conference on sustainability in London on 9 March 2008. He added, "It's very hard to imagine how we can see the world growing enough crops to produce renewable energy and at the same time meet the enormous demand for food."