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  • News • Agri-food • Organic farming • Sustainable agriculture
    2022-07-27
    🔎 ZOOM ON // ROC™, the regenerative organic certification
    Organic farming practices have historically focused on not using banned substances such as synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, regenerative organic certification goes even further: discover ROC™
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  • News • Textiles
    2022-07-20
    Committing to sustainable fashion
    The textile industry, a sector with heavy environmental impacts...
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  • News • Textiles
    2022-06-29
    🔎 ZOOM ON // GRS, the label for recycled materials
    The recycling of textile materials is a solution to reduce the environmental impact of the production of fibers as well as our consumption of fossil energy: discover GRS (Global Recycled Standard)
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  • News • Homecare products
    2022-05-31
    🔎 ZOOM ON // Ecocert candles and home fragrances standard
    The labeling Candles and home fragrances of natural and organic origin is an Ecocert standard implemented since February 1st, 2019.
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  • Event • Agri-food • Fair Trade • Organic farming • Sustainable agriculture
    2022-05-08
    Ecocert is once again a partner of the Sustainable Foods Summit!
    The Sustainable Foods Summit is a summit organized by Ecovia Intelligence and addresses key development issues in sustainability and ecolabels in the food industry.
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  • News • Quality and food safety
    2022-05-06
    ZOOM ON // IFS Food, quality and food safety label
    The current context (listeria/salmonella problems) leads us to present you with a truly safe, verified and sustainable solution: IFS Food certification by an independent, competent and impartial third party, like Ecocert.
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  • News • Biodiversity and climate change
    2022-04-08
    New IPCC report: CLIMATE Solutions - April 2022
    In this 3rd part of the Sixth Assessment Report, an in-depth assessment was made of how human behavior, choices and consumption can contribute to climate change mitigation. (IPCC)
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  • News • Organic farming • Sustainable agriculture
    2022-03-29
    🏆 Take part in the 1st edition of the EU Organic Awards 2022
    Apply for the 1st edition of the EU Organic Awards from March 25, 2022!
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  • News • Textiles
    2022-03-21
    ZOOM ON // PEFC, a label for sustainable forest management
    Today, March 21, 2022, is International Forest Day! Discover a ZOOM on PEFC, the label for sustainable forest management, in our #1month1label series
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  • News • Biodiversity and climate change
    2022-03-17
    🎙 PODCAST // How do the SDGs help companies to move towards sustainable models? - Laura Palmeiro
    This is the end of our #VoicesForChange podcast series!
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  • News • Biodiversity and climate change
    2022-02-23
    🔎 ZOOM ON // "Climate Neutral Certification", a certification for the contribution to carbon neutrality
    The Climate Neutral Group (CNG) is a way to promote companies that are committed to contributing to the carbon neutrality objective of the Paris Agreement.
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  • News • Organic farming
    2022-02-10
    🎙 PODCAST // What are the main challenges for organic and sustainable agriculture in Africa? - David Amudavi
    Challenges of local, regional and inter-state disparity, the need for collaboration and training in order to understand how and why organic is one of the best solutions.
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  • News • Agri-food • Organic farming • Sustainable agriculture
    2022-02-03
    🎙 PODCAST // What is the link between organic agriculture and empowerment of people and communities? - Usha Soolapani
    We are glad to present you the next episode of our “Voices For Change” podcast series: organic agriculture, women's empowerment, indian food system...
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  • News • Organic farming
    2022-01-31
    ZOOM ON // Canada Organic Regime (COR), Canadian Organic Agriculture
    The Canada Organic Regime (COR) is the federal regulatory program for Canadian organic products. 3615 operators certified by ECOCERT Canada in 2020.
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  • News
    2022-01-24
    The ECOCERT Group wishes you a happy new year 2022
    All Ecocert employees wish you a happy new year 2022!
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  • News • Organic farming
    2021-12-17
    🔎 ZOOM ON ...// China Organic Standard GB/T 19630-2019
    The China Organic Standard GB/T 19630-2019 enables your organic products to be commercialized as organic in mainland China and Hong Kong.
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  • News • Agri-food • Cosmetics • Forestry • Homecare products • Textiles
    2021-11-29
    Discover the new Ecocert Group film !
    The result of a great team effort carried out since March 2020 with the Bordeaux agency ODDS and our teams, we are proud to present our new video.
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  • News • Agri-food • Cosmetics • Organic farming • Textiles
    2021-11-26
    🔎 ZOOM ON... // USDA NOP, organic certification in the United States
    The National Organic Program (NOP) is the federal organic regulation of the USDA (US Department of Agriculture).
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  • News • Organic farming
    2021-11-19
    Updates regarding the new EU organic regulation
    The application of the new regulation (RUE n°2018/848) will be in January 1, 2022 in the EU, and no later than December 31, 2023 outside the EU.
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  • News • Sustainable Agriculture • Verantwortungsvolle Fischzucht
    2021-10-20
    🔎 ZOOM ON... // MSC and ASC, certification programs for sustainable fisheries and responsible aquaculture
    With their standards, ASC and MSC want to ensure that farming and wild catches of fish are practised more responsibly and sustainably. The two organisations protect habitats and ecosystems in oceans, lakes and rivers.
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  • Press release • Fair Trade
    2021-10-11
    Fair for Life certified products are now easily identifiable on Amazon
    Fair for Life certification is now highlighted on one of the world’s leading online retailers, Amazon, through its program “Climate Pledge Friendly’.
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  • News • Sustainable Agriculture
    2021-09-28
    🔎 ZOOM ON // Rainforest Alliance, a label for sustainable agriculture
    The Rainforest Alliance focuses on protecting land and forests in ways that advance the rights and prosperity of rural communities.
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  • News • Sustainable Agriculture
    2021-09-28
    🔎 ZOOM ON // Rainforest Alliance, a label for sustainable agriculture
    The Rainforest Alliance focuses on protecting land and forests in ways that advance the rights and prosperity of rural communities.
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  • Event
    2021-09-23
    Organic Lifestyle expo in Tokyo
    A successfully introduction of the certification services and wide variety of the certified products.
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  • Event • Cosmetics
    2021-09-21
    Sustainable Cosmetics Summit
    Changing the face of the beauty industry by sustainable development
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  • Event • Agri-food • Organic farming
    2021-09-09
    Organic World Congress 2021
    OWC2021: 5 days of congress for organic actors
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  • News • Organic farming
    2021-09-02
    Meet Ecocert at Natexpo
    Meet Ecocert on stand I- 30 at NATEXPO from 24 to 26 October 2021 in Paris.
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  • News • fsa
    2021-08-19
    🔎 ZOOM ON... // FSA, a verification for driving continuous improvement of on-farm sustainability
    Discover FSA: a set of tools to improve agricultural practices for a move toward sustainability
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  • Event
    2021-07-23
    The 20th edition of the Organic World Congress (OWC) is organized in France, in Rennes and Ecocert is co-organizer!
    The OWC aims to provide organic and like-minded stakeholders working toward sustainable agriculture
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  • News • Corporate social responsibility
    2021-07-20
    Transitions, a sustainable development consultancy agency, joins Ecocert
    Transitions intregrates Ecocert group to strengthen its CSR and sustainable development consulting. department.
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  • News • fsa
    2021-07-15
    🔎 ZOOM ON... // RAF, the label for animal welfare in the textile sector
    With standards like RAF (RWS, RMS, RAS), consumers can be assured that the animal fibers in their garments have been produced in accordance with animal welfare principles.
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  • News • Sustainable agriculture
    2021-06-04
    🔎 ZOOM ON ...// SRP, A label for responsible rice fields
    Since April 2021, Ecocert, a specialist in the verification of sustainable practices, has decided to support rice stakeholders with SRP verification. Ecocert is pleased to certify verify a label on sustainable rice farming.
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  • Event • Agri-food • Nachhaltige Landwirtschaft
    2021-05-27
    The European virtual edition of the Sustainable Foods Summit
    The European edition of the Sustainable Foods Summit will take place on 8-11th June 2021 and will be virtual.
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  • Press release • Organic farming
    2021-04-28
    The ECOCERT Group is acquiring CERTISYS, the leading Belgian body for organic certification
    The ECOCERT Group, a global player in organic product certification, is strengthening its position in Europe and gaining access to the Benelux market through its integration of CERTISYS.
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  • News • Nachhaltige Landwirtschaft • Waldwirtschaft
    2021-04-15
    🔎 ZOOM ON...// FSC ® - Sustainable Forest Management
    FSC ® (Forest Stewardship Council) is an international organisation that guarantees sustainable forest management. Ecocert carries out around 250 FSC® audits per year in ten countries (Europe and Brazil), including 26 in Forest Management.
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  • News • Organic farming
    2021-03-30
    Brexit - Postponement of UK COI obligation for exports to the UK
    As a temporary measure, organic products imported from the EU, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland into the UK will not require a Certificate of Inspection (COI) until 1 January 2022.
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  • News • Bio-Landwirtschaft
    2021-03-16
    🔎 ZOOM ON...// European Organic Agriculture
    The European organic label, also known as Eurofeuille, is mandatory in the European Union since July 1st, 2010 on all organic products, manufactured in Europe and in compliance with the European organic regulations.
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  • News • Bio-Landwirtschaft
    2021-03-09
    New organic regulation
    The European regulation on organic agriculture (RCE n°834/2007) is evolving to ensure fair competition for farmers, while preventing fraud and maintaining consumer confidence" (RUE n°2018/848).
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  • Event • Agri-food • Fair Trade • Organic farming • Quality and food safety • Sustainable agriculture
    2021-03-04
    The Asia-Pacific virtual edition of the Sustainable Foods Summit
    The Sustainable Foods Summit is organised by Ecovia Intelligence and addresses the main development issues in sustainability and eco-labels in the food industry.
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  • News • Agri-food • Organic farming
    2021-03-03
    Key figures of organic agriculture in the world 🌍
    FIBL, the research institute for organic agriculture, has published its latest figures (FIBL 2021). Discover the key figures to remember.
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  • News • Agri-food • Fair Trade
    2021-02-23
    ZOOM ON...// FAIR FOR LIFE - Fair Trade
    Fair Trade allows for greater equity in world trade from an economic point of view, allowing actors to invest in social and environmental progress - Fair for Life - FFL
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  • Event • Fair Trade • Organic farming • Sustainable agriculture
    2021-02-12
    EVENT // BIOFACH eSPECIAL 2021
    The Ecocert group is taking part in the new 100% digital version of BIOFACH eSPECIAL 2021, the international organic food exhibition.
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  • News • Agri-food • Fair Trade • Organic farming • Quality and food safety • Sustainable agriculture
    2021-02-05
    Are organic foods good for our health? 🍎
    Several studies have shown that eating organic foods reduces the risk of pesticides in the body, diabetes and cancers.
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  • News • Cosmetics • Organic farming • Sustainable agriculture
    2021-01-26
    🔎 ZOOM ON...// COSMOS - Natural and organic cosmetics
    COSMOS (COSmetics Organic Standard) is a certification recognized worldwide to guarantee natural and organic cosmetics with criteria respectful of Man and the environment.
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  • Event • Agri-food • Fair Trade • Organic farming • Sustainable agriculture
    2021-01-25
    🍎CLIMATE-NEUTRAL EVENT // Sustainable Foods Summit NA virtual edition
    Sustainable Foods Summit NA virtual edition organized from 25th to 28th January 2021
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  • News
    2021-01-19
    New Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and UK
    A new Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and UK is now in force since 1 January 2021, that includes an agreement about the trade of organic products.
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  • News
    2021-01-04
    The Ecocert group wishes you an excellent year 2021!
    This year will be a special one for the group as it celebrates its 30th anniversary!
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  • News
    2020-12-22
    Post-Brexit updates regarding trade with the UK in 2021
    Find out the latest news to import or export products to the UK!
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  • News • Agri-food • Corporate social responsibility • Cosmetics • Forestry • Homecare products • Textiles
    2020-12-11
    📢Discover the new ECOCERT Group CSR report
    We are pleased to present you our new CSR report. A real team effort and internally made.
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  • News • Fair Trade • Organic farming • Sustainable agriculture • Textiles
    2020-12-10
    🔎 ZOOM ON...// GOTS
    Gobal Organic Textile Standard is a globally recognized certification to guarantee organic textiles with environmentally friendly criteria and working conditions along the entire supply chain
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  • Event • Agri-food • Sustainable agriculture
    2020-09-21
    Don’t miss the New Rainforest Alliance Certification Seal
    Rainforest Alliance certification helps farmers produce better crops, adapt to climate change, increase their productivity, and reduce costs.
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  • News
    2020-06-30
    Covid-19 : Ecocert is back in the field
    Find out more with this new message from Philippe Thomazo, CEO of the Ecocert group.
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  • News • Biodiversity and climate change
    2020-06-25
    Our contribution in the carbon project of the Microsol organisation
    Discover the contribution of Ecocert in a carbon project.
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  • News • ifoamEU • Organic Farming • sustainableworld
    2020-05-20
    Great news for the European organic farming!
    The European Commission has decided to put organic farming at the centre of the European agricultural transition, and has set the target to 25% of organic land in Europe by 2030, as well as reducing the use of chemical pesticides by 50% by 2030...
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  • News • Corporate social responsibility
    2020-04-21
    ECOCERT joined the Global Compact
    We are pleased to announce that ECOCERT Group has been a signatory since January 2020 of the Global Compact, a UN initiative
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  • Press release
    2020-04-14
    The firm Des Enjeux et Des Hommes joins the Ecocert Group to create a leading CSR consultancy division.
    The firm Des Enjeux et des Hommes, one of France's leading CSR consultancy firms, and the Ecocert Group are combining their expertise and teams to form a world-leading sustainable development and CSR consultancy division.
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  • News
    2020-04-10
    Covid-19 : Ecocert remains operational
    During the month of March, the escalating Covid-19 outbreak forced most countries around the world to switch from the restrictive travel restrictions in place to strict lockdown measures, impacting severely all our respective businesses.
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  • News • Agriculture Biologique
    2020-04-07
    Is Covid-19 a threat to Ecocert certifications?
    The lockdown imposed by most governments to reduce the quick spread of Coronavirus, severely restricts the ability of certification bodies to conduct on-site audits...
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  • News
    2020-03-13
    Our services during the coronavirus
    During the Covid-19 period, Ecocert group is taking measures to maintain its services, read the message from our CEO Philippe Thomazo
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  • News • Agriculture Biologique
    2020-01-31
    Brexit : impact on Organic Agriculture
    The United Kingdom leaves the European Union this Friday at midnight. A transition period is established until 31st of December 2020 during which UK will remain under the European law.
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  • News
    2020-01-22
    Discover the favorite projects of our employees, called “Coups de Coeur”:
    At the end of 2019, we all voted for 5 new projects that will be supported for 3 years by the Ecodota endowment fund of which we are patron
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  • News
    2020-01-10
    Greetings for 2020!
    The entire Ecocert team wishes you a happy new year 2020.
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  • News • Organic farming
    2019-11-27
    Ecocert Group acquiresNature’s International Certification Services
    Nature’s International Certification Services (NICS) is an organic certification agency based in Viroqua, Wisconsin, US.
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  • News • Organic farming
    2019-11-27
    Ecocert Group acquiresNature’s International Certification Services
    Nature’s International Certification Services (NICS) is an organic certification agency based in Viroqua, Wisconsin, US.
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  • Event • Organic farming
    2019-10-31
    Discover how we are working in Peru with the regional government Huancavelica to
    Pierre Neyra, representative of Ecocert Peru, explains the certification process and the actions carried out in the region through an interview
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  • Event • Organic farming
    2019-09-26
    Contribute to the programme of the World Organic Congress
    share your experience and ideas with more than 2,000 international professionals?
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  • News
    2019-09-08
    Welcome to the new Ecocert group website
    We are pleased to introduce you to our newly redesigned website !
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  • Event • Organic farming
    2019-09-07
    The Ecocert group will be present at the Tech&bio fair on 18th and 19th of September 2019
    Come and meet our teams on stand E11
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  • Event • Agri-Food • Cosmetics • Homecare products • Ingredients • Organic farming
    2019-09-06
    The Ecocert group will be present at the natexpo fair on 20, 21st and 22nd of October 2019
    Come and meet our teams on stand F70 of natexpo in Paris Nord Villepinte
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  • Event • Organic farming
    2019-09-05
    Contribute to the programme of the World Organic Congress
    Do you want to testify? Share your thoughts or experience? Introduce your work? Submit a poster? Contribute to the programme of the World Organic Congress in 2020.
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  • Press release • Agri-Food • Sustainable farming
    2019-09-04
    Sustainable Agriculture is expanding its scope of activity
    In June 2019, ECOCERT started to audit and certify Rainforest Alliance Standards
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  • Press release • Fair trade • Organic farming • Sustainable development
    2019-09-03
    A new partnership for Ecocert
    Ecocert announce a formal partnership with Soil Association, the leading UK Organic certification body
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