Guilt trip: Is certification working?
International best-selling book Is Shame Necessary? asks some awkward questions about certification,…
Organic movement must do more to support market access in poorer countries
Organic bodies - certifiers, national agencies and associations - must do more…
Soil Association Certification and ECOCERT announce major new international partnership
Soil Association Certification and ECOCERT, the leading UK and French organic certification…
First US certification scheme for plant-based foods launched
US trade group the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA) has launched a…
Weleda gains new UEBT certification for sourcing with respect
Weleda is one of two leading beauty brands worldwide to be the…
White Paper: Beyond the boy scout’s sleeve – a personal review of ethical certification
For three decades third-party certification has been the dominant model for verifying…
UK organic sector warns of Brexit ‘worst case scenario’
Britain’s biggest organic certifier says it is preparing contingencies for a Brexit…
Svensk Egenvård launches ‘Certified for Self-Care’ scheme
Swedish advocacy group Svensk Egenvård (Swedish Self-Care) has launched a new “custom…
Plant Café Organic is first to gain Platinum-level Eat REAL certification
San Francisco based fast-casual pioneer, The Plant Café Organic, has become the…
Single regulatory agency and label would boost India’s organic sector, say economists
The absence of a single central regulatory agency has been holding back…