A review of last year and a forward look for the organic department

News within the department 
We currently serve around 2.350 customers who trust in our expertise and reliability. Our most important certification standards include the EU Organic Regulation, the USDA's National Organic Program, the Japanese Agricultural Standard as well as Naturland and Demeter, to name but a few.

We carry out an average of 3.500 inspections per year to ensure compliance with the standards and guarantee the quality of the products.

We are constantly expanding our team and strengthening it through targeted training and further education so that weare always to keep a breast of the latest developments. We have also introduced new certification processes that make procedures more efficient. Interfaces with the databases of standards owners enable us to exchange data efficiently and issue certificates easily via the standards owners’ databases, as required by them.

The EU approval of the ‘new’ EU organic standard, which has been valid in all third countries from 1 January 2025, was a major success. We also successfully obtained approval for the Regenerative Organic Alliance's ROC standard.

Outlook and innovations
In thefuture,we plan to introduce new standards to make our certification processes even more comprehensive and sustainable. One important project is the digitisation of our processes, for example through an online portal that makes it easier for our customers to access reports and documents, through which our customers can submit applications quickly and easily, thus shortening processing times. 
These innovations bring our customers benefits such as faster processing times, greater transparency and support in meeting new legal requirements. In this way, we help to ensure that our customers are always up to date and can successfully launch their products on the market.