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NEWS - 05-08-2021 We are pleased to announce that Control Union Certifications Germany GmbH has been conditionally approved to conduct validation and verification services for projects seeking registration or verification approval with the VCS program.  

NEWS - 05-08-2021 Control Union Certifications has obtained recognition and approval by Verra to conduct validations and verifications for projects participating in their Plastic Waste Reduction Program (Plastic Program). It is the first Validation and Verification Body (VVB) to do so. The Plastic Program, launched by Verra in February 2021, provides a comprehensive framework for the consistent accounting of projects that collect and/or recycle plastic waste. 

NEWS - 14-07-2021 Carbon measurement and verification in the agricultural environment may not yet be a perfect science, but in order to develop a robust and thriving market for carbon credits we must start now and learn from our experiences.

NEWS - 08-07-2021

Agricultural and Forestry land is currently a huge emitter of CO₂ into the atmosphere, responsible for between 21 and 37% of all global carbon emissions, at between 11 and 19 Gigatons of CO₂ per annum. However, this land has the potential to moving from being a net emitter to a carbon sink – turning the tide on climate change.

NEWS - 07-07-2021

Control Union has been approved as a certification body by the Sustainable Fibre Alliance to certify for its Sustainable Fibre Alliance (SFA) - Cashmere Standard. 

NEWS - 05-07-2021 In the GROUND burger kit case study from Neil Harleys farm, we saw how the certification process works for a single herd of livestock. Neil uses mob grazing on diverse pastures across an area of land that was being taken out of intensive crop cultivation, regenerating the land the biodiversity around it. Our audit covered the entire farm area and looked at management plans, soil sampling data and in field indicators. We used the information gathered to score Neil’s farm against the regenagri standard criteria, accessible through the Digital Hub. This area of Neil’s operation covered 87.5 hectares, and some larger agribusiness might be wondering how regenagri can be used to scale across a larger business, potentially in a different climate to Neil’s farm.

NEWS - 30-06-2021

regenagri have awarded regenagri certified status to the beef in the GROUND burger kit from the Ethical Butcher.

NEWS - 26-05-2021

An adjustment to the FSC Chain of Custody certification was approved by the FSC Board of Directors on 14^th January 2021. FSC-COC-40-004 V3-1 will be the new standard and will be effective from 1^st September 2021. Each certificate holder must comply to this new version within the transition period, which starts at the 1^st September 2021 and runs until 31^st December 2022.

NEWS - 13-05-2021 Since it was established eight years ago the Global Organic Latex Standard (GOLS) has been the choice for many manufacturers and retailers in the Mattress and Bedding Industry who want to encourage sustainable latex production.