We have developed programmes that can support your carbon offsetting and promote sustainable practices benefiting people, nature and climate.
Preferred by Nature Certification
The Preferred by Nature Certification is based on our Sustainability Framework which consists of four principles, with 25 criteria and 159 indicators. The Framework is designed to support organisations and businesses in meeting corporate commitments as well as market and regulatory demands towards sustainability in land management, trade and processing of forest and agricultural commodities. Indicators relevant to the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) have been specified to help organisations focus their efforts if they wish to seek compliance with the Regulation.
This Standard is versatile, applicable to any land use (including forests and farms), agricultural or natural resource supply chain, product or commodity impacting nature, people and climate.
It is adaptable across different commodities and risk levels. For organisations seeking external recognition of their sustainability performance, Preferred by Nature can verify conformance against the entire Sustainability Framework or a subset of its criteria.
Carbon Footprint Support and Verification Programme
Our Carbon Footprint Support and Verification Programme offers a variety of services aligning with your business needs. The integrated support approach to carbon footprint management provides knowledge, tools and methods to help you better manage and verify GHG emissions across your business, products or specific projects.
Our Standard enables you to measure and reduce your GHG emissions, achieve carbon neutrality through offsetting, and use labels and claims following your verification.
Ecosystem Restoration
Our Ecosystem Restoration Standard guides your verification journey in implementing ecosystem restoration. This Standard audits performance at any scale and stage of an ongoing restoration process or project (i.e., implementation of restoration interventions has started) in tropical, temperate and boreal biomes, combining technical, environmental, social and economic requirements.
If you are a project manager, verification against this Standard can guide you to identify potential gaps in your project – even by using the Standard as a checklist. It will also help in communicating about the efforts and demonstrating that resources are invested in the right direction, taking into account the social and environmental conditions of the restoration areas.