Certification Standards

Ecocert IMOswiss AG has global expertise and benefits from the worldwide network of the Ecocert Group to help you sell your products with confidence. We provide effective tools to enhance sustainability and security for winning the confidence of both professionals and consumers.

Ecocert IMOswiss AG is accredited by the Swiss Accreditation Service (SAS) according to ISO/IEC 17020 and ISO/IEC 17065, the international norms for inspection and certification.

Furthermore, Ecocert IMOswiss AG’s performance is continuously monitored and acknowledged by various accreditation bodies and standard owners as detailed below.  

Benefit from a wide range of certification standards: Ecocert IMOswiss AG offers you inspection/certification services according to the following standards.
 

Standard	Accredited/ authorised by	Remarks, Scope, Links
Agriculture
Governmental Regulations
Japanese Agricultural Standards (JAS)	Authorized via Ecocert Japan	Agricultural produce and secondary products. Regional scope: Switzerland. Inspection: Ecocert IMOswiss AG; Certification: Ecocert Japan
National Organic Program (NOP)	Authorized via Ecocert SA	Agricultural produce and secondary products. Regional scope: Switzerland. Inspection: Ecocert IMOswiss AG; Certification: Ecocert SA
Schweizer Bio Verordnung	Accredited by SAS	Agricultural produce and secondary products. Regional scope: Switzerland, Liechtenstein. >> Link to standard
Private Standards
Aha!	Authorised by Service Allergie Suisse	Food and non-food (processed food, Gastronomie, Hotel, technische Geräte, Kosmetik). Regional scope: Switzerland. Inspection: Ecocert IMOswiss AG; Certification: AHA! >> Link to standard
Bio Natur Plus (Manor)	Authorised by Manor	Food. Regional scope: Switzerland. Inspection: Ecocert IMOswiss AG; Certification: Manor >> Link to Standard
Bio Suisse	Accredited by SAS. Authorised by Bio Suisse	Agricultural produce and secondary products. Regional scope: Switzerland. Inspection: Ecocert IMOswiss AG; Certification: Ecocert SA >> Link to standard
Demeter International	Authorised by Demeter	Agricultural produce and secondary products. Regional scope: Worldwide. Inspection: Ecocert IMOswiss AG; Certification: Demeter. >> Link to standard
Demeter Schweiz	Authorised by Demeter	Agricultural produce and secondary products. Regional scope: Switzerland, Liechtenstein. Inspection: Ecocert IMOswiss AG, Certification: Demeter. >> Link to standard
Gout Mieux	Authorised by Gout Mieux (WWF)	Gastronomy. Regional scope: Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Inspection: Ecocert IMOswiss AG; Certification: Gout Mieux. >> Further information
Migros Bio	Authorised by Migros Genossenschaftsbund	Processing and trading of agricultural products. Regional scope: Switzerland, Liechtenstein. >> Link to standard
Naturland	Authorised by Naturland	Agricultural produce and secondary products. Regional scope: Worldwide. Inspection: Ecocert IMOswiss AG, Certification: Naturland >> Link to standard
OVP for organic agriculture	n/a	commercial farm inputs (EU regulation, NOP, JAS) Worldwide >> Link to standard
Starbucks	Authorised by SCS-Scientific Certification Systems/ USA	Coffee, cocoa Regional scope: Defined countries in Africa, as per SCS homepage Inspection: Ecocert IMOswiss AG >> Link to standard
Suisse Garantie	Authorised by Agro-Marketing Suisse (AMS)	Agricultural products Regional Scope: Switzerland and free trade zones in Southern Germany >> Link to standard
Aquaculture & Fisheries
Private Standards
Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC-COC)ASC-COC	Accredited by ASI	Aquaculture. Chain of Custody (COC). Regional scope: Worldwide. >> Link to standard
Marine Stewardship Council (MSC-COC)	Accredited by ASI	Fisheries. Chain of Custody (COC). Regional scope: Worldwide. >> Link to standard
Naturland	Authorised by Naturland	Aquaculture. Fisheries Regional scope: Worldwide. Inspection: IMOswiss AG, Certification: Naturland. >> Link to standard
AquaGAP	n/a	Aquaculture. Regional Scope: Worldwide. >> Link to standard
Forest Management, Wood Products, Print & Paper
FSC	Accredited by ASI	Forest Management (FM) and Chain of Custody (CoC). Regional scope: Worldwide (except Chile for FM). >> Link to standard
PEFC	Accredited by SAS	Chain of Custody (CoC). Regional scope: Worldwide. >> Link to standard
Naturland	Authorised by Naturland	Forest management, timber processing. Regional scope: Worldwide. Inspection: Ecocert IMOswiss AG, Certification: Naturland. >> Link to standard
Social & Fair Trade
Fair for Life, Social & Fair Trade Certification	n/a	Food and Non-Food. Regional scope: Worldwide. >> Link to standard
For Life, IMO Social Responsibility Certification	n/a	Food and non-food. Regional scope: Worldwide. >> Link to standard
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)	Authorised by Corporations	Food and non-food. Regional scope: Worldwide. >> Link to standard
Naturland Fair	Authorised by Naturland	Agricultural Products. Regional scope: Worldwide. Inspection: Ecocert IMOswiss AG, Certification: Naturland. >> Link to standard
FairWild (incorporates ISSC-MAP)	Authorised by FairWild Foundation	Wild collected crops. Regional scope: Worldwide. >> Link to standard
Hand in Hand	Authorised by Rapunzel	Agricultural products. Regional scope: Worldwide. >> Link to standard

 

Other Services

Our customers benefit from a comprehensive range of certification services for sustainable development offered by the ECOCERT Group. Read more at the ECOCERT online quotation requests tool or contact us at office.switzerland@ecocert.com.

More information about the services offered by Ecocert IMO GmbH in Germany are available at www.imo-control.de (in German).

Our quality management system is continually improved to ensure the reliability of certification decisions as well as conformance to all accreditation requirements. The quality system includes a complex system of internal and external control procedures.