Organic certificates / eco seal

  1. ABCERT
  2. Austria BIO guarantee
  3. BIKO Tyrol
  4. Organic Austria
  5. Bio Inspecta
  6. Organic Suisse Bud
  7. Bioland partner
  8. Blue Swallow
  9. DEHOGA environmental check
  10. Demeter partner
  11. ECARF
  12. Eco label
  13. EHC certificate
  14. Specialist society for ecological control
  15. Focus future
  16. Assured sustainability
  17. GfRS
  18. Green Chefs
  19. Green Globe
  20. Green Hotels
  21. GreenSign
  22. Green Spa Partner
  23. Green hood
  24. Green stamp
  25. GWO
  26. Member of the BIOHOTELS® association
  27. National Park/NatureParkPartner
  28. Ecobonus partner
  29. Partner company BIOHOTELS®
  30. PCU Germany
  31. Auditing company for organic farming mbH
  32. SLK biocontrol
  33. Viabono

Organic products meet food law standards that go beyond those of conventional products. The term “organic” is a term protected EU-wide by the EC Organic Regulation. Products that are labeled or described as organic must meet the criteria of the EC Organic Regulation.

What exactly is an organic certificate?

An organic certificate or eco-seal is a quality and test seal that identifies products from organic farming. In order to ensure that producers comply with the criteria , there is a documentation requirement and regular examinations of samples of organic products by the responsible organic control body. When using an association seal either additionally or exclusively by the respective cultivation association.

There are state organic labels in many European countries, including Germany. In addition, there are some private labels that have extended and sometimes stricter requirements that go beyond the requirements of the EC Organic Regulation. These are, for example, the organic standards of the growing associations Biokreis, Bioland, Demeter and Naturland.

There are a variety of organic certificates, but we don't list them all here. We limit ourselves to the organic certificates that are represented by our members.

Best-known organic farming association in Germany

Bioland is by far the most well-known among private organic labels. This is what a survey on organic food by the market research institute Dr. Grieger & Cie from 2015. With a recognition level of 65 percent, the Bioland logo of the brand, which has existed for more than 40 years, landed in first place among the association logos in Germany. Only the state organic seal is better known at 94 percent.

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Most widely used organic certificates in hotels

In the hotel and travel industry there are around 70 regional, national and international environmental seals worldwide, each with different criteria ranging from ecological standards to social aspects.

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