organic certificates / eco-labels

  1. ABCERT
  2. Austria BIO Guarantee
  3. BIKO Tirol
  4. Bio Austria
  5. Bio Inspecta
  6. Bio Suisse Knospe
  7. Bioland partner
  8. Blue Swallow
  9. DEHOGA environmental check
  10. Demeter partner
  11. ECARF
  12. Ecolabel
  13. EHC certificate
  14. Specialist Society for Organic 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. GWÖ
  26. member of the BIOHOTELS® association
  27. National Park/NatureParkPartner
  28. Ökobonus partner
  29. partner company BIOHOTELS®
  30. PCU Germany
  31. Prüfgesellschaft Ökologischer Landbau 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 throughout the EU by the EC Organic Regulation. Products that are labelled or described as organic must therefore meet the criteria of the EC Organic Regulation.

on the Bio-AHVV regulations in Germany

What exactly is an organic certificate?

An organic certificate or eco-label is a quality and test seal used to identify products from organic farming. To ensure that producers comply with the criteria , there is a documentation requirement and regular testing of samples of organic products by the relevant organic control body. When an association seal is used, either additionally or exclusively by the respective cultivation association.

In many European countries, including Germany, there are state organic labels. There are also some private labels that go beyond the requirements of the EC organic regulation and sometimes have stricter requirements. These include the organic standards of the farming associations Biokreis, Bioland, Demeter and Naturland.

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

Germany's best-known organic farming association

Bioland is by far the most well-known of the private organic seals. This was the result of a survey on organic food by the market research institute Dr. Grieger & Cie in 2015. With a recognition rate of 65 percent, the Bioland logo of the brand, which has existed for more than 40 years, came 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 labels worldwide, each with different criteria ranging from ecological standards to social aspects.

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