Carbon Standards International AG to be new hub for EBC biochar, climate services and carbon sinks sector | | | Good day
The EASY-CERT group AG, the Ithaka Institute and the European Biochar Industry Consortium have jointly established Carbon Standards International AG.
| | | This provides a professional basis for keeping step with the rapid development of the European Biochar Certificate (EBC), continuing to provide you with high-quality EBC standards and guidelines, delivering the best certification services, extending certification packages to new sectors and shaping the anticipated development of the carbon sinks sector from a leading position.
Carbon Standards International AG will handle all operations concerning the EBC from 25 October 2021 onwards. The European Biochar Certification website and its tools remain active and can continue to be used to record production batches, samples and carbon sinks. Our team will contact you in a few days to assist in the smooth transition of the EBC to Carbon Standards International AG (CSI).
The Ithaka Institute will be responsible for scientific issues within Carbon Standards International AG. As EBC members you will have new contact persons for day-to-day operations. However, Hans-Peter Schmidt and Dr Nikolas Hagemann will continue to be available as scientific contacts.
The European Biochar Industry Consortium (EBI) provides the vital interface between Carbon Standards International and industry. EBI is the leading industry federation promoting the development of a sustainable biochar and pyrolysis industry in Europe and worldwide.
Carbon Standards International is a member of the EASY-CERT group of companies, a one-step provider of sustainable and socially responsible auditing and certification services. The EASY-CERT group employs more than 600 staff worldwide, with operations in more than 40 countries.
| | | | | «The step to Carbon Standards International fulfils our long-held ambition to create an organisational structure for the EBC that is viable far into the future. This at last combines scientific excellence with efficient customer service. Now we are ready to shape a climate-neutral future.»
Hans-Peter Schmidt, founder of the Ithaka Institute | | | | | “Now that the market for biochar and carbon sinks is developing rapidly, certification according to reliable and scientifically validated standards is becoming increasingly important. We are pleased that we now also have a very good formal basis for the long-standing cooperation between science, industry and certification services.”
Hansjörg Lerchenmüller, Chairman of EBI | | | | | «Carbon Standards International links the issues of biochar, carbon sinks and climate action with more than 15 years of experience in academia, industry and sustainable certification. We thus put the climate services of our customers and members on a new footing in a structure to which they can turn with confidence.»
Ueli Steiner, CEO of Carbon Standards International
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Carbon Standards International AG
Ackerstrasse 117
5070 Frick, Schweiz
Tel. +41 (0) 62 552 10 90
info@carbon-standards.com
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