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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Agriculture |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Headquarters | , Brazil |
Area served | |
| Services | |
Number of employees | 414 |
| Website | www |
IBD Certifications
IBD Certifications (Associação de Certificação Instituto Biodinâmico) is Latin America’s largest certifier of organic products and the only Brazilian certifier of organic products with IFOAM (international market) accreditation, ISO / IEC 17065 (European market-regulation CE 834/2007), Demeter (market), USDA / NOP (US market) and approved for use with the SISORG seal (Brazilian market), making it's certificate accepted globally.
In addition to organic certification protocols, IBD offers sustainability certifications: Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT), IBD Fair Trade, UTZ (coffee, cocoa), RFA (Rainforest Alliance), 4C (coffee), ISCC and SAI Platform.
Headquarters is located in Botucatu – Sao Paulo (Brazil), since its foundation, IBD has been operating in all Brazilian states and several countries. IBD’s philosophy is its commitment to the earth and man, ensuring respect for the environment, good working conditions and highly reliable products.
History
In 1983, the opportunity arose to practice several agricultural aspects on a 25 hectare site, of sandy soil, low fertility, covered by goat-beard grass, on the outskirts of Botucatu. The Tranca Ferro farm had been acquired in 1974 by Associação Beneficente Tobias, from São Paulo, to be the first biodynamic agriculture project in Brazil. Harkaly and Marcos Bertalot took over the leadership of the project, which, in 1986, received the name of Biodynamic Institute for Rural Development (IBDR) and promoted courses on biodynamics, edited publications and used the farm as an experimental station for the techniques it sought to propagate. New areas were purchased by the Tobias Association and many supporters of the anthroposophical movement acquired properties around the farm, which today constitute the Demétria neighborhood, where 400 people live in an area of 120 hectares.
The certification activity gained space. In 1995, IBDR received accreditation from the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (Ifoam), an organization based in Bonn, Germany, which brings together 650 members in 100 countries. In 1996 the institute was accredited by Demeter International, also in Germany, to give the certification of biodynamic product. However, the rules of the accreditors "required full dedication from the accredited and there was a conflict of interest with the consulting activity in biodynamic agriculture", explains Vailati. Thus, IBDR was split into three entities in 1999: consultancy and research activities were carried out by the Brazilian Association of Biodynamic Agriculture (Abab), the work of training technicians in this type of discipline was undertaken by Instituto Elo. Another advantage of the change was the creation of a modern and efficient certification company, whose results help to maintain Abab and Instituto Elo. The certification activity was separated and thus the IBD was created in its current form.
References
http://planetaorganico.com.br/site/index.php/certificadora-ibd/
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