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Organic certification depends on trust. Certifiers protect that trust by ensuring every operation they audit meets the same rigorous requirements—year after year, across changing supply chains, inputs, and business practices. For certification bodies (CBs), traceability centers on maintaining consistent, well-structured audit data and documentation across certification cycles. When certification-level traceability is strong, certifiers gain clearer visibility into historical decisions, detect… read article

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We are pleased to announce that Janneck Peersman will join Intact in 2026 as Vice President of Customer Success and Market Strategy. With a wealth of experience from one of the leading companies in the Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC) sector and a long-standing relationship with the Intact Platform, Janneck is uniquely positioned to drive forward our customer success, product commercialization and continuous improvement efforts.  A proven… read article

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Certification depends on recognized oversight. While some certification bodies operate without accreditation in specific contexts, the limits of that model become clearer as they pursue broader or cross-border markets. Understanding those limits requires looking at how recognition functions globally.  Contexts where unaccredited certification is used Unaccredited CBs often establish themselves in settings where client expectations are familiar and… read article

Intact has been recognized as a Kununu Top Company for the third year in a row.  The people and principles behind the award Only 5% of all companies on Kununu receive this distinction, making it one of the most respected employer awards in the DACH region. Kununu is the largest employer-review platform in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, where… read article

Certification has always been built on the premise of trust, not just in standards themselves, but in the organizations empowered to assess them. Accreditation exists to formalize that trust, creating a chain of confidence that extends from auditors to clients to regulators. But beneath that formal layer is a less visible reality: a segment of certification bodies that operate outside accreditation.  They aren’t breaking rules… read article

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