Soil Association Certification

We are the UK’s leading organic and sustainability certification body, offering a range of best-in class certification schemes across food, farming and forestry.

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We certify businesses of all sizes

Soil Association Certification is a leading certification body. We work worldwide to deliver certification to robust standards across multiple schemes, including organic food and farming, forestry and nature markets, fashion and textiles, and beauty and wellbeing.

About us

Across diverse sectors

Organic certification

Food and drink

Soil Association Certification certifies the majority of organic food and drink products in the UK. Apply for organic certification.

Organic farming and growing

Support and guidance to get your organic certificate, from applying to conversion.

Beauty and wellbeing

Apply for COSMOS natural, COSMOS organic, or Soil Association organic certification.

Fashion and textiles

Explore the application process for Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), including which countries are eligible for certification.

Aquaculture

Organic aquaculture standards are designed to promote high-welfare, sustainable, and traceable cultivation of fish, shellfish and seaweed.

Approved Inputs

Our Approved Input scheme assesses inputs, such as fertilisers or composts, against Soil Association standards.

As a grower I receive a huge degree of confidence because Soil Association Certification has experts that really understand my business.

Joe Rolfe Managing Director, RB Organics

FSC and PEFC certification

FSC certification

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has developed a unique system of forest certification and product labelling, helping consumers identify timber and products from responsibly managed forests.

PEFC certification

The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) approach combines internationally recognised benchmarks with forest management standards developed at national and regional levels.

Responsible sourcing

EUDR support

With decades of expertise in responsible sourcing, supply chain assurance and sustainability standards, we can help organisations prepare for EUDR compliance through training and gap analysis.

We're meeting an internationally recognised standard for our sustainability. That’s a really positive message for us.

Richard Everett Chief Forester, The Crown Estate at Windsor

Nature Market schemes

Woodland Carbon Code

Discover our work in validating and verifying projects developed under the Code, which has been designed to remove carbon while supporting nature.

Peatland Code

The Peatland Code offers an exciting way to capture and store carbon while also improving water quality and helping to prevent biodiversity loss.

Wilder Carbon

This landmark scheme generates carbon credits through restoring nature at scale in the UK, in line with the Wilder Carbon standard.

Certify with us

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Business support

Access technical, market and consumer insights, and display recognised logos and trademarks including the Soil Association organic symbol on your products and in your marketing.

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Promoting organic

Access a wealth of resources to help you tell the organic story. Learn how to use the organic symbol, and what you can say when marketing organic. We provide free marketing materials that clients can use online, in deliveries and at point of sale.

Soil Association standards

Read the standards

Read the standards that underpin Soil Association Certification and see how they go beyond the legal minimum for food, farming and forestry.

Part of a charity with a mission

Soil Association Certification is part of the Soil Association charity. Our profits are either given to the Soil Association charity or reinvested into our business to help fund our shared ambition of transforming the way we live, farm and use land.

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Events and training

Build key relationships and hear from industry experts. We host accredited courses, in-person trade events, organic awards ceremonies, and free training.

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Organic Trade Conference 2026

Join 200+ leaders from across the organic sector to shape the future of organic. Through a packed programme of talks, workshops and action-focused breakout sessions, we'll explore how to turn momentum into lasting growth. Join us at London's iconic Barbican on 15 October.

Book your place