EU RED 2018/2001 Approved Certification Systems (as of December 31, 2025)
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Updated: March 26, 2026
Voluntary Scheme | Type of Feedstock | Geographic Coverage | Chain-of-Custody Coverage | European Union Commission Decisions |
Agricultural feedstocks and vegetable oils (including residues) | Global | Farm and initial processing (e.g. oil seed crushing only) | 9/26/2022 | |
Agricultural biomass (including waste and residues) | Global | Full | 4/12/2022 | |
Agricultural biomass (including waste and residues) | Global | Full | 4/12/2022 | |
Sugarcane including residues | Global | Full | 4/12/2022 | |
Non-biological sources | Global |
| 12/19/2024 | |
International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) | Agricultural biomass, forest biomass, wastes and residues | Global | Full | 12/19/2024 |
Agricultural biomass, forest biomass, wastes and residues | Global | Full | 12/14/2022 | |
Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) | Forest biomass and waste and residues | Global | Full | 12/19/2024 |
Agricultural biomass (excluding high-ILUC risk feedstocks), waste and residues | Global | Full | 12/19/2024 | |
Red Tractor Farm Assurance Combinable Crops & Sugar Beet Scheme (Red Tractor) | Agricultural biomass (combinable crops and sugar beet) | United Kingdom | Farm to first intake point only | 4/12/2022 |
Soy | Global | Full | 4/12/2022 | |
Agricultural biomass, wastes and residues | Global | Full | 4/12/2022 | |
Agricultural biomass (combinable crops) | United Kingdom | Farm to first intake point only | 4/12/2022 | |
(a) ligno-cellulosic material derived from forest and non-forest land; (b) processing residues from forest and agriculture related industries (outside forest and agricultural land) (c) Woody agricultural residues from agricultural land. | Global | Full | 12/19/2024 | |
Agricultural biomass, forest biomass, wastes and residues | Global | Full | 4/12/2022 | |
Agricultural biomass (combinable crops and sugar beet) | United Kingdom | Trading, transport and storage stages from farm gate to first processor with specific modules covering merchanting, haulage, storage and testing. | 4/12/2022 | |
Agricultural biomass (combinable crops and sugar beet) | United Kingdom and Ireland | Trading, transport and storage stages from farm gate to first processor with specific modules covering merchanting and compound feed manufacturers. | 4/12/2022 | |
U.S. Soy Sustainability Assurance Protocol - Renewable Energy Directive (SSAP-RED) | Soy | United States | From farm to export of soybeans (excludes soybean crushing, shipping and biodiesel production and distribution) | 3/11/2025 |