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• IBD Certificações Ltda. started its certification

program in the early 1990´s. In 1995 achieved it´s first International Accreditation, through former IFOAM, today IOAS Accreditation.

• During the years end of 1990´s and early

2000ds it acheived EU and NOP accreditations which enabled a strong development in the next two decades achieving its leadership in

• rganic certification in the last few years with

na broad seal/brand recognition.

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• In early 2010 IBD decided to invest in social,

environmental, sustainability certificaton.

• With the achievement of a well trained team,

IBD covers sustainability certification in leading position.

IBD and the history of sustainability certification in Brazil

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• Head Quarters are at city of Botucatu, 250 km

west from city of São Paulo, served by excellent double carrieage highway.

• IBD HQ are wide in space with excellent

infrastructure for internet, telephone, business meetings and business expansion.

• With staff of 40 officers and nationally 50

auditors and internationally 150 operating in all cooperating countries IBD counts on wide range of specialists and has always delivered

• ptimal services.

IBD Structure

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• Leading certifier in organic with a 60 % Market

share on audit certification in Brazilian system.

• Leading certifier for organic concentrating

Brazil´s main leading food enterprises.

• Leading certifier on sustainability certification

with Rain Forest Alliance, UTZ, 4C, UEBT, RSPO, FSA, ISCC and Fair Trade IBD.

IBD Structure

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• During it´s history IBD has participated in the

Brazilian organic standard and remains active in policy development of this sector with representants in main forums in the country.

• IBD is capable through it´s network to act in

several forums for policy definition in the most diferente social and environmental themes.

IBD Structure

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• Over 5000 individual operators (check in

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• Attending in all states in Brazil
• Attending in more than 31 countries among

newest regions: East Russia

Global Activity

Countries in which IBD is active

Certification Programs Accreditations IBD seals

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• Products and production quality certification

with:

• Reliability, ethics and integrity,
• Kwonledge and independence.

Mission

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More than 25 years certifying crop production and wild harvest for organic, biodynamic, social- enviriomental, sustainability and fair trade market.

Experience

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• Solid professional structure,
• Skilled and qualified auditors,
• Training programs for constant team

improvement,

• Training for veteran and future auditors.

Technical Capacity

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• Crop Production
• Livestock
• Food
• Beverages
• Honey
• Wild harvest
• Aquaculture

Certification Scopes

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• Textiles
• Farm and Industry Inputs
• Cosmetics and body care
• Raw material for cosmetic production
• Sanitzers
• Non GMO

Scopes

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Once achieved the certification criteria, certified company will have:

• Habilitation to act in the most demanding

international market,

• Disclosure in the world's most important
• rganic, biodynamic, environmental and

fairtrade trade shows,

• Work processes optimization,

Responsibilities and tasks of each employee: who does what is clearly defined.

Competitivity

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• Increased credibility in the market and general

public,

• Increased customer satisfaction,
• Differentiation through quality before

competition,

• Implementation of a continuous improvement

culture: How to learn from the "mistakes“,

• Setting objectives and quality indicators to

know if one is better or worse in quality criteria.

Competitivity

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• Greater marketing acceptance in many supply

chain fields (consumer - manufacturer - exporter - importer) due to image projection of a reliable product in terms of safety in all aspects to the Brazilian consumer.

Competitivity

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• IBD is recognized nationally and internationally,

adds value to the product, increases the credibility on product quality.

Institutional Strength

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• Standard developed by the Sustainable Agriculture

Network,

• Independent international organization for

environment conservation and preservation,

• Agricultural practices that forward properly managed

environment, workers with their rights attended and more health to consumers.

Social-environmental sustainability

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Coffee,Cocoa and Tea

• Social-environmental quality standards for coffee,

cocoa and tea production,

• Global certification program regarding the entire

production supply chain,

• Commitment to sustainability, social responsibility,

good practices and traceability

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Standards for Coffee

• International code of conduct for coffee chain

production,

• Sustainable path for production, processing and

marketing,

• For farmers, importers, exporters, roasting industries

and retailers.

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Palm oil products

• Social-environmental quality standards for palm oil

production,

• IBD is the only accredited certifier in Latin America,
• Certification package for African palm producers, palm
• il processing and derivatives industries and to

companies that market these products.

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Ethical Bio Trade

• Promotes biodiversity conservation and respect for

traditional knowledge,

• Fair prices for the whole supply chain,
• Long relationships in creating jobs, generating local

development and helping to preserve the biodiversity.

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Certified Quality

Through audits, IBD monitors client programs certifying that their products processes and services follow the standards that he client established, and consciously began to produce according to modern social- environmental concepts.

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Brazil Organic

• International recognition,
• Rigorous quality production criteria,
• Product quality,
• Employee life quality,
• Brasilian Market.

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Organic standards

• Organic certification for European Common Market,

North America and Japan, South Corea, China and Canada,

• IBD´s standards are accredited for the European

Common Market as Equivalent.

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Fair Trade

• Compliance to international market requirements,
• Ecological and socially fair products,
• Suplly chain monitoring,
• Continuous social and environmental improvement.

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Demeter

• Brazil Representative at Demeter International,
• Attending the pioneer market of biodynamic

agriculture,

• Use of homeopathic preparations for agriculture,
• Relationship with producer network and consumers

in over 30 countries.

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Cosmetics and body care

• Access to the most demanding international markets,
• Ingredients from sustainable, natural, organic and

reliable sources,

• Natural, organic and made with organic products

made with natural and organic raw materials.

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Approved Inputs

• Tool for input evaluation traded on the market

according to the main international standards. Safety, credibility and reliability for producers and consumers,

• IBD is accredited ISO 17065 by IOAS (International

Organic Accreditation Service)

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Non GMO Certification

• Highlight in the market the products that really don´t

contain GMOs or contain within the autorized limits,

• More transparency for the consumer,
• Attendance to standards for food labelling.

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Small farmer agriculture

• Special budgets for small producers,
• Group certification, participative management,
• Cooperation with support organizations.

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