Soil Association Certification is an independent certification body and the sole certifier for the Soil Association standards. It says it certifies the majority of organic food and drink products in the UK and has over 50 years’ experience in organic certification. Its organic schemes cover food and drink, farming and growing, aquaculture, approved inputs, beauty and wellbeing, and fashion and textiles.

It also provides FSC and PEFC forestry certification, EUDR support and nature markets verification under the Woodland Carbon Code, Peatland Code and Wilder Carbon. It states that it is accredited by UKAS for the Soil Association standards, holds ISO 17065 accreditation for organic certification and IOAS accreditation for certain scopes, and operates in over 50 countries. Its contact address is Spear House, 51 Victoria Street, Bristol.