Economy of Love
Certification
A Holistic Certification Standard
For a Collaborative Economy
Protecting People and the Environment.
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Economy of Love certifies the entire value chain:
Production and farms, processing factories and companies, and distribution.
From the first raw material until the product reaches the consumer.
Explore Our Holistic Certification Criteria
In order to be holistic, creating a balance between the four dimensions of Environment, Economy, Society, and Culture; our certification is composed of 5 minimal criteria in each dimension. For a company or a farm to be certified they need to meet these criteria.
Culture
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Cultural Criteria Overview
- Factory supervisors and managers receive training to create space for cultural events.
- Conducting regular creative activities with employees.
- Respecting the local traditions/culture of the employees.
- Learning and encouragement individual well-being and self-development/creative expression.
- Working with local initiatives and enhance cultural activities.
Society
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Social Criteria Overview
- Providing fair and dignified working conditions.
- Providing employees with health & social insurance.
- Engaging with stakeholders through round tables.
- Ensuring a sustainable impact on and engagement with the local community.
- Employees receive awareness training on social topics.
Environment
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Environmental Criteria Overview
- Following Biodynamic production/processing standards.
- Reducing packaging and using recycled material.
- Implementing sustainable water and waste management systems.
- reporting on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions.
- Employees receive ecological awareness trainings.
Economy
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Economical Criteria Overview
- Providing data to conduct full cost accounting.
- establishing solidarity agreement between stakeholders.
- Providing wages that allow for a decent standard of living.
- Creating transparency in stakeholder relationships.
- Employees receive sustainable-economic awareness trainings.
The Benefits of an Economy of Love Certification
to one’s values
& building trust
& education
impact through business.
to one’s values
As customers and as a company, we can choose for our products to reflect our values and the impact we want to see in the world. We can support environmental protection, promote well-being and fairness.
& building trust
The anonymity of our modern economy is a cause of exploitation and unfairness along the value chains. Through transparency, we can build trust among responsible consumers and companies, and enable their collaboration towards a more sustainable and ethical economy.
& education
Our certified institutions are reinvesting a certain amount of the generated profit back into their employees by investing in education, art and cultural activities, such as implementing regular workshops about social issues, environmental awareness, and creativity as well as workers’ and human rights (with the support of the Economy of Love Education Team).
impact through business.
Economic activity can create a positive impact if we work with nature not against it, and if we care about each other; we can reverse climate change and support the development of individuals and communities.
EoL Participatory Guarantee System (PGS)
PGS EOL is a project initiated by the Egyptian Biodynamic Agriculture Associations (EBDA) and SEKEM, to help farmers start or further improve inclusive biodynamic agriculture and benefit people and the environment while producing their agricultural commodity.
The Benefits of the EoL PGS Certificate
Knowledge exchange between farmers
Decreasing complexity of documentation
Low entry barriers access to the certification
Promoting direct relationship between farmers
Less cost for producers
Improves communication between farmers and national market
PGS certification process
Farmers
- Participate in cross-checking and inspections
Farmer groups
- Carry out cross-inspection plans & produce inspections reports
- Regularly verify members’ compliance with the standard
- Organize member meetings and apply for certification
Cooperative / Inter-group
- Manage certification applications
- Sanction non complying groups
Local Coordination Board (COAE)
- Issue certification for ISO 14065:2020 and ISO 14064-3:2019.
- Carry out random auditing and testing
- Offers a marketing presenter
The Economy of Love Community
Know more about the EoL-certified farms on the Registry
| Farm Name | Governorate | Certificate Number | Number of CC 2020 | Number of CC 2021 |
| al assal | Fayoum | COAE/ EG 431 | – | 436 |
| el ghazira | Fayoum | COAE/ EG 429 | – | 381.7 |
| el baraka | Sohag | COAE/ EG 200 | – | 193.6 |
| el metwaly | Fayoum | COAE/ EG 292 | – | 224.4 |
| soliman dawood | Fayoum | COAE/ EG 193 | – | 96 |
| abu hamad | Fayoum | COAE/ EG 430 | – | 1063 |
| mashhor | Fayoum | COAE/ EG 250 | – | 478.5 |
| el feky | Fayoum | COAE/ EG686 013 | – | 501 |
| El Manashee | Fayoum | COAE/ EG432 020 | – | 378.9 |
| Mahmoud Rabia | Fayoum | COAE/ EG836 021 | – | 317.9 |
| Eraky | Fayoum | COAE/ EG488 022 | – | 504 |
| Saft | Beni Suief | COAE/ EG660 074 | – | 145.4 |
| Somosta | Beni Suief | COAE/ EG645 075 | – | 164.6 |
| El-Mostashar | Beni Suief | COAE/ EG672 076 | – | 124.3 |
| El-Gazerah | Giza | COAE/ EG625 077 | – | 167 |
| Abdalah Saad 1 | Giza | COAE/ EG521 078 | – | 80.8 |
| Mandisha | Wahat Bahareia | COAE/ EG48 079 | – | 217.6 |
| El-Rahma | Wahat Bahareia | COAE/ EG458 080 | – | 178.1 |
| El Sedek | Damietta | COAE/ EG570 081 | – | 2485 |
| El Zahween | kallubia | COAE/ EG696 082 | – | 119.6 |
| Al Ghaiash | kafr el sheikh | COAE/ EG448 083 | – | 818.2 |
| El Wady Al Asuti | Asuit | COAE/ EG221 024 | – | 270.3 |
| El Wady Al Asuti 1 | Asuit | COAE/ EG438 025 | – | 161.4 |
| El Wady Al Asuti 2 | Asuit | – | – | |
| Cobrolomin | Asuit | – | – | |
| Osman | Asuit | COAE/ EG783 028 | – | 80.4 |
| Abdel Ghaffar | Asuit | COAE/ EG440 029 | – | 534.7 |
| Manfalout | Asuit | COAE/ EG442 030 | – | 444.6 |
| Bani Oday | Asuit | COAE/ EG441 031 | – | 500.3 |
| Basateen Aswan | Aswan | COAE/ EG446 032 | – | 965.7 |
| El Mostafa | Aswan | – | – | |
| Abdel-Sabour | Aswan | COAE/ EG64 034 | – | 707.2 |
| Abdel Maksod | Qena | COAE-AB-MAKSOD-EG445 035 | – | 302.7 |
| El Fangary | Qena | COAE-ELFANGARY-EG444 036 | – | 312.7 |
| Ismailia | Ismaelia | COAE-ISMAILIA-EG361-037 | – | 146.6 |
| El Baramawy | Ismaelia | COAE-ELBARAMAWY EG428-038 | – | 64.4 |
| El Shirka El Dawlia | Ismaelia | COAE-ELSH-ELDAWLIA EG427-039 | – | 94.5 |
| Mohamed Raslan | Monofia | COAE-MOH-RASLAN- EG410-040 | – | 206.7 |
| Tawfik Raslan | Monofia | COAE-TAWFIKRASLAN- EG817-041 | – | 247 |
| Abou-Hendawy | Sharkia | COAE-ABOUHENDAWY EG500-023 | – | 221.6 |
| Shoulkam | Minia | COAE-SHOULKAM-EG435 042 | – | 313.4 |
| Abdalah | Minia | COAE-ABDALAH-EG630-043 | – | 159.5 |
| El-Rouby | Minia | COAE-ELROUBY-EG 622-044 | – | 222.9 |
| Hassan | Minia | COAE-HASSAN-EG631-045 | – | 121.4 |
| Bahgat | Minia | – | – | |
| salah | Minia | COAE/ EG434 047 | – | 185.8 |
| Abdel- Azeem 2 | Minia | COAE/ EG852 048 | – | 113.6 |
| EWEES | Minia | COAE/ EG580 049 | – | 632.6 |
| ASHNY | Minia | COAE/ EG437 050 | – | 22.6 |
| Wady El Zaton | Minia | COAE/ EG436 051 | – | 399.2 |
| Abo-El-Reish | Behera | COAE-ABOELREISH-EG744- 052 | – | 534.1 |
| Abou-Khateeb | Behera | COAE-ABOUKHATEEB EG266-053 | – | 581.3 |
| Abou Seada | Behera | COAE-ABOUSEADA-EG426- 054 | – | 417.6 |
| Abou-Madawy | Behera | COAE-ABUMADAWY-EG308- 055 | – | 935.8 |
| Abou Moter | Behera | COAE-ABOUMOTER-EG423- 056 | – | 418.2 |
| El-Bialy | Behera | COAE-ELBIALY-EG739-057 | – | 371 |
| El Gazera 2 | Behera | COAE-ELGAZERA2-EG420- 058 | – | 405 |
| El-Hager | Behera | COAE-ELHAGER-EG686- 059 | – | 650.2 |
| El Zahir | Behera | COAE-ELZAHIR-EG425-060 | – | 286.3 |
| El-Oroba | Behera | COAE-ELOROBA-EG163-061 | – | 157.3 |
| El-Askary | Behera | COAE-ELASKARY-EG736-062 | – | 140.5 |
| El-Moghazy | Behera | COAE-ELMAGHAZY-EG691- 063 | – | 177.1 |
| Badr | Behera | COAE-BADR-EG690-064 | – | 219.8 |
| Tadros | Behera | COAE-TADROS-EG152-065 | – | 303.8 |
| Sallam | Behera | COAE-SALAAM-EG818-066 | – | 332.7 |
| Tolba Shaheen | Behera | COAE-TOLBASHAHEEN- EG421-067 | – | 336.3 |
| Abdul Fadil | Behera | COAE-ABDELFADEL-EG422- 068 | – | 469.7 |
| Awad | Behera | COAE-AWAD-EG738-069 | – | 115.9 |
| Mobarak El-Sayad | Behera | COAE-SAYAD-EG684-070 | – | 1236.5 |
| Maarouf | Behera | COAE-MAAROUF-EG689- 071 | – | 208.7 |
| Mekled | Behera | COAE-MEKLED-EG688-072 | – | 618 |
| El Tahan | Behera | COAE-ELTAHAN-EG688-073 | – | 287.7 |
| Greening the desert project | Wahat Bahareia | COAE-GTD-SEK-WAH-EG750-EG760-011 | 7648 | 11928 |
| Sekem(sinai) | Sinai | COAE- SEK-SINAI-EG751 -010 | 1196 | 1196 |
| Sekem (Minia) | Minia | COAE- SEK-MINYA-EG752 -009 | 298 | 298 |
| Sekem adlya 123 | Sharkia | COAE- SEKEM -EG18 -008 | 3753 | 3180 |
| Company name | Location | impacTrace link |
| Sekem | Egypt | https://www.economyoflove.net/sekem-products/ |
| Lotus | Egypt | https://www.economyoflove.net/lotus-product-page/ |
| OGLAND | Sweden | https://www.economyoflove.net/ogland-products/ |
| NatureTex | Egypt | https://www.economyoflove.net/naturetex-products/ |
| Agrosourcing | France | https://www.economyoflove.net/agro-sourcing-products/ |
| Lubs | Germany | https://www.economyoflove.net/products/lubs-dates/ |
The Center of Organic Agriculture in Egypt (COAE)
Check out the EoL Pest Control and Fertilizer Catalog
Find a variety of biodynamic pest control and fertilizers in the EoL Catalogue designed for Egyptian farmers, provided by the Egyptian biodynamic association (EBDA), and know all about the Active ingredients, the purpose of use, where to get the products, and suppliers contacts.
For Orders and further inquiries please contact (+20) 1211295517
Check out the EoL Pest Control and Fertilizer Catalog
Find a variety of biodynamic pest control and fertilizers in the EoL Catalogue designed for Egyptian farmers, provided by the Egyptian biodynamic association (EBDA), and know all about the Active ingredients, the purpose of use, where to get the products, and suppliers contacts.
For Orders and further inquiries please contact (+20) 1211295517
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Public Comments
Public comments were open to public discussion from Jan-March 2023. During the public comment period, stakeholders can review the draft standard and provide comments on its content, structure, and effectiveness in addressing sustainability issues. This feedback is then used by the Economy of Love Standard to revise and improve the standard before it is finalized and applied in the field.
We value your feedback and encourage you to share your thoughts and suggestions!
