PEFC RED II Certification (PEFC ST 5002: 2024)

PEFC RED II certification is an EU-wide recognized system for players in the biomass and biogas market and offers numerous advantages:

• Provide legally secure and transparent proof of compliance with the EU RED II Directive (2018/2001) and fulfillment of the requirements for your company.
• Gain access to the EU electricity and heat markets with PEFC RED II certification.
• Use PEFC RED II certification to claim subsidies, such as the European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
• Increase transparency through independent audits in your company and the upstream supply chain and identify potential for improvement.
• PEFC RED II certification helps you to drive the green transformation and achieve the goals of the EU Green Deal by promoting sustainable practices in your company and demonstrating compliance with environmentally friendly standards.
• PEFC is known as a forest certification, is practicable, the existing COC certificate can be easily extended and is particularly suitable for the procurement of biomass in private forests.

Climate change, caused by greenhouse gas emissions from industrialization and unsustainable land use, has a significant impact on political and economic decisions. To counteract this, the EU has introduced regulations on the sustainable use of biomass with Directive 2009/28/EC and its new version RED II. These directives aim to promote the use of renewable energies and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The PEFC RED II system is a voluntary certification system that is recognized by the European Commission and national authorities. The PEFC RED II standard was developed by PEFC International to ensure the sustainable production and use of bioenergy from domestic forests.

Companies, organizations and players in the economy that are active as producers, interfaces or processing companies for wood-containing biomass from forests as well as for waste and residual materials.

• Sawmills and planing mills
• Wood processing industry
• Wood and fuel trade
• Paper industry
• Pelettier companies
• Energy suppliers
• Forestry companies
• Waste and disposal companies

The following criteria are checked for certification according to PEFC RED II and RED III:

• General and organizational requirements
• Documents and records
• Inspection and control
• Complaint management
• Outsourced processes
• Acceptance and classification of input material
• Mass balancing and GHG accountability
• Due diligence regulations
• Risk assessment process
• Control methods of the controlled supply chain
• Information on outgoing material

Quality Austria Certification GmbH was appointed in March 2025 for certification according to PEFC RED II.

Quality Austria is supervised by the national authorities, the Federal Research Center for Forests (BfW) and the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), and is accredited according to the ISO 14065, ISO 17029 and ISO 17065 standards. These standards are decisive for future accreditation as a certifier.

PEFC RED II certification is recognized by the European Union as certification and verification of sustainable biomass in accordance with RED Directive (EU) 2018/2001.

To receive a quote, please complete our quote form. QualityAustria will then send you a non-binding offer. After receiving your written acceptance of the audit, we will register you in the PEFC database FRED. For the PEFC RED certification, PEFC International charges fees according to the fee schedule.

If you have any questions, please contact Quality Austria or your national PEFC working group.

Contact addresses:

Austria

Matthias Stelzer

KEY ACCOUNT MANAGER RED II

E-mail: matthias.stelzer@pefc.at

Mobile: +43 664 8824 6225

Germany

Ariane Moser

REGIONAL ASSISTANT HESSEN UND PROJEKTMANAGEMENT RED II

E-mail: moser@pefc.de

Mobile: +49 160 94 98 94 96

SURE, PEFC COC, ISO 38200, ISO 14001, EMAS, ISO 50001, ISO 14065; ISO 9001 is an advantage for the design of processes

• Information on making offers PEFC RED II - pdf (331 KB)