PEFC RED III 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 III Directive (2023/2413) and fulfillment of the requirements for your company.
- Gain access to the EU electricity and heat markets with PEFC RED III certification.
- Use PEFC RED III 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 III 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 protection through sustainable bioenergy
Climate change - driven by greenhouse gas emissions from industry and unsustainable land use - is increasingly influencing political and economic decisions. To counteract this, the EU has created clear guidelines for the sustainable use of biomass with the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III, 2023/2413).
The PEFC RED III system is a voluntary certification system recognized by the EU and national authorities. Developed by PEFC International, it ensures that bioenergy from domestic forests is produced and used sustainably. The PEFC RED III certification of your company confirms compliance with the sustainability criteria according to Article 29 of the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED III) and enables the disclosure of relevant data on greenhouse gas savings along the entire supply chain.
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 prerequisite for PEFC RED III certification is a valid PEFC COC certificate. For certification according to PEFC RED III, the following criteria from PEFC ST 5002:2025 are checked:
- 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 is notified as a certification body to the PEFC Council for the auditing of the PEFC RED III standard and is a Recognized Certification Body according to the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III, 2023/2413).
Quality Austria is officially registered in Germany and Austria as a certification body according to Article 17 of the EU Implementing Regulation 2022/996.
We have successfully demonstrated our accreditation in accordance with the international standards ISO 14065, ISO 17029 and ISO 17065 for approval under RED III. The qualifications of our auditors have also been checked by the relevant national authorities - and are regularly monitored.
Would you like to have your company certified according to PEFC RED III in another EU country?
Contact us - we will be happy to help you!
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 III
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
