After PUBLICATION early-November, GGL has completed its stakeholder consultation by end-February 2026 and received over 117 feedback items. The GGL Foundation wishes to thank all contributing Participants, Certification Bodies, Regulators, NGO’s as well as its Advisory Council for their valuable support and insights. By 2 March 2026 the new document versions have been ADOPTED. Check[…]

In October-2025 the GGL Foundation launched the new version of its GGL Documentation. All existing documents have been converted to GGL’s new document management and versioning styles. Next to these conversions, most GGL Standards have been strengthened – both in sustainability requirements, and in consistency amongst each other. Check documentation.greengoldlabel.com for the latest versions. The[…]

Different regulatory regimes tax (or will start taxing) GHG emissions (ETS), and each regulation does this differently. Estimating the GHG footprint of various shipment alternatives is becoming increasingly complex! The Dutch government made its Biograce tooling available, which could be used with some tweaks and adjustments. However, this will be phased out by December 31,[…]

While summer holiday has come upon us, the GGL team has been busy drafting updates to the GGL certification scheme. These changes will further clarify and structure our GGL scheme documents into distinct regulatory modules. For the FIT/FIP module, key changes include, amongst others: More details of the upcoming changes can be found under the[…]

Over the past months GGL has updated and refined its FIT/FIP Module, with the latest guidances from the Japanese Ministries of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) as well as Energy, Trade and Industry (METI). These updates have been submitted for review and ultimately approval by the Japanese authorities. GGL wishes to thank both Ministries, Certification[…]

RE100 is a global corporate renewable energy initiative that unites hundreds of large, ambitious businesses committed to 100% renewable electricity. Established in 2014, RE100 has over 400 members worldwide working to change policies to incorporate more renewable energy into the grid in some of the most challenging markets. One of RE100’s recommendations is that the biomass[…]

Green Gold Label, represented by our board members Kees Boon and Rob de Kruijff, will attend the 8th Biomass and Bioenergy Asia conference in Vietnam on November 27th and 28th. They will be available for meetings and networking. If you are attending and interested to connect, then let us know by reaching out to info@greengoldlabel.com

After the approval for all types of Woody biomass for FIT/FIP in Japan, the Dutch authorities (RVO) have now also approved the latest scheme documents.