BNS Biocyclic Network Services Ltd

BNS Biocyclic Network Services Ltd is responsible for implementing the Biocyclic Vegan Standard in inspection, advisory and cultivation practice. On behalf of the not-for-profit Adolf Hoops Society, BNS trains qualified inspectors in the principles of biocyclic vegan agriculture and the use of the biocyclic vegan audit tool.

BNS is also the permanent secretariat of the Biocyclic Vegan Standard Commission and is responsible for the implementation of its decisions. Furthermore, BNS coordinates the area of technical support to growers and trains advisors, with emphasis on the assessment of the Biocyclic Operational Index (BOI).

Another field of work of BNS is coordinating the registration of agricultural inputs approved for biocyclic vegan agriculture in the Green List in cooperation with FiBL/Germany. Besides that, BNS provides organisational support for biocyclic vegan projects, companies, associations and producers worldwide and represents all those producers and processors in countries still without local associations or organisations recognised by the Adolf Hoops Society.