Whatever your starting point, at Biosphere we provide you with the tools to help you move forward in a real way, step by step, with the visibility your actions deserve once they have been verified.
With our continuous improvement system, you will design a realistic plan adapted to your business, without technicalities or high investments. We help you demonstrate your good sustainability practices on a simple and intuitive online platform, with your actions verified by an external third-party audit process.
And the best part? You complete our process entirely on your own and at your own pace, from your computer or mobile, with no surprise additional costs, thanks to our annual subscription that includes all 100% online certification audit services for €359 per year.
Biosphere certification is suitable for businesses of any size. Record your actions and demonstrate them by providing evidence via a simple and intuitive online platform. For an annual subscription fee of €359, regardless of your business activity or turnover, the subscription includes an annual external third-party audit, conducted entirely online at no extra cost.
Biosphere is a tool designed for small, medium, and large companies; from self-employed professionals and individual businesses in any sector, to large chains and business groups: accommodations, restaurants, agencies, shops, cultural centres, leisure companies…
✔️ Initial online assessment of basic criteria
✔️ Create your own sustainability plan
✔️ Annual audit 100% online included in your subscription
✔️ Certification service available in 7 languages
✔️ Certificate and public profile for your company
✔️ Your certificate displayed on Booking.com and other platforms
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Register your user, create your company profile with no obligation and get free access to the Biosphere "Starters"; a catalogue of basic sustainability initiatives designed to help your type of company start the certification process.
Select at least one activity from each Starter, upload the evidence and show how you do it in your company (photos, invoices, videos…). The platform will tell you what sort of documents you will need to provide to prove each effort.
Once you have completed these initial activities, you can apply for a third-party audit and obtain Biosphere Committed status, which is the entry-level stage of the process. To receive this status, you must first have subscribed to our services.
Explore the full catalogue and keep adding activities that connect you with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Meet the minimum criteria and request the 100% online audit so as to get your Biosphere Certified status.
🕐 The entire process can be completed in less than 3 months, but you set the pace.
We have compiled all the information and relevant details about our services so that you can download and share them with your team in PDF format.
€359 per year per business unit. All services are included, with no surprises or additional costs during the year. You can pay your subscription by credit or debit card. In the case of chains and groups, please note that each entity (business unit) must take out its own individual subscription and pass its own audit process, with each unit within the group obtaining certification individually, rather than as a single entity subscribing to a corporate package, product or service bundle.
The audit for the Committed level covers the first set of criteria (Biosphere Starters) and may take up to 15 days; the certification audit covers the full scope of the Biosphere Standard and may take up to 25 working days. In both cases, these are external third-party audits, and the times stated are the maximum periods granted to the audit team; in other words, they may be completed in less time, but must not exceed these maximum periods.
Yes, you can register, view the basic activities in the Starters catalog and work on your plan at no cost and with no time limit. If you then want to complete your subscription, all your information and progress will be kept on the platform so that you don't lose your work after the trial.
Yes, you can invite as many users as you need at no additional cost, even during the trial period! You decide which people to give access and co-management permissions to your profile.
You have up to 3 attempts per year at no additional cost, included in your annual subscription time.
No. The Biosphere system is designed for you to work continuously on your sustainability plan and through the digital platform provided for it. You will have multiple functionalities and monitoring panels and progress of your efforts, and you will receive your audit reports through the tool itself.