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Establishment

Moving from the idea of establishing local certification institutions of each country supported by the leading organizations of the organic sector, ETKO was established in 1996 as a local certification institution in central Izmir and conducts international audit and certification processes. Other countries it operates are: Bangladesh, Pakistan, Ukraine, Korea, China, Denmark, Germany, Syria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Romania, Sweden, Bulgaria, Russia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. In 1996, it started the certification process with the authorization of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, in 2003, USDA was accredited from the IOAS International Organic Accreditation Agency in 2005.

Textile

It has developed Organic Textile Standards and also carries out certification processes within the framework of GOTS Global Organic Textile Standards. Organically certified products of ETKO can be listed as food, textile, cosmetics, agricultural production and food business inputs, natural collection products, cleaning agents.

ITU

ETKO has started its control and certification operations having authorization from Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs also pursuant to “ITU”, Good Manufacturing Practices regulation in 2006 and it has been accredited by TURKAK in 2008.

GAP

ETKO started the control and certification processes in 2006 by getting the authorization from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs within the framework of the “ITU” Good Agricultural Practices regulation and was accredited from TURKAK in 2008.

GLOBALGAP

Also, ETKO, as member of GLOBALGAP organization has been providing training courses in Turkey for GLOBALGAP and translating the GLOBALGAP documentations. Today, as an accredited certifier ETKO certifies several producers and pack houses for Globalgap standards.

COSMETIC

Since 2014, COSMOS has been authorized by AISBL, and Organic Cosmetics certification is made according to “COSMOS Standard -Cosmetics organic and natural Standard”.

Policy and Objectives

There is a need for a number of control points to verify the economic, correct and rationalism of the techniques used by entrepreneurs producing using national and international standards. On the other hand, an independent third party is needed to verify the reliability of products manufactured in these standards.

As a result of these requirements, there has been a demand for independent professional control and certification services under the control of official bodies.

In this context, ETKO sees being a leader in its sector as a Turkish company as its main goal. It gives its commitment to the establishment and implementation of the management system in policies and objectives and their effectiveness in ensuring that the requirements of the 17065 standard are consistently met.

IMPARTIALITY, OBJECTIVITY, CONFIDENTIALITY AND PROFESSIONALISM are the values that ETKO takes as its basis in delivering its services and undertakes its activities in a neutral manner. In order to comply with these values, it prepares the necessary infrastructure according to the “TS EN ISO / IEC 17065: December 2012” Standard and other certification scopes within the scope of its accreditations. It employs staff, understands the control and certification systems of the personnel, provides necessary training to update them, and ensures that the staff act in accordance with the ETKO Quality Management System core values. 3.13, 4.2.5

ETKO accepts the following criteria as basic principles in order to achieve and maintain its main purpose within the framework of its values:

  • To contribute positively to its potential and current customers by transferring updated information and constantly meeting their
  • To increase the quality of their services by cooperating with local and international authorities.
  • Providing national and internationally recognized certification service to its customers
  • To be consistent in the services it offers to its customers, including those it is related to
  • To continue its services in accordance with local and international ethical and professional values.
  • Any commercial and financial etc. of certification services. to ensure that it is executed independently of the pressure elements

The main purpose and principles of ETKO are supported by the following objectives. These targets are monitored and recorded annually.

  • To monitor customer satisfaction
  • Continuously improving customer satisfaction with information and corrective actions collected from the field
  • Implementing certification programs in line with customer demands and maintaining their accreditations
  • To provide continuous training of technical and administrative staff to improve service quality.
  • Monitoring the performance of technical and administrative staff

Continuously improving company performance with data collected from the field (customer satisfaction, complaints ...)

Statement of Impartiality
The applicable procedure is available on "Etko Documentation" Section of TC Organic, ITU and GlobalGap Programmes.