GRAIN CENTRAL | GPA continues calls for home-grown ISCC-style scheme

Calls from Grain Producers Australia to establish an Australian-owned certification scheme, despite a report saying the costs of a local program would outweigh benefits.

Grain Central reported on work done by LEK Consulting Australia and commissioned by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) that outlined the scheme would cost between $17 million and $33 million across a 10-year period.

GPA chief executive Colin Bettles said members had “consistently raised serious concerns about the ISCC certification scheme” and had, since 2018, sought to develop an alternative domestic program.

He said an ISCC Technical Working Group was established in 2022 to work through these concerns.

“However, this group has not met on a regular and consistent basis, to proactively manage and co-ordinate responses to the legitimate concerns raised by growers, especially about flaws in the scheme’s certification and subsequent auditing processes,” Mr Bettles said.

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