Notice on the use of the terms “CoCo Sapiens”, “CoCo Score” and “CoCo Sapiens Certified”

CoCo Sapiens is a non-profit association. Its standards, the CoCo Score and the CoCo Sapiens Certified certification form a private, voluntary system, the same in every country.

Joining is a commitment. The producer signs the general standards of CoCo Sapiens and becomes a member. It is not a certification and gives no right to use the seal or the wheel. On joining, the producer commits to certifying at least one product within 12 months.

Certification belongs to each product. It consists of the use of the CoCo Sapiens Certified sign together with the CoCo Score wheel, after the product has been assessed and an independent body, separate from the association and from the producer, has checked the information.

A member producer pays a fee to the association. Paying it gives no right to certification.

A product is certified when it shows its assessed CoCo Score together with the CoCo Sapiens Certified sign. The seal and the wheel may appear only on those products and only while the certification is in force. Certification is reviewed every year.

Certification does not extend to other products of the same producer or to the producer as a whole.

Next to the seal there must be a link or a QR code leading to the product's page on this website, with its CoCo Score, the date of the check and the body that carried it out.

When the first product is certified, CoCo Sapiens will publish on this website the list of certified products and the list of checking bodies.

CoCo Sapiens is a private, voluntary system, the same in every country. It is not a public label. In each country its own law on consumer information and misleading advertising also applies:

• European Union, including Luxembourg: Directive (EU) 2024/825, applicable since 27 September 2026. It allows a sustainability label to be displayed only if it is based on a certification scheme with verification by an independent third party. That is why the seal appears only on checked products.
• Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein: their marketing and unfair competition laws, which prohibit misleading information. The Directive has not yet been incorporated into the EEA Agreement; we already apply the same approach as in the European Union.
• Switzerland: the Federal Act against Unfair Competition, which requires claims about environmental impact to rest on objective, verifiable criteria.
• United Kingdom: the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, which prohibits displaying a trust mark or quality mark without authorisation, and the Green Claims Code of the Competition and Markets Authority.
• Andorra: Law 13/2013 of 13 June on effective competition and consumer protection.
• Monaco: the Monegasque rules on food safety and consumer information, which prohibit misleading information.
• United States: the Federal Trade Commission Act and the FTC's Green Guides, which cover certifications and seals.
• Canada: the Competition Act and, for food, the Food and Drugs Act and the Safe Food for Canadians Act.
• Mexico: the Federal Consumer Protection Act (Ley Federal de Protección al Consumidor) and the labelling standard NOM-051: information must be truthful and verifiable.

In any other country, its own law applies, and always our standards. Anyone who uses the seal is responsible for complying with the labelling rules of their country.

CoCo Sapiens Certified is not an organic certification, and the wheel is not a nutrition or health claim.

A member producer may say that it is one and, with written authorisation, use the CoCo Sapiens logo on its website and in its documents, but not on products. It may not present as certified a product that is not, or use the seal or the wheel on products, packaging or advertising of products that are not certified.

Any use of the names, the seal or the wheel requires prior written authorisation from the association.

When membership or certification ends, the mentions and the seal must be removed: within 30 days on websites and digital media, and within 90 days on packaging and printed material. If the removal is due to a breach, it must happen immediately.

The ® symbol may be used only in countries where the mark is registered.

Anyone can report to the association a misuse of the names or the seal, or a concern about a certified product, through the contact page. Every report is examined and answered.

If a product no longer meets the requirements, its certification is suspended or withdrawn. Before the final decision, the producer may present its case.

Food Origin is for circular farms. CoCo Sapiens 360 is for shops and restaurants that sell mostly through short supply chains and work with CoCo Sapiens producers. Neither of them certifies products.

These distinctions may be shown at the farm, the shop or the restaurant and on their website, never on a product's packaging.

The map may show independent producers identified through public information. They have not joined and are not certified, and their presence on the map does not constitute certification, verification or endorsement by CoCo Sapiens.

The names “CoCo Sapiens”, “CoCo Score”, “CoCo Sapiens Certified”, “Food Origin” and “CoCo Sapiens 360” and their logos belong to the association. Nothing on this website grants a right to use them without written permission.

The information on each product comes from the producer and from the checks carried out on the date shown. Later changes may not be reflected until the next review. CoCo Sapiens Certified does not guarantee any effect on health.