Our Story
Founded in 2014 by a group of passionate farmers who set out to rebuild soil health, improve the natural environment and ecosystem.
Understanding these pressures, the founders identified a better way.
Years of tried and tested world leading soil science methodology was then captured in a best practice Standard, giving Australian growers access to a framework that sits at the leading edge of sustainable management.
Certified Sustainable was built from the ground up.
Our robust certification has now expanded to include growers, makers, and providers, validating and verifying their sustainable practices and outcomes.
With our way of life under serious threat, Certified Sustainable works with nature by optimising the conditions it needs to flourish.
Our certification is available to all businesses and communities so that everyone can participate, take action, and measure outcomes to ensure that the impact on our world is a positive one.
Our Organisation
Building on the amazing foundations established by the original regenerative farmers, our methodology delivers positive environmental, social and governance outcomes, and doesn’t just address symptoms.
We empower people to integrate sustainability into what they do for a better future.
We believe people can change the world for the better.
Mission
Guide, encourage and connect people and organisations, to make sustainable living commonplace.
Vision
A world where business prospers, societies thrive and the environment flourishes through sustainable practices.
Our Team
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Ash Truscott
Ash's passion for conserving nature and an adventurous and wholesome lifestyle, has led him to marry this with building businesses and commercialising ideas with authentic, organic, and impactful legacies.
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Martin Tower
Bringing strategy and risk analysis skills from a military background, Martin has put this to use in fields as diverse as training volunteers for the Sydney Olympics, to creating waste and energy management consulting businesses. With 6 years as a director of the national peak compost body AORA, his passion for sustainability continues to grow.
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Miriam Neilson
With two decades of farming beef, horticulture, pork and broadacre cropping. Miriam’s passion for true sustainability and an understanding of its practical implementation, aid in maintaining the authentic values the certification is based on.
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Marg Will
Marg knows quality systems inside and out, has assisted many national and international companies navigate the intricacies of the international regulations and legal obligations. This tied with her practical and pragmatic insight from being both a producer and auditor gives a deep understanding of them.
