The Biodiversity Standard Council is the scheme committee of NORMATYS, designer of the Effinature and BPS standards, and of the CBCA standard in preparation. IRICE runs it on its behalf: calls for applications, review of files, management of mandates. Decisions on the content of the standards rest with NORMATYS; IRICE assesses and decides on certification.
What a member does
A BSC member contributes to scientific and methodological thinking: they review draft revisions, guarantee their scientific foundation and give an opinion on their approval. This contribution is made in a personal and independent capacity, on the basis of expertise.
In practice, each member responds to formal consultations on revisions and validations of the standards, including where their contribution consists in confirming that they have no comment. Membership rests on active and traceable participation.
Project assessment and certification decisions, for their part, rest exclusively with the competent bodies of IRICE. That separation is what guarantees the independence of the certification process.
3 colleges, equal voting rights
The colleges vote with equal weight: no single family of interests can steer the standards on its own.
College C1
Project owners
Developers, social housing providers, urban planners and local authorities who carry the projects.
College C2
Experts
Ecologists, scientists and client-side advisers who bring the expertise.
College C3
Designers
Architects, urban designers and landscape architects who design the projects.
What is expected
A member's mandate runs for 3 years, renewable by explicit decision. It assumes availability for consultations and compliance with the charter of commitment covering ethics, impartiality, confidentiality and contribution.
Each member declares their interests (positions, mandates or participation in a committee, standard, label or comparable scheme), which allows a structured analysis of impartiality risks.
Read the members' charter of commitment (French).
How to become a member
- 1Check your eligibility (1 minute, no account needed).
- 2Submit your application and sign the charter online (about 8 minutes).
- 3The external relations officer reviews your file.