Legal Notice

1. Publisher

The BPS platform - Biodiversity Performance Score, accessible at biodiversity-performance.com, is published by:

IRICE
Legal form: Simplified Joint Stock Company (SAS)
Share capital: EUR 20,000
Trade register: Aix-en-Provence 835 324 112
SIRET (head office): 835 324 112 00019
Registered office: Espace Wagner Building A2, 10 rue du Lieutenant Parayre, 13290 Aix-en-Provence, France
EU VAT number: FR46835324112
NAF/APE code: to be completed

IRICE is a certification body accredited by Cofrac under no. 5-0655 (certification of products, processes and services, ISO/IEC 17065; scope available at www.cofrac.fr). IRICE operates the BPS tool.

BPS is an evaluation tool producing a score. It does not constitute a certification and is not covered by Cofrac accreditation no. 5-0655. For accredited certification, see Effinature.

2. Publication director

Cedric Plantaz, Chairman of IRICE SAS.

3. Host

Infomaniak Network SA
Rue Eugene-Marziano 25, 1227 Les Acacias, Geneva, Switzerland
+41 22 820 35 44 - www.infomaniak.com

4. Intellectual property

The BPS and BiodivPass frameworks are published under the NORMATYS programme. IRICE is the certification body. The BPS trademark is the property of NORMAXIS. The tool is operated by IRICE SAS.

The BPS framework is published under the NORMATYS programme. The other contents of this website (text, images, logos, interfaces, score reporting methodology) are protected by intellectual property law. Any reproduction or representation, in whole or in part, is prohibited without the prior written authorisation of the rights holder.

Use of the BPS sign is governed by the trademark usage rules published at normatys.org/reglement-usage-marque.

5. Group affiliation

IRICE SAS and NORMATYS are part of the NORMAXIS group, which owns the group's trademarks.

NORMATYS and IRICE are two separate legal entities within the NORMAXIS group. NORMATYS is the trading name of DAVANTI, a French simplified joint-stock company with share capital of EUR 1,000, registered with the Aix-en-Provence Trade and Companies Register under number 878 397 595, with registered office at 10 rue du Lieutenant Parayre, Espace Wagner Bâtiment A2, 13290 Aix-en-Provence, France. NORMATYS publishes the frameworks; it delivers no certification. IRICE SAS, registered with the Aix-en-Provence trade register under no. 835 324 112, is the accredited certification body and the operator of the BPS tool. This group affiliation is disclosed and never concealed.

The Biodiversity Standard Council (BSC), which approves the BPS methodological framework, is a NORMATYS body, independent from the operator of the tool.

6. Contact

Website publisher: contact@irice.fr
Data protection: dpo@irice.fr
Postal address: IRICE SAS, Espace Wagner Building A2, 10 rue du Lieutenant Parayre, 13290 Aix-en-Provence, France

IRICE endeavours to ensure the accuracy of the information published on this website, but cannot be held liable for errors, omissions or results arising from misuse of this information. Use of the BPS platform is the sole responsibility of the user. This legal notice is governed by French law; any dispute shall be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Aix-en-Provence, France.