About us

The RECS Energy Certificate Association Secretariat is based in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, and Brussels, Belgium. The core tasks of RECS are carried out from these offices. As of February 2023, the secretariat includes:

The Board represents the interests of the members of RECS Energy Certificate Association (RECS) and leads the organisation. The Board convenes several times a year to discuss the ongoing projects and future work of the organization and to scrutinise the organisations management and financial health. Board members can be nominated from RECS members and act as individuals rather than representatives of their respective organisations. Members are appointed by the Board. Tasks carried out by the Board include:

• ensuring RECS is organisationally and financially robust
• commenting and providing feedback on projects and activities carried out by the secretariat
• disseminating information to their respective networks
• participating in lobbying activities that support the development of effective and efficient EAC markets
• voicing specific concerns or questions from members and other stakeholders
• actively participating in events, meetings, and conferences

The RECS Energy Certificate Association Board consists of:

Our members make an important and valuable contribution to the RECS community. In turn, they receive support from RECS Energy Certificate Association in a number of ways.

Interested parties can either fill in the Application form Membership 2023 and send it to secretariat@recs.org or request more information from the join us section of this website. All the benefits of RECS membership can be secured for a modest annual fee. RECS is a not-for-profit foundation and we rely on the support and contributions of our members.

A full list of all our members is available here.

If your organisation is interested in becoming a RECS member, please contact the secretariat at secretariat@recs.org

The AIB is the leading enabler of international EAC systems in Europe and offers a standardized system for using Guarantees of Origin: the European Energy Certificate System (EECS). Members of the AIB are issuing entities within their respective jurisdictional areas (most commonly national boundaries). and they adhere to the EECS standard.

RECS Energy Certificate Association (RECS) works closely with the AIB on strengthening and harmonizing the continuously evolving national EAC systems in the EU and EEA. While RECS and the Association of Issuing Bodies have no formal cooperation and are two individual and separate organizations, there are shared goals when working to implement and develop EECS systems. The AIB and its members aim to implement European energy directives (such as the Renewable Energy Directive, the Internal Market for Energy Directive, and the regulation on the internal market for electricity in a trustworthy, reliable, and cost-effective manner.

RECS and the AIB jointly organize the Open Markets Committee (OMC) once a year, which is open to members of both organizations.

RECS has had a long-term and cooperative relationship with EFET. The role of RECS and EFET are often seen as complimentary with RECS supporting EFET with technical details and aspects related to the use, implementation, and development of EAC markets in Europe and around the world. RECS and EFET often cooperate on the development of standard contracts for EAC trades as well as on legal and taxation matters.

The International REC Standard Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides a robust attribute tracking standard for use around the world. This standard requires local stakeholders and government authorities to facilitate national implementation of attribute tracking in adherence with local or national regulations. Based upon the International REC Standard and associated Code documents – the blueprints for attribute tracking standards – the I-REC Standard Foundation authorizes independent Issuers to implement robust and transparent attribute tracking systems, ensuring the highest quality and adherence to best practices for the avoidance of double counting, double certificate issuance and double attribute claiming. The I-REC Standard ensures that all the RECs issued nationally are done so in adherence with all major international standards including the GHGP, CDP, RE100, ISO, and others. RECS Energy Certificate Association, in its pursuit of reliable and transparent attribute tracking systems, strongly supports the development of I-REC markets.

The RE100 is a collaborative, global initiative working to massively increase demand for – and delivery of – renewable energy. It brings together influential companies committed to using 100% renewable power. Within the RE100, RECS Energy Certificate Association was a founding member of the Technical Advisor Group on energy attribute tracking, and to date, RECS continues its collaboration with the RE100 in order to ensure that developments within EAC markets are adequately communicated to the RE100.

The RE-Source Platform is a European alliance of stakeholders representing clean energy buyers and suppliers for corporate renewable energy sourcing. This platform pools resources and coordinates activities to promote a better framework for corporate renewable energy sourcing at the EU and national levels. RECS works with the RE-Source Platform on the implementation of EU legislation relating to energy attribute tracking as well as in the mutual support of the two leading annual conferences in this area in the EU – the RE-Source Event and the REC Market Meeting.