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 withETE. The role of RECS and ETE are often seen as complimentary with RECS supporting ETE with technical details and aspects related to the use, implementation, and development of EAC markets in Europe and around the world. RECS and ETE often cooperate on the development of standard contracts for EAC trades as well as on legal and taxation matters.

The International Tracking Standard Foundation: Founder of I-REC (I-TRACK Foundation) is committed to ensuring unbiased access to product information and allowing end-users to confidently procure products whose origins are well documented and clearly accounted for, thus empowering energy consumption choices around the world and supporting claims of generation, ownership, and history.

The I-Track Foundation has requirements and global best practices written directly into the International Attribute Tracking Standard. These best practices require all market facilitators to act in a way that is transparent, fair, and equitable to all market players. In this way, each Market Player can be guaranteed the same opportunities as others provided by the Market Facilitator.

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.