Soil quality standards protect and improve soil health, crucial for agriculture, biodiversity, and carbon sequestration. They guide sustainable land use and soil management practices.
Top standards
Sludge and solid environmental matrices — Determination of dry residue or water content and calculation of the dry matter fraction on a mass basis
Published in 2025
CHF 65
Environmental solid matrices — Determination of the specific electrical conductivity
Published in 2025
CHF 65
Reviewed in 2024
CHF 221
Environmental solid matrices — Determination of elements using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)
Published in 2025
CHF 132
Soil quality — Sampling
Part 105: Packaging, transport, storage and preservation of samples
Published in 2017
CHF 65
Measurement of radioactivity in the environment — Soil
Part 3: Test method of gamma-emitting radionuclides using gamma-ray spectrometry
Published in 2023
CHF 155
Geotechnical investigation and testing — Laboratory testing of soil
Part 1: Determination of water content
Reviewed in 2025
CHF 65
Insights
The circular economy: building trust through conformity assessment
Standards and conformity assessment provide assurance on aspects of the circular economy including product lifetime and recyclability, safety and efficiency.
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Smart farming and precision agriculture leverage technologies like agricultural drones, robotics, IoT sensors, GPS and farm management information systems to improve production efficiency.
By Clare Naden on
New standard to tackle land degradation
We live in a world where growing populations, over-development and ever-changing climate patterns are taking a daily toll on the land around us. Droughts, floods, over-cultivation, deforestation, the draining of water supplies, and unsustainable practices in general, are literally pillaging our earth. A new standard aiming to help combat that has just reached a crucial stage.
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- Environmental sustainability
- Soil quality