{"id":33851,"date":"2026-09-21T05:17:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T05:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.othellointernational.com\/iscc-material-list-october-2026-thailand\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T05:18:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T05:18:47","slug":"iscc-material-list-october-2026-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.othellointernational.com\/th\/iscc-material-list-october-2026-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"ISCC Drops a Feedstock on 1 October \u2014 and 51 Thai Certificates Renew First"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n.obg{--r:#ED4036;--r1:#FF5046;--gold:#e0a93a;--ok:#3ddc84;--w:#fff;--w1:rgba(255,255,255,.85);--w2:rgba(255,255,255,.60);--w3:rgba(255,255,255,.42);--gl:rgba(255,255,255,.10);--card:linear-gradient(168deg,rgba(255,255,255,.055),rgba(255,255,255,.015));font-family:'Poppins',-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,sans-serif;-webkit-box-sizing:border-box;box-sizing:border-box}\n.obg *,.obg *::before,.obg 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solid rgba(255,255,255,.1)!important;border-left:3px solid #ED4036!important;border-radius:14px!important;color:rgba(255,255,255,.85)!important}\n.oth-related p,.oth-related-reading p,.oth-related strong,.oth-related-reading strong,.oth-related b,.oth-related-reading b{color:#fff!important}\n.oth-related a,.oth-related-reading a{color:#FF5046!important}\n.oth-related li,.oth-related-reading li,.oth-related span,.oth-related-reading span{color:rgba(255,255,255,.85)!important}\n@media(max-width:640px){\n  .obg-toc ol{grid-template-columns:1fr}\n  .obg-quote p{font-size:19px}\n  .obg-band{padding:22px 20px}\n}\n<\/style>\n<p>On <strong>31 August 2026<\/strong>, ISCC published a batch of system updates. There was no press release and no consultation attached to the two that matter most. One of them takes a feedstock off the <strong>ISCC EU Material List<\/strong> on <strong>1 October 2026<\/strong>. The other already changed what appears on the face of every ISCC EU and ISCC CORSIA certificate issued since <strong>1 September 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Both bind Thai exporters, and neither arrives with a letter. We queried ISCC\u2019s public certificate database directly on the morning of <strong>21 September 2026<\/strong> to see how much of Thailand\u2019s book sits in the path of these changes. The answer: most of it, and sooner than the calendar suggests.<\/p>\n\n<!--OBG-G--><div class=\"obg obg-toc\"><div class=\"obg-lb\">What this guide covers<\/div><ol><li><a href=\"#what-iscc-changed-on-31-august-and-what-lands-on-1-october\">What ISCC changed on 31 August \u2014 and what lands on 1 October<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#thailand-s-iscc-book-counted-this-morning\">Thailand\u2019s ISCC book, counted this morning<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#the-four-certificates-that-name-the-feedstock-being-removed\">The four certificates that name the feedstock being removed<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#every-thai-certificate-is-issued-from-somewhere-else\">Every Thai certificate is issued from somewhere else<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#the-chain-of-custody-field-is-not-cosmetic\">The chain-of-custody field is not cosmetic<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#where-iscc-audits-actually-go-wrong\">Where ISCC audits actually go wrong<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#what-to-do-in-the-next-ninety-days\">What to do in the next ninety days<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div><!--\/OBG-G-->\n\n<h2 id=\"what-iscc-changed-on-31-august-and-what-lands-on-1-october\">What ISCC changed on 31 August \u2014 and what lands on 1 October<\/h2>\n\n<p>Both were published in the 31 August batch on ISCC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iscc-system.org\/process\/system-updates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">system updates page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>First, the material list.<\/strong> The entry <em>\u201cIndustry Food Waste Oil\u201d<\/em> is removed from the ISCC EU Material List with effect from <strong>1 October 2026<\/strong>. ISCC is unambiguous about paper already in the market: <em>\u201cCertificates that include \u2018Industry Food Waste Oil\u2019 and were issued before 1 October 2026 may remain unchanged until their expiration.\u201d<\/em> System Users may transition to the entry <strong>\u201cFood Waste\u201d<\/strong> upon recertification, provided they meet the applicable definitions and requirements.<\/p>\n\n<p>That is a reclassification with an evidence test attached, not a ban. Nothing is invalidated on 1 October. But the moment your certificate comes up for renewal, the entry you have been using is gone, and the replacement entry carries its own definition you must demonstrate you satisfy.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Second, the chain-of-custody field.<\/strong> For ISCC EU and ISCC CORSIA certificates issued from <strong>1 September 2026<\/strong>, certification bodies <em>\u201cmust indicate the applicable chain of custody option verified during the audit (\u2018Mass Balance\u2019 or \u2018Physical Segregation\u2019)\u201d<\/em>. The field does not apply to traders without storage capability.<\/p>\n\n<p>The same batch also introduced new <strong>GHG transport exhaust-emission requirements<\/strong> under ISCC EU, with distances calculated by a longest-distance, weighted-average, or individual-contract approach \u2014 applied consistently throughout.<\/p>\n\n<!--OBG-G--><div class=\"obg obg-stats\"><div class=\"obg-stat\"><div class=\"obg-sn\">1 Oct<span class=\"u\">2026<\/span><\/div><div class=\"obg-sl\">Industry Food Waste Oil leaves the ISCC EU Material List<\/div><\/div><div class=\"obg-stat\"><div class=\"obg-sn\">197<\/div><div class=\"obg-sl\">Valid ISCC certificates held in Thailand, 21 Sep 2026<\/div><\/div><div class=\"obg-stat\"><div class=\"obg-sn\">51<\/div><div class=\"obg-sl\">Thai certificates expiring within 90 days<\/div><\/div><div class=\"obg-stat\"><div class=\"obg-sn\">0<\/div><div class=\"obg-sl\">ISCC certification bodies domiciled in Thailand<\/div><\/div><\/div><!--\/OBG-G-->\n\n<h2 id=\"thailand-s-iscc-book-counted-this-morning\">Thailand\u2019s ISCC book, counted this morning<\/h2>\n\n<p>ISCC\u2019s searchable certificate database is machine-queryable. Pulled on <strong>21 September 2026<\/strong>, Thailand holds <strong>197 valid certificates<\/strong>: 100 under ISCC PLUS, 67 under ISCC EU, and 30 under ISCC CORSIA. Globally the database showed <strong>16,403<\/strong> valid certificates the same morning, of which <strong>821<\/strong> were CORSIA.<\/p>\n\n<p>Those two pairs of numbers give the most interesting fact about Thailand\u2019s position: it holds <strong>1.2%<\/strong> of all valid ISCC certificates but <strong>3.7%<\/strong> of all valid CORSIA certificates \u2014 an over-index of roughly <strong>three times<\/strong>. Within ASEAN, Thailand\u2019s CORSIA share of its own book, 15.2%, is the highest in the region.<\/p>\n\n<!--OBG-G--><div class=\"obg obg-tw\"><table class=\"obg-table\"><thead><tr><th><\/th><th class=\"\">Total<\/th><th class=\"\">ISCC EU<\/th><th class=\"\">ISCC PLUS<\/th><th class=\"hi\">CORSIA<\/th><th class=\"\">CORSIA share<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><th>Indonesia<\/th><td class=\"\">861<\/td><td class=\"\">608<\/td><td class=\"\">85<\/td><td class=\"hi\">107<\/td><td class=\"\">12.4%<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Malaysia<\/th><td class=\"\">757<\/td><td class=\"\">628<\/td><td class=\"\">91<\/td><td class=\"hi\">29<\/td><td class=\"\">3.8%<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Singapore<\/th><td class=\"\">478<\/td><td class=\"\">271<\/td><td class=\"\">139<\/td><td class=\"hi\">68<\/td><td class=\"\">14.2%<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Vietnam<\/th><td class=\"\">247<\/td><td class=\"\">88<\/td><td class=\"\">142<\/td><td class=\"hi\">15<\/td><td class=\"\">6.1%<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Thailand<\/th><td class=\"\"><b>197<\/b><\/td><td class=\"\"><b>67<\/b><\/td><td class=\"\"><b>100<\/b><\/td><td class=\"hi\"><b>30<\/b><\/td><td class=\"\"><b>15.2%<\/b><\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Philippines<\/th><td class=\"\">25<\/td><td class=\"\">17<\/td><td class=\"\">6<\/td><td class=\"hi\">2<\/td><td class=\"\">8.0%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><!--\/OBG-G-->\n\n<p>Thailand is fifth in ASEAN on volume and first on aviation-fuel orientation \u2014 the profile of a <strong>feedstock and intermediate exporter<\/strong> feeding someone else\u2019s refinery, not a domestic consumption market. The scope split says the same: 100 Processing Units, 76 Collecting Points, 72 Traders with Storage, 27 Traders, and only 17 Points of Origin.<\/p>\n\n<p>And the book turns over fast. <strong>51 of Thailand\u2019s 197 certificates expire within 90 days<\/strong> \u2014 by 20 December 2026 \u2014 and <strong>99 within 180 days<\/strong>. Half the country\u2019s ISCC paper will be re-audited and reissued inside six months, under the rules as they stand after 1 October.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"the-four-certificates-that-name-the-feedstock-being-removed\">The four certificates that name the feedstock being removed<\/h2>\n\n<p>Four Thai certificates currently name <em>\u201cIndustry food waste oil\u201d<\/em> among their raw materials. All four are ISCC EU certificates. Their remaining validity, measured from 21 September: <strong>1 day, 115 days, 120 days and 158 days<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p>All four therefore fall due for recertification inside the next six months \u2014 under a material list that no longer carries the entry they were issued against. Three have enough runway to prepare the transition properly. One does not.<\/p>\n\n<p>The surrounding exposure is larger. Thailand\u2019s certified feedstock book is dominated by waste and residue streams: <strong>64 certificates naming used cooking oil<\/strong>, 15 naming palm oil mill effluent (POME) oil, and 13 naming <strong>palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD)<\/strong>. That last one is named in EU law \u2014 and not favourably.<\/p>\n\n<!--OBG-G--><div class=\"obg obg-quote\"><p>SAF produced from the following feedstocks shall be excluded from the calculation of the minimum shares of SAF set out in Annex I to this Regulation: \u201cfood and feed crops\u201d\u2026, intermediate crops, palm fatty acid distillate and palm and soy-derived materials, and soap stock and its derivatives. However, that exclusion shall not apply to any feedstock that is included in Annex IX to Directive (EU) 2018\/2001, under the conditions set out in that Annex.<\/p><cite>Regulation (EU) 2023\/2405 (ReFuelEU Aviation), Article 4(5)<\/cite><\/div><!--\/OBG-G-->\n\n<p>Used cooking oil sits in Annex IX Part B and counts. PFAD is named and excluded unless it qualifies under Annex IX. A Thai producer holding both on one certificate is running two feedstocks with materially different standing in the buyer\u2019s compliance arithmetic \u2014 exactly the kind of distinction that has to survive into the documents a European offtaker reads.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"every-thai-certificate-is-issued-from-somewhere-else\">Every Thai certificate is issued from somewhere else<\/h2>\n\n<p>ISCC publishes the list of certification bodies it recognises. <strong>None is domiciled in Thailand.<\/strong> The certificate records confirm it from the other direction: Thailand\u2019s 197 certificates were issued by bodies based in Germany (74), Poland (66), Malaysia (25), Indonesia (18), the United States (9), Latvia (2), China (2) and India (1). Indonesia has seven recognised CBs on its own soil, Malaysia three, Singapore two. Thailand has none.<\/p>\n\n<p>So every recertification audit in Thailand is conducted by an organisation headquartered somewhere else, and ISCC has a rule for what happens when the auditor and the site do not share a working language.<\/p>\n\n<!--OBG-G--><div class=\"obg obg-quote\"><p>If the auditor cannot conduct the audit in the native\/working language of the site where the audit is conducted, an independent translator must be involved. If necessary, the documents to be reviewed must be translated independently, ideally in advance of the audit. Regardless of the language in which the audit was conducted, the audit report shall always be written in English.<\/p><cite>ISCC PLUS 103, Requirements for Certification Bodies and Auditors, v1.1 (valid from 13 November 2025), \u00a74.2, footnote 4<\/cite><\/div><!--\/OBG-G-->\n\n<p><strong>Here is where the honest line sits, and it matters that we draw it clearly.<\/strong> That provision binds the <em>audit report<\/em> \u2014 a document the certification body writes, not one you write. <strong>Nothing in ISCC requires your own mass-balance books, delivery notes, supplier declarations or internal assessment to be in English.<\/strong> Your records may be in Thai. ISCC\u2019s self-declaration templates exist in multiple languages. Anyone telling you ISCC mandates English-language records is selling you something that is not in the standard.<\/p>\n\n<p>What the clause does establish is narrower and more practical: the translation should happen <em>\u201cideally in advance of the audit\u201d<\/em>, by an <em>independent<\/em> translator. The documents an auditor can read before arriving are the documents that get assessed inside the audit window \u2014 and that window is not generous. A certificate must issue within 60 days of the audit, and that same window has to absorb up to 40 calendar days of non-conformity correction. Work backwards and the audit falls roughly two months before expiry, with the evidence already legible when the auditor opens it.<\/p>\n\n<p>That is a <strong>scheduling and accuracy<\/strong> argument, not a legal one \u2014 the difference between translating your traceability evidence deliberately, in advance, to a standard you control, and translating it across a table while a finding is being written up. We build the first kind through an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.othellointernational.com\/technical-translation\/\">ISO 17100 Translate\u2013Edit\u2013Proofread process<\/a>, and have written elsewhere on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.othellointernational.com\/esg-translation-risk\/\">what goes wrong when that work is treated as clerical<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>One point of transparency: ISCC restructured its website during 2026 and the ISCC EU system documents now sit behind a client-section login. The validity, issuance and correction periods above come from our own earlier verbatim reading of ISCC EU 201 \u00a74.2.1 and \u00a74.2.3 and ISCC EU 203 \u00a74.4.1; the PLUS 103 wording we re-read at source today. Where we could not re-open a document this week, we say so.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"the-chain-of-custody-field-is-not-cosmetic\">The chain-of-custody field is not cosmetic<\/h2>\n\n<p>The chain-of-custody field looks administrative. It is not. From 1 September 2026, an ISCC EU or CORSIA certificate states on its face whether the holder was verified under <strong>Mass Balance<\/strong> or <strong>Physical Segregation<\/strong>. Ninety-seven of Thailand\u2019s 197 certificates are EU or CORSIA, and <strong>46 of those expire within 180 days<\/strong> \u2014 so they will be reissued carrying the field.<\/p>\n\n<p>Two consequences follow. Internally, your declared model has to match what your books actually do; a mass-balance claim on the certificate and a segregation-shaped reality in the warehouse is a finding waiting to be written. Externally, a European buyer comparing two Thai suppliers can now read the model straight off the certificate without asking either of them. That is a disclosure \u2014 and like every other disclosure, it is only an advantage if it is accurate.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"where-iscc-audits-actually-go-wrong\">Where ISCC audits actually go wrong<\/h2>\n\n<p>ISCC reports annually to the European Commission. The latest edition \u2014 <em>Report to the European Commission for the Calendar Year 2025<\/em>, submitted 30 April 2026 \u2014 is the closest thing the scheme has to published audit statistics.<\/p>\n\n<!--OBG-G--><div class=\"obg obg-facts\"><div class=\"obg-fact\"><div class=\"obg-fh\">8,549 certificates<\/div><p>Issued by cooperating certification bodies under ISCC EU in 2025.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"obg-fact\"><div class=\"obg-fh\">138 withdrawn<\/div><p>Withdrawn in 2025 due to major or critical non-conformities \u2014 about 1.6% of the book.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"obg-fact\"><div class=\"obg-fh\">131 integrity assessments<\/div><p>Initiated by ISCC EU across 25 different countries during 2025.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"obg-fact\"><div class=\"obg-fh\">71.2% in Asia<\/div><p>The share of ISCC Integrity Assessments conducted in Asia in 2025.<\/p><\/div><\/div><!--\/OBG-G-->\n\n<p>The most common major and critical non-conformities named in that report are worth reading as a list, because they are almost entirely evidentiary: inability to demonstrate traceability of sustainable materials and products; missing or delayed cooperation in the Integrity Programme; missing or delayed cooperation in surveillance audits requested by the certification body; non-compliance with EU reporting requirements; denied access to supplying points of origin; and false declaration or relabelling of material in the context of waste and residues.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>The fair reading of these numbers is not alarming.<\/strong> Roughly 98.4% of certificates were not withdrawn, and most holders renew without incident. The 71.2% Asia figure is a <em>risk-targeted<\/em> allocation of assessments, not a regional failure rate \u2014 ISCC directs integrity work where waste-and-residue supply chains concentrate, which is where Thailand\u2019s book sits. It is a statement about where scrutiny lands, not about who fails.<\/p>\n\n<p>One more thing to hold lightly. On <strong>15 September 2026<\/strong> ISCC published results from its working group on chemical characterisation of used cooking oil \u2014 an inter-laboratory study across 18 samples, five regions and nine laboratories. If a vendor tells you ISCC has introduced UCO testing requirements, they are wrong. ISCC says the screening tool is <em>\u201ca research outcome of the working group, not embed[ded] in certification processes\u201d<\/em>, and that <em>\u201cno universal standard values could or should be defined\u201d<\/em>. It is a signal about where audit risk-assessment is heading. It is not a rule.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"what-to-do-in-the-next-ninety-days\">What to do in the next ninety days<\/h2>\n\n<!--OBG-G--><div class=\"obg obg-flow\"><div class=\"obg-step\"><div class=\"obg-snum\">1<\/div><div class=\"obg-sh\">Read your own certificate record<\/div><div class=\"obg-sp\">Pull your entry from ISCC\u2019s public database and write down the exact expiry date. It is the only date that governs everything else.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"obg-step\"><div class=\"obg-snum\">2<\/div><div class=\"obg-sh\">Work backwards from expiry<\/div><div class=\"obg-sp\">The certificate must issue within 60 days of the audit, and that window must absorb up to 40 days of correction. Schedule the audit about two months before expiry.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"obg-step\"><div class=\"obg-snum\">3<\/div><div class=\"obg-sh\">Check your raw-material entries<\/div><div class=\"obg-sp\">If \u201cIndustry Food Waste Oil\u201d appears, prepare the definitional evidence for the \u201cFood Waste\u201d entry now \u2014 it is needed at recertification, not on 1 October.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"obg-step\"><div class=\"obg-snum\">4<\/div><div class=\"obg-sh\">Fix the chain-of-custody answer<\/div><div class=\"obg-sp\">Decide whether your next certificate will state Mass Balance or Physical Segregation, and confirm your books and physical handling match it.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"obg-step\"><div class=\"obg-snum\">5<\/div><div class=\"obg-sh\">Send the mass balance before the audit<\/div><div class=\"obg-sp\">It is site-specific, gap-free, and the audit does not start without it. Negative balances are prohibited; records are kept five years.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"obg-step\"><div class=\"obg-snum\">6<\/div><div class=\"obg-sh\">Translate deliberately, not at the table<\/div><div class=\"obg-sp\">Decide which traceability evidence the auditor will need in English, and have it done properly and in advance by an independent translator.<\/div><\/div><\/div><!--\/OBG-G-->\n\n<!--OBG-G--><div class=\"obg obg-take\"><div class=\"obg-lb\">Key takeaways<\/div><ul><li><b>1 October 2026:<\/b> \u201cIndustry Food Waste Oil\u201d leaves the ISCC EU Material List. Existing certificates stay valid to expiry; the transition to \u201cFood Waste\u201d happens at recertification.<\/li><li><b>Thailand holds 197 valid ISCC certificates<\/b> as at 21 September 2026 \u2014 51 of them expire within 90 days, and 99 within 180.<\/li><li><b>Four Thai certificates name the feedstock being removed<\/b>, and all four renew inside six months.<\/li><li><b>No ISCC certification body is domiciled in Thailand.<\/b> Every audit here is run by a body based abroad.<\/li><li><b>ISCC requires the audit report in English \u2014 not your records.<\/b> The real exposure is schedule and accuracy, not a language mandate.<\/li><li><b>Certificates issued from 1 September 2026<\/b> must state Mass Balance or Physical Segregation on their face.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><!--\/OBG-G-->\n\n<p>None of this is a crisis. It is a calendar. The scheme changed two things quietly, half of Thailand\u2019s certificate book renews before those changes have had six months to settle, and the audits are run by people arriving from abroad who will read whatever you have made readable.<\/p>\n\n<p>Othello prepares that evidence base \u2014 gap assessment, internal assessment, mass-balance review and the English document set behind it. We are <strong>not<\/strong> a certification body, we do not audit and we do not issue certificates; ISCC\u2019s own terms prohibit the body that audits you from preparing you, which is precisely why preparation is a separate job. This sits alongside our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.othellointernational.com\/esg-advisory\/iscc-certification-support\/\">ISCC certification support<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.othellointernational.com\/tgo-cfo-certification\/\">TGO CFO carbon footprint<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.othellointernational.com\/cbam-thailand-exporters\/\">CBAM<\/a> practices, with the wider picture on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.othellointernational.com\/esg-regulatory-tracker\/\">ESG regulatory tracker<\/a>. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.othellointernational.com\/esg-case-studies\/\">how we work<\/a>, or how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.othellointernational.com\/tgo-carbon-to-ftse-disclosure\/\">verified carbon numbers travel into disclosure<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<!--OBG-G--><div class=\"obg obg-band\"><h4>Ninety days is the whole window<\/h4><p>If your ISCC certificate expires before March, the audit that renews it is already inside the planning horizon. We prepare the evidence base \u2014 we do not audit it.<\/p><a class=\"obg-cta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.othellointernational.com\/esg-advisory\/iscc-certification-support\/\">ISCC certification support<\/a><\/div><!--\/OBG-G-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISCC removes \u201cIndustry Food Waste Oil\u201d from the EU Material List on 1 October 2026, and certificates issued from 1 September must state their chain-of-custody option. 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