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Carissa Kranz and BeVegHi Carissa, can you tell us about your business or organization?BeVeg is the world%u2019s first and only ISO accredited vegan standard, making it the most reliable benchmark for Vegan claims globally and the only real certification program that conducts third-party on-site audits. BeVeg is represented and internationally recognized worldwide. The BeVeg Vegan trademark means the Vegan product / service claim is reliable and was certified and verified according to consistent standards uniformly applied. The OU (Orthodox Union, world%u2019s largest kosher certifier) and NSF (world%u2019s leading food safety certifier) are the official global auditing partners for BeVeg, carrying out audits in about 200 countries.How did your organization come to be?It started with glass of wine and a Vegan tofu burrito, only for someone to kill my buzz by telling me that my Vegan wine was not Vegan. I was shocked to learn from google that wines were often filtered through animal parts and were not just grapes. That lead to a period of discovery on global labeling laws and the deficiencies of such laws for Vegan label claims. As a lawyer, I was shocked and dismayed at how little transparency there was despite the intent of consumer protection laws. In an effort to affect change and inspire laws, my law firm %u2014 the Law Offices of Carissa Kranz %u2014 began drafting the Vegan standard in 2017. The official BeVeg Vegan standard later became ISO accredited and recognized as the only meaningfully robust and accredited Vegan standard globally.What would you like to see your organization accomplish?Global label transparency for Vegan claims. BeVeg has accomplished a global Vegan standard and definition to certify against that is internationally recognized, accepted and accredited. No other Vegan trademark has set out accredited Vegan standards like BeVeg to audit against. I%u2019d like for all qualified companies to certify against our uniform standards so Vegan label claims can be trusted, uniform, verified and certified globally. BeVeg investigates supply chain accountability and conducts on-site Force For GoodCompassion