The Technical Certification Guidelines (TCGs) for obtaining the concept-brand seal contain the premises for attesting to the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) mitigation in the agricultural production process in candidate areas. These Technical Guidelines structure the entire certification process and serve as the basis for the certification protocol and checklist used in practice to evaluate and award the Low Carbon Soy Seal by accredited certifiers. That is a constructive dynamic process in constant evolution, so, after field validation, the technical guidelines are updated in a new approximation, which is then published.

Following recommendation of the ISEAL Alliance Code of Good Practices for Setting Social and Environmental Standards (ISEAL, 2014), the TGCs were structured by experts, including researchers and representatives of the production sector, among other stakeholders. Based on a careful analysis of the information compiled, a structure focused on mitigating GHG emissions was created, which includes two Technical Certification Guidelines (TCGs): (1) Adequacy of the Rural Property and (2) Adequacy of the Production System. Each TCD has Eligibility Criteria and Achievement Indicators that the candidate area must attain to receive the LCS Seal.