FAQ: 2020 Farm Requirements
A detailed FAQ about the Rainforest Alliance 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard Farm Requirements.
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Certification has had a huge impact in bringing sustainability to the forefront of business thinking, but it must continue to evolve to provide more value to farmers and companies and ensure that people and nature can thrive in harmony.
That's why the Rainforest Alliance launched its new Certification Program, which entered into force in July 2021. The Sustainable Agriculture Standard, along with its assurance and technology systems, are data-powered, and based on the principles of continuous improvement, risk-based assurance, contextualization, and shared responsibility. This is how we can deliver more value to the two million farmers and thousands of businesses that use Rainforest Alliance certification to drive more sustainable agricultural production and responsible supply chains.
At the heart of the Rainforest Alliance
The certification program is part of the Rainforest Alliance’s strategy to drive sustainability at scale in the sectors in which we operate through interconnected interventions supporting certification, tailored supply chain services, landscapes and communities, and advocacy.
What We're Working On
Strengthened Cocoa Certification Program
Key priorities of our cocoa strategy are assurance, shared responsibility, supply chain transparency, and profitability and resilience.
Risk Maps for Risk Management
How we have tailored the implementation and verification of standards requirements on child labor and forced labor to the risk exposure of each farm.
Shared Responsibility
Our shared responsibility approach aims to distribute benefits and costs of certification more evenly between farmers and companies.
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FAQ: 2020 Supply Chain Requirements
A detailed FAQ about the Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture Standard's 2020 Supply Chain Requirements.
Partner Update
Early Feedback on the New Certification Program: Kyagalanyi Coffee Shares Their Implementation Experience
Find out what Ugandan coffee exporter, Kyagalanyi Coffee, had to say about the new program—from the improvements to the challenges.
Organizational Updates
Learnings from the Field: Finca Esmeralda and the Future of Certified Bananas
After teaming up for an early implementation pilot of our strengthened certification program, both Finca Esmeralda and the Rainforest Alliance took away learnings that will contribute to a more sustainable banana sector.
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Tea Selling Marks
Guidance on providing selling mark information in certificate template provided by Certification Bodies.
Certificate Search and Public Summaries
Use our database to find information about all Rainforest Alliance Certified farms, farmer groups, and chain-of-custody certificates.
Guidance
QGIS GUIDANCE – Guidance on Converting and Managing Geospatial Files
This guidance document provides some guidance on how to use QGIS with geodata. QGIS can be used to convert a file containing geospatial data (e.g. shapefiles) to a KML or GeoJSON file, manage geodata
Retail and Foodservice Companies Now Included in Rainforest Alliance Certification and Traceability: What you Need to Know
As part of our 2020 Certification Program, certain retailers are now able to earn certification.
Template for Requests for Exceptional Use of Pesticides
Rainforest Alliance is developing the new Exceptional Use Policy, where exceptions will be granted for the use of prohibited pesticides as listed in Annex 7. To make your request for an exception, you
Topics: CertificationFarm Certification
Guidance
KoBoCollect Guidance
This guidance document provides a step-by-step guide on how to use KoBoCollect to collect geodata. KoBo works both on your mobile device and desktop, either through the app or via website. KoBo can be
Topics: Assurance SystemCertification