Certification Standard
Certification Application Form (CAF)
The Certification Application Form (CAF) is a mandatory document to be filled out by Certificate Holders and Certification Bodies along the Certification Process of the Sustainable Agriculture
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Piloting our 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard: how our assess-and-address approach is tackling human rights issues
Our 2020 Certification Program promotes an assess-and-address approach and grievance mechanism for tackling human rights issues. This new, risk-based system focuses on prevention, engagement, and improvement and incentivizes farmers and companies to tackle human rights issues rather than hide them. It also requires farms and farmer groups to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment. [Read more...]
Annex
Annex S4: Remediation Protocol
In accordance with the 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard: Farm Requirements and Supply Chain Requirements, the management representative/committee sets out in the Management Plan how to remediate
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One-sheets
What’s in our 2020 Certification Program? Assess-and-Address
Child labor, forced labor, discrimination, and workplace violence and harassment have never been—and will never be—tolerated by the Rainforest Alliance. We've learned through many years of experience
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Guides & manuals
Guidance L: Assess-and-Address
This document is intended to help farms seeking Rainforest Alliance certification, and RA- certified farms, understand and implement the Assess-and-address system. This document covers requirement 5.1
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Annex
Annex S3: Risk Assessment Tool
As outlined in the requirements of the 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard, certificate holders must conduct a risk assessment. The tool which is available for group and individually certified farm
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