Annual Report
2020 Annual Report: We Thrive Together
Explore our achievements and discover what gave us energy and hope in 2020—a year unlike any other.[Read more...]
Topics: ImpactsIn the Field
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...]
Manage Risk with the Rainforest Alliance Child Labor and Forced Labor Sectoral Risk Maps
The Child Labor and Forced Labor Sector Risk Maps are part of our improved assurance system. Working with these maps, and our certification program, will give your company or farm the information needed to tackle human rights violations in your supply chain.[Read more...]
Forced Labor in the Coffee Industry and How We’re Addressing It
To tackle forced labor in the coffee industry, we must also address the social, economic and political issues that go beyond the farm. The solution will require collaboration between farmer communities, companies, civil society, governments, and others.[Read more...]
Topics: CoffeeIn the Field
White Paper
Protecting Against Forced Labor and Other Forms of Modern Slavery in Agricultural Supply Chains Through Rainforest Alliance Certification
Our 2020 Certification Program—published June 30, 2020, and mandatory for audits beginning July 1, 2021—adopts an “assess-and-address” approach to tackling human rights issues such as forced labor,
View: Protecting Against Forced Labor and Other Forms of Modern Slavery in Agricultural Supply Chains Through Rainforest Alliance Certification
A Coffee Buzz in Sumatra, Indonesia
Although I lived for ten years in Indonesia from 2001-2011, this is my first visit to Lampung, a mountainous province at the southernmost end of Sumatra. Home to lowland rainforests that provide habitat to endangered species, including Sumatran tigers, the province also boasts a bustling capital of 3 million people, Bandar Lampung—famous not least for its tasty snack of crunchy fish crackers with dark chili sauce.
Less well-known are the longstanding communities of farmers who grow coffee in...[Read more...]
Topics: CoffeeIn the FieldIndonesia
