Policy and Guidance to Conduct Investigation Audits

This document contains the binding clauses that Certification Bodies (CBs) need to comply with when conducting an investigation audit of any Certificate Holder certified against any of the standards of the Rainforest Alliance. It also sets out the responsibilities of the Rainforest Alliance in relation to the conduct of Investigation audits. These rules are additional to the existing Rainforest Alliance Certification Rules for Single Farms and Group Administrators, July, 2017 Version 2, and Rainforest Alliance Rules for Planning and Conducting Audits, April, 2018, Version 1.