Policies and rules

SA-P-SD-9 The objective of this policy, alongside the 2020 Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture Standard requirements, is to support producers in their journey to phasing out the use of HHPs. The Exceptional Use Policy grants limited exceptions for the use of certain agrochemical compounds contained in the Rainforest Alliance list of prohibited pesticides in specific scenarios […]

The new ‘Policy on WOs’ has been developed to align the Freedom of Association (FoA) requirements (5.2.1; 5.2.2; and 5.2.3) of the Rainforest Alliance 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard to the context of banana and pineapple farming operations in Costa Rica. It aims to recognize, in equal conditions, benefits to all Workers’ Organizations (WO), and access […]

The European Union (EU) has introduced the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), including requirements on deforestation for some products that are imported into the EU. Rainforest Alliance certified products currently impacted include cocoa and coffee. This document contains additional requirements to cover aspects of the EUDR that were not fully aligned in addition to the RA […]

This policy seeks to define under which circumstances a Certification Body (CB) is required to perform an onsite follow up audit to verify closure of nonconformities.

This Guidance document provides further information for Supply Chain Certificate Holders and Certification Bodies on license renewal during the No Audit years.