Impact Study
Tackling the Root Causes of Child Labor: Insights from the Child Labor Free Zone Program in West Nile, Uganda
Between 2014 and 2020 a consortium of organizations, including Rainforest Alliance, implemented a “Child Labor Free Zone” (CLFZ) program in the West Nile province of Uganda. This is a coffee growing
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Impact Study
2019 Certification Impacts Report: Research Guides Our Way Forward
The 2019 Impacts Report synthesizes recent independent research on how Rainforest Alliance and UTZ certification affects farmers, farm workers and ecosystems.
The report also draws on our rich
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Impact Study
Aggregate Effects on Ecosystem Services from Certification of Tea Farming in the Upper Tana River Basin, Kenya
The role of certification in achieving sustainability outcomes is not limited to the farm-level. However, it can be difficult to measure and map the aggregate impacts of certification since adoption
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Baseline Study of Environmental and Social Conditions on Rainforest Alliance Certified Banana Plantations in Costa Rica and Belize
The Rainforest Alliance, IDH-Sustainable Trade Initiative, and private entities in the banana sector collaborated on an evaluation of the social and environmental practices on Rainforest Alliance
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Impact Study
Towards a Sustainable Banana Supply Chain in Colombia
This evaluation study, conducted by the Wageningen Economic Research and commissioned by the Rainforest Alliance, compared certified banana farms to similar non-certified farms in the region of
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Beyond Certification: A New Study Explores The Wider Effects Of Sustainability Standards
The paper highlights a range of systemic impacts of standards, both tangible—such as the creation of new partnerships or knowledge products—and intangible, such as building trust and embedding sustainability principles.[Read more...]