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Rainforest Alliance weighs in on a new WWF-backed proposal to set minimum environmental standards for globally traded food commodities, highlighting how credible certification can help companies strengthen sustainability, human rights, and traceability efforts.

Lab-grown cocoa is emerging as a potential solution to climate-driven supply risks, but raises concerns for smallholder farmers. Rainforest Alliance warns that without safeguards, innovation could undermine livelihoods, calling for investment in farmers alongside new technologies.

Rainforest Alliance welcomes the launch of Lavazza’s La Reserva de ¡Tierra! Selection, the first professional coffee sourced from farms certified under the Rainforest Alliance Regenerative Agriculture Standard, marking a major step in bringing regenerative agriculture from ambition to reality.

In this feature, Rainforest Alliance is cited in a report revealing that grasslands, wetlands, and other non-forest ecosystems are being converted to agriculture up to four times faster than forests, while major policy gaps, including the EU Deforestation Regulation, leave many of these vital landscapes unprotected.

Rainforest Alliance is featured in the UK Cocoa Coalition, where growing calls for stronger due diligence on deforestation-linked commodities take center stage. Owen Gibbons says certification matters, but lasting progress will require mandatory regulation and shared responsibility to support smallholders.

In this op-ed, Rainforest Alliance CEO Santiago Gowland makes the case for credible third-party certification as companies navigate new EU rules on environmental claims, positioning Rainforest Alliance as a trusted framework for verification, traceability, and compliance.