Certification Application Form (CAF)
The Certification Application Form (CAF) is a mandatory document to be filled out by Certificate Holders and Certification Bodies along the Certification Process of the Sustainable Agriculture... View more
Annex S03: Risk Assessment Tool
SA-S-SD-4
As outlined in the requirements of the 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard, certificate holders must conduct a risk assessment.
The risk assessment tool is available for group and... View more
Annex Chapter 5: Social (Previous Annexes S04, S09, S10 and S11)
SA-S-SD-23
This annex includes additional binding content related to the implementation of the Requirements in Chapter 5 of the Sustainable Agriculture Standard: Social.
This document... View more
Guidance S: Remediation Protocol
SA-G-SD-44
Requirements 1.5.1, 1.6.2 and 5.1.4 of the 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard requires certificate holders todocument and remediate cases of child labor, forced labor, discrimination,... View more
Integrated Systems to Tackle Child Labor
More than 70 percent of all child labor cases are found in the agricultural sector. While banning child labor on farms is commonly perceived to be a silver bullet, it’s simply not enough. The best way... View more
How Our Assess-and-Address Approach is Tackling Human Rights Issues
Our assess-and-address approach focuses on prevention, engagement, and improvement of human rights issues, and incentivizes farmers and companies to tackle human rights issues rather than hide them.