Assurance System

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 document is being updated to reflect the new certification rules. Please bear in mind that you should not take a certification decision based on the current version of the document. For questions, please reach out to cbcert@ra.org. The Severity Test is used to determine whether the case of child labor, forced labor, discrimination and/or […]

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 aims to align the requirements of the Rainforest Alliance standard applicable to intermediaries in the context of cocoa production in Latin American countries. The requirements mentioned in this policy are intended to assist cocoa producers in the implementation of the Rainforest Alliance program.

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 […]