Timelines: Implementation of the Sustainability Differential and Investments under the 2020 Certification Program
As part of the 2020 Certification program buyers of Rainforest Alliance Certified commodities will be required to make Sustainability Differential and Investment payments (formerly known as premium) to the certified farmer (groups). Here are the implementation timelines for each sector.[Read more...]
Guides & manuals
Sustainability Differential and Sustainability Investments: Hazelnut Sector Guidance
This guidance explains how the Sustainability Differential and Sustainability Investment requirements are implemented in Hazelnut sector
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Shared Responsibility: Balancing Sustainability Values and Costs for Farmers and Companies
Our shared responsibility approach aims to distribute sustainability benefits and costs more evenly between farmers and companies. This involves two mandatory financial requirements for companies: Sustainability Differential and Sustainability Investments.[Read more...]
Guides & manuals
Sustainability Differential and Sustainability Investments: Cocoa Sector Guidance
The general principles of the Sustainability Differential (SD) and Sustainability Investment (SI) requirements are applicable to all sectors. But as sectors work differently, sector- specific
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Toward a More Constructive and Honest Sustainability Debate
As the advocacy director at Rainforest Alliance, Emma Harbour spends a lot of time participating in discussions about how best to transform exploitative supply chains. Within these public conversations, she has also observed the unfortunate practice of spreading misinformation. A recent example can be found in Nestlé’s decision to change its sourcing for KitKat bars in the UK from Fairtrade to Rainforest Alliance, spurring a lively debate, but not all of it is based on facts. For this reason, she offers below clarifications and a few corrections of erroneous statements which can circulate when pitting certifications against one another.[Read more...]
Cocoa: The Sustainability Differential
Our 2020 Certification Program includes two financial requirements for the buyers of Rainforest Alliance Certified commodities: the Sustainability Differential (SD) and Sustainability Investments (SI). For cocoa, we will require a minimum SD of $70 per MT as of July 2022.[Read more...]
