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SA-S-SD-24 This annex includes additional binding content related to the implementation of the Requirements in Chapter 6 of the Sustainable Agriculture Standard: Environment. This document includes: Additional Details on Requirements for No-Conversion (Previous Annex S12) (Related to requirement 6.1.1) Additional Details on Conservation and Restoration Areas Outside Farm Boundaries (Previous Annex S15) (Related to requirements […]
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SA-GL-SD-1 The glossary of the terms used in the documents of the Rainforest Alliance Certification Program. The terms that are underlined in the Standard, are covered in the Glossary. View our online version of the glossary by visiting https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/glossary. For Version 1.3, published on February 6th, 2023, please see the adapted terms below: TERM WHAT […]
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 includes: Remediation Protocol (Previous Annex S04) (Related to requirements 1.5.1, 1.6.2, 5.1.3, 5.1.4 and 5.8.2) Methodology for Measuring Remuneration and Gaps with a Living Wage (Previous Annex S09) (Related to […]
The Biannual pesticide usage data report that Certificate Holders must keep up to date under the Exceptional Use Policy for using Rainforest Alliance Prohibited Pesticides