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What’s New in Version 1.3 of the Sustainable Agriculture Standard?
Just as the 2020 Certification Program is designed to promote continuous improvement by farmers and supply chain actors, the Rainforest Alliance is also committed to doing the same with our work. In practice this means that as we roll out the new program, we continue to engage in dialogue with our partners to make the […]
Annex S13: Group Member Registry
The Group Member Registry is a binding template that allows Farm certificate holders to upload relevant data from their internal inspections of their group members to the RACP in preparation for their audit.
Annex Chapter 6: Environment (Previous Annexes S12 and S15)
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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At the Rainforest Alliance, we believe that strong due diligence systems are crucial to a well-functioning grievance system, and critical to achieve our mission of creating a world where people and nature thrive together. In this document, we dive into the system that we have put in place to ensure that allegations of human rights […]
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Annex S01: Glossary
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 […]