FAQ: 2020 Farm Requirements
A detailed FAQ about the Rainforest Alliance 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard Farm Requirements.
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What’s New in the 2020 Standard? Farm Intelligence App
With the launch of our 2020 Certification Program, we are work-ing to deliver more value to the many people and businesses around the world that use Rainforest Alliance certification to support sustainable agricultural production and supply chains. Alongside our new program, we have also developed a new digital tool to help ensure a smooth implementation […]
Climate Change and Hazelnut Production
This one-sheet summarizes the findings of a recent report about the current and expected future impacts of climate change on Turkey’s hazelnut sector. These findings emphasize the need for climate-smart agriculture approaches and highlight the role that the Rainforest Alliance can play to drive improvements in hazelnut farming practices and help farmers adapt and flourish […]
What’s in our 2020 Certification Program? Gender Equality
In our 2020 Certification Program, we are going further to promote gender equality by giving farms and companies new tools to understand the gender gaps and issues in their operations and how to address them. They will also be required to appoint a person or committee dedicated to addressing gender equality and actively promoting women’s […]
Protecting Against Forced Labor and Other Forms of Modern Slavery in Agricultural Supply Chains Through Rainforest Alliance Certification
Our 2020 Certification Program—published June 30, 2020, and mandatory for audits beginning July 1, 2021—adopts an “assess-and-address” approach to tackling human rights issues such as forced labor, which will not be tolerated on certified farms or in companies. Rather than imposing a simple prohibition, which often drives the problem underground, the “assess-and-address” approach goes much […]
What’s in our 2020 Certification Program? Assess-and-Address
Child labor, forced labor, discrimination, and workplace violence and harassment have never been—and will never be—tolerated by the Rainforest Alliance. We’ve learned through many years of experience that simply prohibiting these human rights violations in our standard is not enough. That’s why our 2020 Certification Program promotes an assess-and-address approach to tackling these issues. This […]
Guidance L: Assess-and-Address
This document is intended to help farms seeking Rainforest Alliance certification, and RA- certified farms, understand and implement the Assess-and-address system. This document covers requirement 5.1 of the Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture Standard.