FAQ: 2020 Farm Requirements
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Child Labor Toolkit Module 4: Mitigation
This module provides a step-by-step overview of the actions you can take to mitigate specific child labor risks. Actions discussed include awareness raising, training, child labor monitoring & remediation systems, income improvement, education, youth employment, and skills. Examples and partnership opportunities are provided.
Child Labor Toolkit Module 2: Assess and Address
This module provides a practical overview of Rainforest Alliance’s approach to tackle child labor through our 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard’s assess-and-address system. This system includes five due diligence steps: Commit; Assess risks; Mitigate risks; Remediate actual cases of child labor and Monitor.
Child Labor Toolkit Module 3: Risk Assessment
This module provides step-by-step guidance on how to conduct a basic and in-depth risk assessment on child labor and how to plan and track your mitigation actions.
Guidance for Geodata Collection Tool in China
This guidance document will help farm Certificate Holders (CHs) in China to use the following 2 applications, one application on a mobile device and the other on a computer to collect and analyze geolocation data as per requirement 1.2.12 and 1.2.13. Certification Bodies (CBs) can use the same tools to check the accuracy of the […]
Policy for Certificate Holder Transfers
Policy for clarification of Chapter 1.8 of the CARs.
Grievance Procedure
The procedure is open to anyone who has a grievance against a member (producer or supply chain actor), a certification body (CB), or against the Rainforest Alliance itself.