Farm Certificate holders

These instructions contain information for certificate holders to implement the requirements related to the collection of National Identification (ID) numbers for farmers in  Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, and Cameroon.

Due to the restriction of China Geolocation Data, the Policy is developed for Geodata collection and analysis in China to enable Rainforest Alliance Certificate Holders (CHs) and Certification Bodies (CBs) to be compliant with the requirements of the Standard.

The Sustainability Investment Plan Template is to identify the investments needed to implement the Rainforest Alliance 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard requirements. Exceptional use: Sustainability Investment Plan Template – Tea Sector only Policy on The Investment Plan Template for the Tea Sector Link to Investment Plan Template for the Tea Sector: https://si-form.ra.org/ Date publication: 1 August […]

This policy mandates a change to the requirement to use RA-S-MT-17-V1.1 Annex S16: Sustainability Investment Plan Template by Certificate Holders producing tea (Camelia sinensis) under Rainforest Alliance certification.

The one-pager on Indicators and Smart Meters explains the order of actions to implement by the certificate holder (CH) and by the certification body (CB). It indicates what is expected from certificate holders before each audit, as well as the corresponding checks that will be carried out by CBs. This one-pager can be used in […]

In cases where there are significant restrictions to available volumes of Rainforest Alliance Certified commodities, the Rainforest Alliance will consider requests to pre-authorize a percentage of new harvest volumes to be transacted while farm certificate holders are finalizing the process to obtain their certification cycle. This policy outlines the conditions under which these measures apply.