FAQ: 2020 Farm Requirements
A detailed FAQ about the Rainforest Alliance 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard Farm Requirements.... Continue Reading
FAQs
Certification has had a huge impact in bringing sustainability to the forefront of business thinking, but it must continue to evolve to provide more value to farmers and companies and ensure that people and nature can thrive in harmony.
That's why the Rainforest Alliance launched its new Certification Program, which entered into force in July 2021. The Sustainable Agriculture Standard, along with its assurance and technology systems, are data-powered, and based on the principles of continuous improvement, risk-based assurance, contextualization, and shared responsibility. This is how we can deliver more value to the two million farmers and thousands of businesses that use Rainforest Alliance certification to drive more sustainable agricultural production and responsible supply chains.
At the heart of the Rainforest Alliance
The certification program is part of the Rainforest Alliance’s strategy to drive sustainability at scale in the sectors in which we operate through interconnected interventions supporting certification, tailored supply chain services, landscapes and communities, and advocacy.
What We're Working On
Strengthened Cocoa Certification Program
Key priorities of our cocoa strategy are assurance, shared responsibility, supply chain transparency, and profitability and resilience.
Risk Maps for Risk Management
How we have tailored the implementation and verification of standards requirements on child labor and forced labor to the risk exposure of each farm.
Shared Responsibility
Our shared responsibility approach aims to distribute benefits and costs of certification more evenly between farmers and companies.
Ready to Get Started?
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Additional Resources
Early Feedback on the New Certification Program: Kyagalanyi Coffee Shares Their Implementation Experience
Find out what Ugandan coffee exporter, Kyagalanyi Coffee, had to say about the new program—from the improvements to the challenges.... Continue Reading
Learnings from the Field: Finca Esmeralda and the Future of Certified Bananas
After teaming up for an early implementation pilot of our strengthened certification program, both Finca Esmeralda and the Rainforest Alliance took away learnings that will contribute to a more sustainable banana sector.... Continue Reading
Find An Authorized Certification Body
Rainforest Alliance certification is carried out by our authorized certification bodies. Find an authorized certification body in your county.... Continue Reading
All resources for Certification
How Our Assess-and-Address Approach is Tackling Human Rights Issues
Our assess-and-address approach focuses on prevention, engagement, and improvement of human rights issues, and incentivizes farmers and companies to tackle human rights issues rather than hide them.... Continue Reading
“You Can’t Be a CEO Without a Carbon Agenda”: Santiago Gowland
The CEO of the Rainforest Alliance on the need for businesses to bring about real environmental reform.
How is the Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture Standard Developed and Maintained?
We are committed to keeping our Sustainable Agriculture Standard effective and relevant, and review it at least every five years.... Continue Reading
What’s New in Version 1.2 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 […]
Guía Ilustrativa del Manejo Integral de Hierbas en Cafetales
Integrated weed management, and the reduction or ideally elimination of herbicide use, is a cornerstone of Regenerative Agriculture, crucial for a good health of the soil and the farms. With these guides we aim to support coffee producers in Latin America who would like to improve the soil health of their farms, reduce production costs and have a resilient […]
Guía de Manejo Integral de Hierbas en Cafetales
Integrated weed management and reduction, and ideally the elimination of herbicide use, is fundamental to regenerative agriculture and crucial for soil and farm health. The purpose of this Integrated Weed Management Guide (available only in Spanish), and its counterpart, the Illustrative Guide, is to support coffee growers in Latin America who want to improve the […]