FAQ: 2020 Farm Requirements
A detailed FAQ about the Rainforest Alliance 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard Farm Requirements.
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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.
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.
Key priorities of our cocoa strategy are assurance, shared responsibility, supply chain transparency, and profitability and resilience.
How we have tailored the implementation and verification of standards requirements on child labor and forced labor to the risk exposure of each farm.
Our shared responsibility approach aims to distribute benefits and costs of certification more evenly between farmers and companies.
Begin your journey of certification with the Rainforest Alliance.
A detailed FAQ about the Rainforest Alliance 2020 Sustainable Agriculture Standard Farm Requirements.
Find out what Ugandan coffee exporter, Kyagalanyi Coffee, had to say about the new program—from the improvements to the challenges.
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.
Rainforest Alliance certification is carried out by our authorized certification bodies. Find an authorized certification body in your county.
View this report for an in-depth look at our Rainforest Alliance and UTZ tea certification statistics and analysis of how our programs developed in 2020.
View this report for an in-depth look at our Rainforest Alliance and UTZ coffee certification statistics and analysis of how our programs developed in 2020.
This guidance explains how the Sustainability Differential and Sustainability Investment requirements are implemented in the Coffee sector.
As outlined in the rules for Certification Bodies in the Cocoa Policy 2.0, Certification Bodies must comply with cost transparency requirements. The tool is a template which enables the Certification Body to break down the total certification cost and share it with Certificate Holders. It is mandatory for all certification offers made to farm Certificate […]
This guidance contains detailed instructions to complete the certification cost transparency tool. The tool is mandatory for all certification offers made to farm Certificate Holders by Certification Bodies in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana.
The Rainforest Alliance has made the strategic decision to phase out of palm oil certification and not to include palm oil from the scope of the new Rainforest Alliance 2020 Certification Program. More details are found in this policy.