The Rainforest Alliance has worked for more than 30 years to make agriculture more sustainable—and for us, the well-being of those who work on farms is central to that effort. When workers and farmers can earn a decent livelihood under decent working conditions, farms are more productive and land stewardship is more sustainable. Households become less vulnerable to poverty and economic shocks and more resilient to climate change. In short: everyone benefits.
We protect and promote the human rights of hundreds of thousands of farmworkers through our certification program, and of tens of thousands more in our community-level work. Our certification program is aligned with the key UN Conventions on Human Rights and ILO Labor Conventions. It includes a farm-level due diligence system, “assess-and-address”, focused on prevention, engagement, improvement, and encouraging farmers and companies to tackle these issues rather than hiding them. We also advocate with governments on passing and enforcing legislation that requires companies to follow human rights and environmental due diligence processes.
Understand our approach to tackling child labor, forced labor, discrimination, and workplace violence and harassment in agriculture through farm-level due diligence.
We’re committed to closing the gap towards a living wage for farmworkers. Read about how we support companies to achieve living wages for workers in their businesses and supply chains.
Our grievance system is designed to ensure that allegations of human rights abuses or environmental destruction are identified and remediated.
Download this sell sheet to learn how we help companies mitigate human rights risks in their supply chains and sourcing landscapes.
Through certification, landscape and community programs, tailored supply chain services, and advocacy, we are helping to protect and promote the rights of farmworkers around the world.
Mandatory due diligence legislation can ensure that companies identify, prevent, mitigate, and account for potential risks and negative impacts that their practices may have on human rights and the environment.
Gender equality is essential for sustainability. It will take steady collective action to transform oppressive systems and advance the rights of women and girls. Here’s what we’re doing to get there.
This project will provide training and engagement to at least 37,093 workers in the avocado and berry (strawberry and raspberry) sectors in Mexico and the banana and pineapple sectors in Costa Rica.
Explore our achievements and discover what gave us energy and hope in 2020—a year unlike any other.
Our Standard for Sustainable Agriculture has guided farmers around the world to ensure the wellbeing and health of their workers and their families. One banana company, Jasafrut, is taking it a step further by ensuring mental health care, too.... Continue Reading
To tackle forced labor in the coffee industry, we must also address the social, economic and political issues that go beyond the farm. The solution will require collaboration between farmer communities, companies, civil society, governments, and others.... Continue Reading
In the heart of Central America’s most populated country, Guatemala, lies one of the most important spaces in the world for biodiversity: the Maya Biosphere Reserve.
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 […]
The Rainforest Alliance envisions a world in which people and nature thrive in harmony. Critical to achieving this is ensuring that the agricultural producers, workers, and communities whose livelihoods are intricately linked to some of the world’s most diverse ecosystems are able to achieve a decent and sustainable livelihood for themselves and their families. For […]